Repressing. He's merely doing the minimum California demands of him.
Seriously, he's still fucking hated for blatantly throwing trans people under the bus, handing out with alt-right grifters, and finally acting like the rich scumbag everyone knew he was but no one quite had proof yet.

Okay, to be fair I genuinely asked my players this exact question after my last session where they teamed up with the "Totally Not Helldiver Vampires" and got a response that they all knew these guys are sus. They just want to wait for the inevitable betrayal first.