The funniest thing about the imported American nonsense the far right has brought into the country - the trans fearmongering, the allegations of vote rigging, the Cooker conspiracies - is that none of it worked in the countries it came from originally.
It's not like "Oh this worked a treat in the US, let's try this here" or "Trans hysteria is a vote winner in the UK". These things didn't work there either!
"Let's try to replicate this failed tactic in a completely different country and act surprised when it doesn't work".