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Boebert rocks “very China” knockoffs of the Trump sneaker for victory party

Boebert seemingly couldn't spring $400 for an authentic pair of the golden shoes to match her MAGA hat

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Congresswoman Lauren Boebert poses with her support team during an election watch party at the Greenhouse in Windsor, Colorado on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. (AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post/Getty Images)
Congresswoman Lauren Boebert poses with her support team during an election watch party at the Greenhouse in Windsor, Colorado on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. (AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post/Getty Images)

Lauren Boebert, who won her race on Tuesday to become the Republican candidate in Colorado’s 4th district, rocked a knockoff pair of Donald Trump’s golden sneakers and a “MAGA” hat as she celebrated her victory.

At the Windsor, Colorado election night party, Boebert made a splash with her shoe choice, though she admitted to a reporter that the “Never Surrender” footwear wasn’t quite the real thing.

The dupe shoes, which Boebert called “very China,” mimic a pair of $399 gaudy gold sneakers that the former president churned out in a fundraising effort earlier this year. The original run of the shoes is on sale for over $10,000 on online retailers, but Trump’s website still lists a pre-order for the original price.

"If I could've bought the OGs, I would have," Boebert, who makes $174,000 per year, told the Colorado newspaper Westword.

Boebert, who swapped seats earlier this year after a narrow loss in Colorado’s third district, won her primary handily. 

“America will rise again and I’m so excited that you all are here to be a part of it with me,” she said to the 70 or so in attendance after nabbing nearly 44% of the vote in the six-candidate race. 

Boasting a call from the former president that night, during which he cheered her on after the win to run in Trump-skeptical Republican Rep. Ken Buck’s former district, she told Westword, “I said a lot of great things. I told him I'm looking forward to helping him in this fight and that I'm going to be there, and I told him he needs to win his third election. He congratulated me, he loves me, and thanks me for a good win.”

By Griffin Eckstein

Griffin Eckstein is a News Fellow at Salon. He is a student journalist at New York University, having previously written for the independent student paper Washington Square News, the New York Post, and Morning Brew. Follow him on Bluesky at gec.bsky.social.


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