Will Republican candidates "distance themselves" from such hateful rhetoric?

Right wing politics is in the service of capital, and explicitly not people

Identity politics is a weapon used to keep their support in line

They do not give a single shit about what comes out of the mouth attached to the hand that feeds

People like Elon are their biggest donors because they are existentially driven to make sure more people blame anyone other than (correctly) billionaires for many of the woes we're facing in the modern world