July 8, 2023

Cocaine-gate is a thing, and reporters have been harping on where the drug came from since the news broke that the Secret Service discovered the substance in the White House. Even former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany dismissed the idea that the cocaine belonged to President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden. Conspiracy theories are being launched at rapid speed (see what I did there?).

A reporter went there with White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and just came out and asked if the cocaine belonged to a member of the Biden family.

"Sorry to bring up cocaine again, but there was a question yesterday during the press gaggle with Andrew Bates that was, I guess, he said that he was avoiding it because of the Hatch Act," the reporter said. "I'm just asking again, can you just say once and for all whether or not the cocaine belonged to the Biden family?"

"So a couple of things there," Jean-Pierre said. "He mentioned the Hatch Act because the question was posed to him using Donald Trump, and so he was trying to be very mindful."

"And so that's why he said the Hatch Act. So I would have you read the transcript and read the transcript fully so you can see exactly what he was trying to say," she continued. "So that's number one. So we're not avoiding the question. That is not true."

"We've answered this question, litigated this question for the last two days exhaustively," she told the reporter. "There has been some irresponsible reporting about the family, and so I got to call that out here."

"And I have been very clear," she continued. "I was clear two days ago when talking about this over and over again as I was being asked the question, as you know, and media outlets reported this, the Biden family was not here."

"They were not here," she said. "They were at Camp David. They were not here Friday. They were not here Saturday. They were not here Sunday. They were not even here Monday."

"They came back on Tuesday," she added. "So to ask that question is actually incredibly irresponsible, and I'll just leave it there."

I don't think that was the soundbite the reporter was hoping for. I don't know who that reporter is, but that was an OAN-ish question. I'm pretty certain questions about the cocaine found in the White House have been addressed eleventy bazillion times.

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