--- title: Jeb Bush Goes Shopping for Boots—and a Donald Trump Dig description: Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush dinged Trump after shopping at the Timberland company store Friday. canonical: https://time.com/4190616/bush-goes-shopping-for-boots-and-a-trump-dig/ author: Zeke Miller article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-22T17:47:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:46:40.709Z article:section: Politics og:title: Bush Goes Shopping for Boots—and a Trump Dig og:description: "These are a hearty boot." og:url: https://time.com/4190616/bush-goes-shopping-for-boots-and-a-trump-dig/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcadc4fa58e3e61d9/69887a34f887dc08cbe94447/jeb-bush-boots.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Republican presidential candidate former Florida Governor Jeb Bush enters his vehicle after attending a campaign event at the Westside Conservatives Club breakfast at the Machine Shed restaurant on January 13, 2016 in Urbandale, Iowa. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Bush Goes Shopping for Boots—and a Trump Dig twitter:description: "These are a hearty boot." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcadc4fa58e3e61d9/69887a34f887dc08cbe94447/jeb-bush-boots.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Bush Goes Shopping for Boots—and a Trump Dig > Sponsored content. 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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. by [Zeke J Miller / Stratham, NH](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke J Miller / Stratham, NH Jan 22, 2016 5:47 PM UTC  Republican presidential candidate former Florida Governor Jeb Bush enters his vehicle after attending a campaign event at the Westside Conservatives Club breakfast at the Machine Shed restaurant on January 13, 2016 in Urbandale, Iowa. Republican presidential candidate former Florida Governor Jeb Bush enters his vehicle after attending a campaign event at the Westside Conservatives Club breakfast at the Machine Shed restaurant on January 13, 2016 in Urbandale, Iowa. Joe Raedle—Getty Images by [Zeke J Miller / Stratham, NH](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke J Miller / Stratham, NH Jan 22, 2016 5:47 PM UTC Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush went shopping at the Timberland company store Friday after an event at the outdoors company’s headquarters, using it as another opportunity to ding Republican front-runner Donald Trump. Bush purchased a bear of brown size-12 boots after touring the store, showing them off to reporters outside the venue. “These are a hearty boot,” he pronounced. “These boots will match up well with the Italian—the fine Italian shoes that Donald Trump wears with his Brioni suits and his $500 ties,” he continued, pronouncing it “Eye-talian.” Bush also purchased a new sweater, joking to reporters that now he has another one to wear on the road after Gawker [mocked](http://gawker.com/has-jeb-bush-worn-the-same-sweater-four-days-in-a-row-1749490314) him for donning the same one for days, donning it inside the store and wearing it out the door after paying for it. > [](https://twitter.com/ZekeJMiller/status/690562813585178624) > [](https://twitter.com/CandaceSmith%5F/status/690569724338520064) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4190616/bush-goes-shopping-for-boots-and-a-trump-dig/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4190616/bush-goes-shopping-for-boots-and-a-trump-dig/"},"headline":"Bush Goes Shopping for Boots—and a Trump Dig","datePublished":"2016-01-22T17:47:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:46:40.709Z","description":"Former Florida Gov. 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