JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.0.0/jquery.min.js"></script>

<link href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/select2/4.0.3/css/select2.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/select2/4.0.3/js/select2.min.js"></script>


<form action="">
<select class="js-example-basic-multiple" multiple="multiple">



  </select>
</form>

CSS

.js-example-basic-multiple{
  width: 105px;
}
.select2-results__message {
   display:none !important;
}

JavaScript

$(".js-example-basic-multiple").select2({
 tags: true,
 "language": {
       "noResults": function(){
           return "No Results Found ";
       }
   },
    escapeMarkup: function (markup) {
        return markup;
    }
 });