Imitation, the saying goes, is the sincerest form of flattery. If that’s true, then Ron DeSantis is the most admired governor in America. Just don’t tell his Democratic counterparts in some of the nation’s biggest blue states who, judging by their actions, might be his greatest admirers of all. Florida’s chief executive first made a name for himself when he became one of the earliest governors to roll back lockdowns and reopen his state during the initial phases of the coronavirus pandemic. He then moved to bar vaccine mandates and other restrictions. Since then, he has advanced one conservative cause after another. Particularly gratifying to his many supporters, DeSantis has striven to turn Florida into a place, in his own words, “where woke goes to die.” Most recently on this score, he has moved to dismantle the diversity, equity, and inclusion apparatus in Florida’s public universities. BIDEN IS RUNNING FOR REELECTION — ISN'T HE? The College Board discovered DeSantis’s antipathy for wokeness the hard way after he announced Florida would reject its new African American Studies Advanced Placement course because state education officials had rightly concluded from a review of its draft curriculum that it would be used as a vehicle for leftist political indoctrination. In response, the organization removed critical race theory, “black queer studies,” reparations, and other objectionable topics from course materials. But its initially conciliatory tone incited a furious backlash by left-wing...