I would square it by looking at the rhetoric which often focuses on "big government paying cronies and the 'swamp'". It's important to distinguish what they're

I would square it by looking at the rhetoric which often focuses on "big government paying cronies and the 'swamp'". It's important to distinguish what they're actually doing from what they're saying to get support. Also see a huge amount of research that who gets part of the public goods is almost important as the fact that they're giving out public goods. Which often falls along nationalistic and racial lines. I personally doubt that most in GOP vote along those value lines, but there are very vocal and organized segments that do which I think explains why it'd seem that way. Source: personal experiences and anecdotal evidence (e.g. take with a grain of salt)