Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) couldn’t go toe-to-toe against Donald Trump in 2024. And despite launching his campaign to take over as MAGA Republican Party’s heir apparent — he’s now licking his wounds inflicted over 242 days on the campaign stump. “I don’t care if he’s a Republican,” Trump gloated in November at a GOP gathering in Florida, according to The New York Times. “We hit him hard, and now he’s like a wounded falling bird from the skies.” Read More: Revealed: Prosecutor fired by DeSantis was on the verge of cracking down on crooked cops The sloganeering was outmatched, and the salvo of ins…