Do People Recognize Pandering as Pandering?

In a absurd example, DeSantis propose amending Stand your Ground to ostensibly allow citizens to shoot looters ("when the looting starts the shooting starts")

Obviously . . . obviously, right?) that would be a terrible thing because it would put someone like KKKChron in a position to believe they could should the black folks walking down the street after a protest

so why push that type of law?