After the 2022 midterms, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was hailed as one of the rock stars of the GOP and the MAGA movement. DeSantis defeated Democratic gubernatorial nominee Charlie Crist (an ex-Republican) by 19 percent in a year when Democrats greatly exceeded expectations, and some right-wing pundits predicted he would go on to win the 2024 GOP presidential nomination and enjoy a solid victory over President Joe Biden in the general election. But DeSantis underperformed as a presidential candidate and ended up dropping out of the race and endorsing now-nominee Donald Trump, who is up against …