Nov 3, 2023
Ron DeSantis: I Will Wear A Boot On My Head If Trump Debates
After a brutal week of being accused of wearing lifts in his boots, Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis said he will wear a boot on his head if frontrunner Donald Trump debates him.
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This is no time for foot fetishes.
We've got serious problems as a country.
I know people want to try
to divert onto other issues.
I know Donald Trump
and a lot of his people have been
focusing on things like footwear.
I'll tell you this.
You know, Donald Trump can summon
the balls to show up to the debate.
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I'll wear a boot on my head.
This is a time for substance.
Florida governor and GOP presidential
candidate Ron DeSantis is still struggling
with his socially awkward demeanor,
even as he attempts to take jabs at Donald
[00:00:32]
Trump following team MAGA, mocking him
over allegations that Ron DeSantis is
wearing boot risers to make his appearance
a little taller than he actually is.
It's been dubbed Boot Gate.
It has been the comedic relief
that we've all been looking for
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during this awful news cycle.
But here is what sparked
the entire controversy.
Can you bring this one clip?
I know you were on.
What do you call it on? What was it?
Bill Maher and Bill Maher
talked about the boots.
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I've seen you walk with these boots.
Go ahead and play this clip.
This on TikTok went viral.
It doesn't have a million views.
It doesn't have,
you know, 10 million views.
This thing's got 1.2 million likes.
And some people are wondering.
What are they?
I don't even I haven't seen that.
[00:01:19]
- What?
- They're they've not shown this to you.
Okay.
What they're trying to say
with this is that in your boots?
You have heels.
No, no, no, that's what they're trying.
Those are just standard off the rack.
Lucchese.
- How tall are you?
- How tall are you, governor?
How tall? 11. Five. 11. Okay, why don't
you wear tennis shoes and dress shoes?
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I do wear tennis shoes when I work out.
Yeah.
- You do.
- Okay.
I got a gift for you
I'd love for you to wear.
Okay. I shop at Ferragamo.
Okay? And.
I got. I don't accept gifts.
I can't accept it. I totally get it.
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I'm sorry.
I have to say, look, Patrick Bet-david is
Armenian and saying I shop at Ferragamo
is the most Armenian thing
I've ever heard in my life.
I've been dying to say that as a fellow
Armenian, it's just Armenians love
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the fancy clothes, just who they are.
He's the best at that.
He's like, listen, bro, like,
not a lot of people like, I like you.
I think you're very cool, but these
people are saying horrible stuff.
And then he just quotes the horrible stuff
straight to the guy's face.
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Bro, that can't make you happy.
Can't make you happy, can it?
Oh, good. It's so.
- Good.
- It's the meanest.
It's meaner than if someone
showed up and was like,
I think you wear lifts in your shoes.
It's like, bro, a lot of people.
I'm looking out for you.
I'm your friend here.
It's like psychological warfare
and I'm so here for it.
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Same now after that appearance,
of course,
the Trump campaign is going to jump on it.
Hours after the Politico article's
publication on Tuesday,
the campaign sweatily declared victory,
calling Boudougate the kiss of death
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for the man once seen as Trump's top rival
in the Republican primary pool.
Instead of telling the truth and just
being comfortable in his own skin,
he resorts to borderline psychotic
behavior by lying to the American people,
the campaign crowed.
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Is that what this country wants
in a president?
And they also said Ron is going
to wish for more puddin in and in-flight
biohazard stories,
instead of having to deal with his shoes
that are more appropriate for America's
Next Top model than the campaign trail.
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Yeah, look, our political, you know, arena
should not be an episode of Mean Girls.
But honestly, I'll take this. I'll take it.
I'm into it.
Nikki Haley said she's like, I don't know.
We'll have to figure that out.
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I can tell you,
I've always talked about my high heels.
I've never hid that from anybody,
she said.
I've always said,
don't wear them if you can't run in them.
So we'll see if he can run in them
like she's making fun of him.
Like Nikki Haley's making fun of you.
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And I love when he's like,
this is not the time for foot fetish.
Beg to differ.
Anytime is a great time for foot fetish,
especially a presidential race.
And Donald Trump has tried so hard
to stay out of these debates.
I think his he's not
a very good negotiator.
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But in this situation, did you see
what Trump, by not participating
and holding out for the debates,
has negotiated himself into a head to head
debate with Ron DeSantis, and Ron DeSantis
has offered to wear a boot.
- On his.
- Head.
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The he's got to take it.
If Trump doesn't say deal
at bet done 100%, get me in there.
What I would I would love that.
Because if and if and if Ron takes the
boot off his head, Trump should walk off
stage and just leave and everybody's like,
come on, Ron, put the boot on your head.
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You know what? You're right.
I mean, Ron DeSantis is really taking
a huge risk here because there is some
chance that Trump will take you up on
that offer, given what you just proposed.
I mean, I would and look, Trump really
hasn't needed to attend these debates.
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He keeps rising in the polls
and Ron DeSantis is dipping in the polls.
Now, if you look at an average
of the polling,
Ron DeSantis is still in second place.
But I do want to show you
who's actually seeing a little bit
of a rise in the polls.
So let's go to the Real Clear Politics
average of polling.
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So this is an average of all the polls
that have been done on the GOP primary.
And as you can see, Donald Trump
still has a massive lead of 59.3.
DeSantis is still second place.
If you look at the averages.
And that's 13.4.
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Nikki Haley rising in the polls
to the point where if you look
at the average of polls, she's at 8.3.
Now I want to take a look at the bigger
picture, because this next graph will show
you honestly, depressingly, how Trump
has been rising, even as these indictments
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are being carried out and worked through.
I really didn't think the indictments
were going to have
a negative impact on his race.
I think Democrats who were
hoping for that are delusional.
But if you take a look at this chart,
you'll notice that DeSantis,
who's represented by the Green Line, has
been steadily dropping in the polls, while
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Nikki Haley, represented by the Red line,
has a very slight uptick in the polling.
It's hilarious because never Trump.
Republicans are super giddy about that.
But it doesn't matter who's second place.
What matters is who's first place.
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And Donald Trump
is still first place by a lot.
The saddest thing about that graph is
that after pence dropped out of the race,
his percentage was not affected.
It just kind of stays at 3.4.
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Poor baby. Poor baby.
It reminds me of a Peter Griffin from
family Guy when he, like, stubs his toe
and he just, like, sits there.
And pay.
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