Naw, they really did say "the leopards won't eat my face" and voted in a fascist because they were *big mad* about not being able to drop racial slurs at work, having to work alongside women and LGBTQ people, and think any program that isn't STEM should be cancelled. No really, it wasn't any more complicated than that.
Source: noted fascist "intellectual" Richard Hanania was reportedly given this by a fellow Trump-voter. PS: big shout out to Vox Media for rehabilitating that nazi two days ago.