...That is, assuming they also realize the "party switch" was a hoax.

Have you ever noticed that nearly every "WalkAway" story involves the former liberal in question having their epiphany by either deciding to listen to the folks on the right and realizing they make a whole lot more sense than the folks on the left do, or actually studying history and realizing the left is responsible for a lot of terrible things? In other words, analyzing American politics and history objectively tends to turn people into conservatives. Funny how that works.