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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:

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.

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11 thoughts on “The Low Spark Of Ron DeSantis’ High-Heeled Boots

  1. Ah yes, the perennial question about manly footwear for manly male candidates!

    Harken back to 2010, when then-Senate candidate defined the difference between Jane Norton and himself by saying, "She campaigns in high heels while I wear cowboy boots." Well said, coming from a preppie lawyer from the Hudson River Valley.

    Or back further to 2006, when the Little Guy (Marc Holtzman) was busted for wearing elevator shoes to compensate for his being vertically challenged. Of course, he did get off that great sobriquet for his opponent, Both Ways Bob.  

    So, Ron DeSantis needs to add a couple of inches. At least under his feet. 

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