Ron DeSantis: Is He for Real?

I have to admit that I have no special insight into Ron DeSantis’s thinking re: the regressive laws he supports, and this (see left) is a good case-in-point.

He supports the “Stop Woke Act,” designed to combat “woke indoctrination” in Florida businesses and schools by prohibiting instruction that could make some parties feel they bear “personal responsibility” for historic wrongdoings because of their race, sex or national origin.

Well, no surprise, that got struck down for its obvious violation of the First Amendment’s protection of free speech.

My question: Didn’t he see this coming?  Did he ever expect the law to stand up?  Did he go through all the histrionics for any other reason than making the national news?