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DeSantis increasingly looks like an amalgam of Trump’s last GOP rivals for the presidency, particularly the sweaty Marco Rubio and the oily Ted Cruz: too conventional and weak-kneed to punch back when they’re bullied.
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Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 23 Mar. 2023
Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 23 Mar. 2023
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First Known Use
1863, in the meaning defined above
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“Weak-kneed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weak-kneed. Accessed 10 Dec. 2023.
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