It’s certainly *shocking* to any decent person, but if you’ve lived there it isn’t really “surprising.” The KKK had a huge presence in Indiana & never left. Rural towns are full of confederate flags. Not the 1st time this has happened; their elected officials (Braun, Rokita) support this.
Agreed — as someone who saw this several weekends a month living in Nashville, it’s not terribly surprising anymore. These guys are emboldened and open about their views, especially post-covid, and they do this stuff with relative regularity. But it never stops being despicable or disturbing.