Tha answer is "It's a cult."

"Conservatives, why do you ____?"

It's a cult

"Republicans, explain this?"

Cult.

Seriously, all your questions about the MAGA side of the US, is that it's a cult. I'm not being dramatic or hyperbolic. It's a cult. There is your answer.

Stop trying to ask gotcha questions. You might as well walk into an FLDS church and try to ask gotcha questions. It won't do anything.