They were virtue signaling when the elected him.
What does this signal?
“What does this signal?”
Well, with the ever ass-covering AP toning down the character of the booted DA from “woke” to garden variety “progressive” I think it signals SSDD.
Or, as Entwistle sang it...
“Meet the new boss, same as the old boss...”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDfAdHBtK_Q