October 31, 2023 09:57 AM UTC

The Low Spark Of Ron DeSantis' High-Heeled Boots

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• by: Colorado Pols

Over the past few weeks, the scholarly discourse that typifies Republican presidential primaries, especially in the era of Donald Trump, has lighted on a crowdsourced speculative inquiry into one burning question: Does Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wear lifts inside his generously-apportioned cowboy boots?

Former President Donald Trump, who is the leading candidate for the GOP nomination according to national polls, has helped spread the rumors about DeSantis’ footwear.

On October 9, Trump shared images on his Truth Social platform from DeSantis’ appearance on Maher’s program. The photos show DeSantis’ cowboy boots with the caption: “Tell me he’s not wearing hidden heels.”

This question was pointedly asked recently by Patrick Bet-David on the “PDB Podcast” with hilarious results:

Ron Desantis gets confronted today about why he is wearing lifts in cowboy boots to make himself appear taller. pic.twitter.com/LUbpuYVtZH

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) October 30, 2023

DeSantis insists in the interview that he does NOT wear lifts in his boots. Bet-David then asks DeSantis directly about his height:

BET-DAVID: How tall are you, Governor?

DESANTIS: 5’11”

Yeah, right. And Donald Trump is 215 pounds.

We suppose DeSantis could always be the victim of bad camera angles, but the boots above are suspiciously large in relation to the rest of DeSantis’ 5’9″ frame. For comparison, here’s another recently photographed set of boots and high heels, courtesy Rep. Lauren Boebert:

Yes, Boebert’s boots have a couple inches of elevation of their own, but at least her boots are, you know, honest about it. Women of course are no strangers to having high heels imposed upon them by society despite severely complicating the act of walking instead of making walking easier, but dudes are expected to live with what genetics and childhood nutrition naturally afford them. Once a man has made the decision to wear lifts in their shoes, you’re just a short step away from mangirdles and spray-on hair.

As for the presidential race, we’re definitely on track for comparing “hand” sizes soon.