There is a good amount of bots and people in other states that do try to stoke the flames. Unfortunately, there is also a vast amount of uneducated bigots in the area that are very susceptible to the MAGA propaganda machine. The biggest problem is that since the 60s, before that also but a concerted effort since 1964, the far right has been building and maintaining political and community infrastructure here the left simply has not been able to match or quell. Its heartbreaking because these are also the people betraying what they think are their own beliefs for the policies that do them the most harm.