Ron DeSantis accuses DEA, DOJ, FBI of using ‘kid gloves’ in White House cocaine probe

DeSantis Newsmax
'They just have two standards of how they pursue the law.'

Florida’s Governor is continuing to speak out about cocaine recently found in the White House, saying that a Republican administration would face a stronger investigation than the current Democratic incumbent.

“Isn’t it interesting how you have this cocaine there? I don’t see the FBI and the Department of Justice mobilizing and doing like a real serious litigation of this. I kind of feel like if they’re a Republican White House that you’d have swarms of (Drug Enforcement Administration) and FBI agents trying to get to the bottom of who brought that into the White House. I think with this, they’re just treating the Joe Biden administration with kid gloves,” Ron DeSantis told the Newsmax audience.

“And unfortunately, that’s what we’ve come to expect out of this federal government, that they just have two standards of how they pursue the law.”

During an episode of a Tomi Lahren podcast, Ron DeSantis ripped the administration for being poor stewards of the public space amid the illicit drug allegations.

“I have long believed, I think a lot of us have believed, that the Biden administration has been blowing it on a lot of fronts. But I guess it’s a little bit more literal than even I had thought,” the Governor quipped during another friendly interview Wednesday. He repeated the line almost word for word during Thursday’s cable hit.

The Associated Press reported originally that the baggie of cocaine was found on the lobby floor in the West Wing. NBC News now reports that the powder was found near the West Executive entrance, said to be a heavily trafficked area.

DeSantis nodded Wednesday when Lahren suggested the cocaine may have belonged to Hunter Biden. His Newsmax interviewer made no such claim, however, and the Governor did not attempt to link the illicit substance with the President’s son, who at least one bookmaker pegs without evidence as the most likely person responsible for bringing the powder into the White House.

A.G. Gancarski

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16 comments

  • Dont Say FLA

    July 6, 2023 at 5:25 pm

    More on the Rhonda Campaign’s huge score of a podcast interview?

    LOL @ Rhonda obsessing over some cocaine on the floor. Just like your college days, eh Rhonda?

  • George B

    July 6, 2023 at 7:18 pm

    Ron, like others, is a huge hypocrite, liar, and distorter of facts, in other words, he’s a typical politician…

  • Earl Pitts American

    July 6, 2023 at 8:17 pm

    Get ’em The Ronald,
    If we let them sweep the cocaine under the rug there will be a Democrat in the White House for God only knows how many more years. Hunter’s cocaine is our gift and to squander our gift would be political suicide. Go after them The Ronald dont let it rest. Make sure the world gets tired of hearing about it again and again.

    At this time I have not heard The Donald chime in on the cocaine thing and The Donald’s polling numbers are all fake anyway by order of the left who control all pollsters until 2 weeks prior to the election. The left, The Ronald, and Earl Pitts American all know The Donald has no shot at getting back in The White House.
    Thank you America,
    Earl Pitts American

    • Bruce Moreland

      July 7, 2023 at 9:04 am

      “Go after them The Ronald dont let it rest.” Of course. When you are as corrupt and incompetent as the current Republican leaders (and wannabees), you need to grasp at every straw (spitting on the sidewalk, jaywalking at midnight – nothing can be considered too petty). To the non-Koolaid drinkers, it just shows how pathetic you really are.

      • Earl Pitts American

        July 7, 2023 at 12:57 pm

        Thank you for your support The Bruce,
        Good looking pic and nice hat my man!
        Scientific studies have shown that individuals attempting to poop on me, Earl Pitts American, are really infatuated hard-core fans of me, Earl Pitts “The Big Voice On The Left” American.
        In my gratitude for your love and adulation I, Earl Pitts American, am mailing out another fine sticker to slap on the tailgate of your Subaru hatchback which reads “PROUD MEMBER: EARL PITTS AMERICAN FAN CLUB
        So watch your mailbox my biggest fan “The Bruce” If there’s not enough room just slap my sticker over your old HILLARY sticker.
        You are welcome The Bruce,
        Earl Pitts American

  • My Take

    July 6, 2023 at 9:56 pm

    If it were the DeSScumtis White House you would have never heard a report of it.

  • Rob Desantos

    July 7, 2023 at 12:27 am

    It’s the next great conservative parrot talking point — “the BAGGIE”!!

  • PeterH

    July 7, 2023 at 12:41 am

    Wingnut Ron DeSantis is interested in fabricating a conspiracy theory …..and see how many Qanon wackos will take the bait!

  • My Take

    July 7, 2023 at 3:37 am

    Florida, awash in cocaine for about two generations now, can hardly point fingers.
    I’ve seen a photo older than that of a coca bush growing in Coconut Grove!

  • Tjb

    July 7, 2023 at 11:38 am

    I waiting when the find cocaine in the governor mansion after a tour. Can we blame Casey?

  • LEE ROLLER

    July 7, 2023 at 12:03 pm

    Maybe the high-heeled, greasy little meatball should spend more time focusing on the problems that are his actual responsibility instead of waxing about what he’d do if he held another office he’ll never win.

    If you want a promotion, start by doing the job you already have you poseur.

    Calling special legislative sessions to do your bidding with retaliatory statutes while the homeowner’s insurance premiums double and triple while the entire industry teeters on the brink of total collapse is about as egregious of an abdication as I’ve seen.

    Why would anyone want this man to be President? He can’t even manage the most basic responsibilities of being Governor. He’s too busy looking over the horizon and trying to pump himself up to ever be bothered with mundane tasks that serve Florida.

    • Mr. Haney

      July 9, 2023 at 3:13 am

      Bravo!

  • Dont Say FLA

    July 7, 2023 at 2:21 pm

    The real news about the cocaine the floor in the Biden white house is that somebody dropped their cocaine, and NOBODY picked it up, whispering to themselves, “Score!”

  • Tom Palmer

    July 7, 2023 at 4:34 pm

    nowhere in his rant does Gov. DeSantis acknowledge that maybe there seems to be little evidence to investigate. Some idiot dropped a bag of cocaine. it was picked up and analyzed. we’re done here.

  • Greg Klein

    July 8, 2023 at 12:36 pm

    Were they elbow-length, white kid gloves? You know, Tiny D, your gloves should always match your rubber boots!

  • Mr. Haney

    July 9, 2023 at 3:12 am

    Ron DeSantis is a moron.

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