They’re finally being honest about who and what they are. It’s what their sexist and racist base want. Their base would vote for them if they dressed up in hooded robes emblazoned with red and black swastikas and burned crosses in the lawn of the Capital. They’re trying to time down their honesty so that they don’t alienate swing voters who might be turned off by the open expression of their sexism and racism and to reduce the risk of mobilizing those who find it abhorent.