A few notable quotes from the article follow:
“A Super Pac affiliated with Robert F Kennedy Jr, the anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist running for president as a Democrat, owes half its cash to a longtime Republican mega-donor and Trump backer, according to campaign finance reports filed on Monday.”
… and further…
“Kennedy’s campaign attracted a considerable amount of support from Republican donors in the weeks since he announced his run in April. A political watchdog found that Kennedy has a “long history” of antisemitism, racism and xenophobia.”
Despite being from the other side of the pond your perception of American politics is very accurate. I would include that AM radio and cable news “primed the pump” for this, as millions of people outside of the cities were subjected to constant propaganda.
You know why the profile picture for most conservative men is them sitting in their truck? Because they spend a lot of time there, either commuting or driving professionally. Because they’re in the middle of nowhere they don’t get FM radio, so they listen to AM radio which is almost entirely conservative talk radio.
So these Guys in Trucks have heard Rush Limbaugh (rest in piss) and his ilk every day for years, making them powderkegs.