Ron DeSantis Swears He Doesn’t Wear Lifts—Experts Say He’s Most Definitely Adding Extra Inches

MAGA Heir’s Slide • Mike Johnson’s Stunt • Handling Biden’s Age [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( Ron DeSantis Swears He Doesn’t Wear Lifts—Experts Say He’s Most Definitely Adding Extra Inches Good morning from the Hive newsroom! Last fall, it looked like Ron DeSantis had a chance of [nabbing]( the MAGA crown. A year later, he’s getting trounced by the quadruply indicted Donald Trump and facing questions about, of all things, wearing lifts. Though appearing to add extra inches doesn’t compare with the [“uniquely awful things”]( DeSantis has done, [writes]( Bess Levin, “it’s a strange thing that definitely doesn’t help!” Meanwhile, Caleb Ecarma [finds]( new House Speaker Mike Johnson trying to tie IRS funding to Israel aid, a stunt that’s angered Democrats and dismissed as a “nonstarter” by the White House. And Levin [suggests]( that, amid [scrutiny]( over Joe Biden’s age, Kamala Harris could’ve found a better description than he’s “very much alive.” Thanks for reading. [Republican presidential candidate Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on July 17, 2023 in Arlington, Virginia. ]( [Ron DeSantis Swears He Doesn’t Wear Lifts—Experts Say He’s Most Definitely Adding Extra Inches on the Sly]( By [Bess Levin]( [“[DeSantis] is wearing lifts; there’s no doubt.”]( [Read more button](   [Mike Johnson Just Put a “Poison Pill” in the House’s Israel Aid Package]( By [Caleb Ecarma]( [The new House Speaker, who has demanded that $14.3 billion be siphoned off the IRS budget to fund Israel, is pulling a stunt that one Senate Democrat called “horrifying.”]( [Read more button](   [Joe Biden Is “Very Much Alive,” Kamala Harris Says of Concerns About His Age]( By [Bess Levin]( [Maybe not the greatest choice of words.]( [Read more button](   [From the Archives: The Rise of the Ronald]( By [Gabriel Sherman]( [Ron DeSantis is the polished, competent, Fox-loving, lib-owning successor-in-waiting to Donald Trump’s MAGA nation. Is it any wonder they’re locked in a 2024 cold war?]( [Read more button](   [From the Archives: Such a Fun Age]( By [Chris Smith]( [Inside the plan to convince voters that Joe Biden can handle four more years.]( [Read more button](   Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. [Sign Up Now](   [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn](   This e-mail was sent to you by The Hive. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe]( Sent from Condé Nast, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 Copyright © 2023 Condé Nast