JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://harvesthq.github.io/chosen/chosen.css">
<script src="http://harvesthq.github.io/chosen/chosen.jquery.js"></script>
<select id="theone" data-placeholder="Choose a Country..." style="width:350px;" tabindex="1">
    <option value=""></option>
    <option value="United States">United States</option>
    <option value="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</option>
    <option value="Portugal">Portugal</option>
</select>

JavaScript

$("#theone").chosen().on("change", function (evt, params) {
    if (params.selected === "Portugal") {
        var previous = $(this).data("previous") || "";
        $(this).val(previous).trigger("chosen:updated");
    } else {
        $(this).data("previous", params.selected);
    }
});