Marco Rubio's clown shoes have people asking one question: Who bought them? [View all]

Photos of Secretary of State Marco Rubio wearing what appear to be comically oversized dress shoes are going viral.

As Rubio leaned over to say something to a man at the Capitol Visitor Center on Wednesday, a photographer caught an unfortunate angle on his Florsheim shoe.

The rumor, fueled by a recent report that President Donald Trump enjoys publicly guessing aides’ shoe sizes before ordering them his preferred brand, has led commentators to joke that the ill-fitting shoes look less like a fashion choice and more like a loyalty test.

If the shoe doesn’t fit, wear it anyway

Images of the ill-fitting footwear started spreading online in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Close-ups show the back of one shoe coming far off Rubio’s heel in a way that you only tend to see on kids wearing big siblings’ hand-me-downs.

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