“Expert Bootmakers” Agree: DeSantis Is Wearing Lifts

Politico reports:

In the last few weeks, posts mocking Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ strangely shaped cowboy boots have racked up millions of views on Twitter and TikTok, with online sleuths trying to determine whether he’s wearing height-boosting insoles to pump himself up against a 6’3” primary frontrunner with a penchant for nicknames who reportedly considered calling DeSantis “Tiny D.”

Three top experts in the field say the cowboy boot truthers might be onto something. “I’ve dealt with these politicians many times,” says Zephan Parker, the bespoke bootmaker behind Houston’s popular Parker Boot Company, which, he says, has made height-increasing cowboy boots for a number of Texan politicians. “I’ve helped them with their lifts. DeSantis is wearing lifts; there’s no doubt.”

Read the full article. The piece goes on at great length to interview other bootmakers on their “forensic” conclusion that DeSantis wears lifts. The Trump campaign, as you can see below, is celebrating the article. Trending on Twitter at this writing is #bootgate.