Historically speaking,  being "willfully morally blind" when democratic principles are attacked may be a Catholic institutional thing.  Examples include Catholic support for Generalissimo Franco in Spain and Mussolini in Italy, and the fact that the Catholic Centre Party in Germany voted in favor of the Enabling Act which allowed Chancellor Adolph Hitler to assume dictatorial powers in Germany.  

Connecting the dots from the past and extrapolating to today may help you understand why the majority of white Catholics joined in common cause with neo-nazis to elect Trump.