I ask myself this all the time. How could they be so stupid?!?!! I don’t think most of the politicians are they are just opportunists. The actual voters? That’s another story. Sinema and Stefanik are prime examples.
You are right. Clinton ran an awful campaign. I hated her before and even more now but she was all we had against Trump.
The GOP hit an inflection point after January 6th. Move away from trump or continue down the rabbit hole. They chose the more destructive path quite possibly putting our country into a deep crisis. All for personal gain. Instead of reaching out to include more immigrants they double down on the boogeyman immigrant narrative. It gets people out to vote. It’s a tried and true fascist method.
On the other hand. I work with a lot of Asians and Indians. They are mostly a racist group. They all think their “race” is superior to everyone else just look at the caste system! So when trump says this or that racist shit they eat it up.