I think it's a combination of him complaining about "woke" and how those crazy lefties are an authoritarian threat (i.e. being one of these "river" people he's

I think it's a combination of him complaining about "woke" and how those crazy lefties are an authoritarian threat (i.e. being one of these "river" people he's written about) and downplaying genocide in Gaza on Twitter. Though he was always a controversial figure in certain circles, so there may be lingering anger over his polling averages not saying what people thought they should say.