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.”
