As would advertisers. 


It was very telling that the GOP platform was against the idea of teaching critical thinking in school. 


Prior to that, it was fairly clear they were anti-intellectual. Just not so blatantly obvious about it. 


They hate the idea of an educated populace. And Dump even blurted out that he loves the uneducated (and misapplies the term "fake news" all the time - imagine that).