Old Guard is scared:

GOP Now the ‘Cletus the Slack-Jawed Yokel’ Party

Buck Banks

“We’ve gone from being the party of Jeb Bush Republicans who can win everywhere and over perform in Democratic areas to the party of red hat Cletus the Slack-jawed Yokel and QAnon. Who thinks this is going to end well?”

— A Republican political operative, quoted by the Tampa Bay Times.

https://www.pensitoreview.com/2018/07/24/gop-now-the-cletus-the-slack-jawed-yokel-party/