MAGA diehard describes epiphany that forced him to flee: 'That's when it clicked'

When James Hicks still supported President Donald Trump, he took to showing his coworkers a Confederate flag wristband he was wearing.Hicks, who is Black, became one of Trump’s Make America Great Again devotees after moving from a mostly Black town to a mostly white city — Conway, Arkansas — while in high school, and was taught that Arkansas was not a pro-slavery state, but joined the Confederacy as a states’ rights issue.“I really was never actually able to be really a part of the community that I came from, and so at that point, I really just gravitated towards being someone who was acceptable to the white kids around me, and they were into the more conservative things,” said Hicks, who is now 31. Hicks wearing confederate flag wristband (James Hicks/provided photo)Hicks, a call center worker, said he used to rationalize Trump’s actions during his first term, like when he...