JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/select2/4.0.13/js/select2.min.js"></script>
<body>
  <select data-data="{'results':[{'id':'1', 'text':'option 1'}, {'id':'2', 'text':'option 2'}]}">
  </select>
  
  <select data-data="[{'id':'1', 'text':'option 1'}, {'id':'2', 'text':'option 2'}]">
  </select>
</body>

JavaScript

$('select').select2();