There was nothing moderate about his campaign. His primary focus during his campaign was to jump on the culture war bandwagon of restricting the liberties of trans kids, and inputting the "will of the parents" into the schools. Not all parents of course, just the ones that align with him politically.

And boy did he deliver on those promises. Laws allowing teachers to discriminate against children, book banning rhetoric, and much more including delaying and halting the already passed legislation on recreational marijuana and fueling the abortion issue.

He's as much of a shit bag as Desantis and Trump, he's just more careful about it.