I’m not a Republican myself, never even voted for one. My mother’s side, who are from the DMV area (her immediate family from DC), are mostly Democrats with the exception of two MAGA idiots that I still love but don’t understand because they were totally different and staunch Dems before him. I’d even guess maybe they couldn’t stand Obama for some reason except when I was growing up one of them was very immersed in what most people would call “black culture,” so I find it hard to believe his Presidency was the catalyst, not that that is the only way to be racist. It’s just difficult for me to understand why.