General Discussion

I've also met quite a few who are cynical, racist assholes who know a well organized municipal or regional fire department can be a real sweet lifetime deal for a jock that peaked in High School.
Their Union can be just as corruptly protective as the Police Officer 's Union can.

Another thing to remember; as in California, there's a lot of lesser populated Red regions in Washington that really attract the Libertarian Cowboy type, the loner Prepper types and the End Time cultist types; all three willfully ignorant conspiracy/cosplayer groups tend to lean MAGA.

I don't doubt there was one - or even three - local Team commanders who saw Tribal members and immediately thought "Illegal Cartel Criminals, call ICE before they kill us, steal our equipment, kidnap and sell our unprotected White Children and ultimately destroy 'merca" ..