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<p>Republican presidential candidate <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/heres-why-nikki-haley-is-gaining-in-polls-and-ron-desantis-is-not">Ron DeSantis</a> on Thursday contributed to the seemingly never-ending discourse about whether or not he wears lifts in his boots by outlining a bizarre scenario in which he would wear a boot on his head at next week’s GOP primary debate.</p>
<p>During an interview on Newsmax, the Florida governor—who <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/ron-desantis-ducks-chance-to-dispel-rumors-about-his-special-boots">has denied</a> wearing any sort of height-boosting footwear—first responded to <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-daily-show-gets-in-on-those-rumors-about-desantis-boots">the chatter</a> by saying that “this is no time for foot fetishes” because “we’ve got serious problems as a country.”</p>
<p>He went on to mention how <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-if-we-tried-treating-donald-trump-like-everyone-else">Donald Trump</a> has weighed in on the topic. On Tuesday, the former president’s campaign <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-declares-ron-desantis-boot-lifts-drama-is-his-kiss-of-death">declared</a> “#BOOTGATE” to be the “KISS OF DEATH” for DeSantis.</p>
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Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis on Thursday contributed to the seemingly never-ending discourse about whether or not he wears lifts in his boots by outlining a bizarre scenario in which he would wear a boot on his head at next week’s GOP primary debate.
During an interview on Newsmax, the Florida governor—who has denied wearing any sort of height-boosting footwear—first responded to the chatter by saying that “this is no time for foot fetishes” because “we’ve got serious problems as a country.”
He went on to mention how Donald Trump has weighed in on the topic. On Tuesday, the former president’s campaign declared “#BOOTGATE” to be the “KISS OF DEATH” for DeSantis.
