JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<br>
    Some text that needs to be hidden in the HTML
<br>

CSS

span.hidden {
    display: none;
    visibility: hidden;
}

JavaScript

$(function() {
 var me = $('body')
  .contents()
  .filter(function() {
    return this.nodeType == Node.TEXT_NODE;
  });
  $(me[1]).wrap('<span class="hidden"></span>');
});