Florida's Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is accused of wearing lifts to look taller. Several shoe experts talked about it and came to the conclusion that DeSantis is most likely wearing lifts, even if DeSantis denies it. In most cases, it's usually insoles that boost height, and for DeSantis, he may want to look taller in front of political opponents like Donald Trump who is over six-feet tall. As of now, it's mostly speculation because DeSantis appears to deny these rumors, but three experts have weighed in on DeSantis' cowboy boots that are in question and they agree he's probably wearing some sort of lifts. Politico ran a report on the DeSantis cowboy boots and the height-boosting accusations, getting a quote from one of the experts in a political article:
“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. (No, he won’t reveal any names.) “I’ve helped them with their lifts. [DeSantis] is wearing lifts; there’s no doubt.”
