Ron DeSantis wonders if ‘Hunter’s cocaine’ was found in the White House
Ron DeSantis. Image via AP.

Ron DeSantis
'Does everyone think it's Hunter’s cocaine? Whose cocaine was it?'

Gov. Ron DeSantis has worked cocaine found in the White House into his standard stump speech.

The Florida Governor is musing about who the illicit powder might have belonged to, suggesting that “this cocaine in the White House” belongs to the President’s son, Hunter Biden.

“But was it Hunter’s? Does everyone think it’s Hunter’s cocaine? Whose cocaine was it?”

DeSantis also raised the question of what would have happened if cocaine had been found under a Republican President.

“If that were a Republican White House, man, you’d have a special counsel appointed. They’d want to know who the fingerprints — they’d know everything. Now there’s, ‘Oh we were never going to be able to figure out, you know, you know, what’s going on,'” he suggested.

This is the first time DeSantis mentioned Hunter Biden in connection with the substance found last week.

During an episode of a Tomi Lahren podcast last week, Ron DeSantis ripped the administration for being poor stewards of the public space amid the illicit drug allegations. But he merely nodded Wednesday when Lahren suggested the cocaine may have belonged to Hunter Biden, though the host left an opportunity for him to deliver that kind of line then.

The special counsel trope is also new, developing on previous concerns that federal law enforcement was treating the current President with “kid gloves.”

“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,” DeSantis told the Newsmax audience Thursday.

A.G. Gancarski

A.G. Gancarski has been the Northeast Florida correspondent for Florida Politics since 2014. His work also can be seen in the Washington Post, the New York Post, the Washington Times, and National Review, among other publications. He can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter: @AGGancarski


24 comments

  • Eduardine Slaveen Salahuddin 👍

    July 9, 2023 at 9:35 am

    Hunter isn’t running for office so that’s irrelevant anyway. He ought to focus on his own far right propaganda crack habit that’s gonna leave him politically impotent and radioactive waste. Already he has no shot at the presidency because of his stunts. His reign of stupidity will soon be over.

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  • Michael K

    July 9, 2023 at 9:54 am

    So sad. Reeking of desperation. He’s really stooping low here. No vision, simply railing against everything and wanting to destroy anyone who does not meet his idea of “normal,”

  • Real Native Floridian Thomas Kaspar

    July 9, 2023 at 11:10 am

    Of course its Hunters otherwise the secret service would should a tape of the area and they would have already sent Hunters negative cocaine test to CNN , MSNBC , NYT .

    • Mother Superior Slapshot, Bishop Hedman Academy

      July 9, 2023 at 11:50 am

      My goodness me, Mister Real Native Floridian Thomas Kaspar, where do I begin? Hmmmm. Well, I guess the question is what indigenous tribe do you belong to, Seminole, Calusa, Apalachee, Osceola…? No offense but you sound rather white. Next, have you heard of “its vs. it’s”? It’s a little game I play with the children. It has its educational value. How about “Hunters vs. Hunter’s”? The one you used, Hunters, means more than one man with a gun shooting small animals for food or sport. And your “would should a” is just plain wounded English. That’s not all, but that’s enough for now. Perhaps you are not ready to write for the public just yet, bless your heart.

      • Real Native Floridian Thomas Kaspar

        July 10, 2023 at 4:48 pm

        Hunter’s cocaine is the topic in Free Florida . Curb the CBD .

  • WhatNow

    July 9, 2023 at 11:11 am

    Moron. Now DeSantis thinks he’s got police or FBI detective skills? Reality is that it’s next to *impossible* to determine from who some loose powder (cocaine or otherwise) came from, especially in a high-traffic area. And he knows he must choose his words VERY carefully if he is to avoid a very expensive lawsuit award. “News”max is a good place for this guy’s “musings”; “The National Enquirer” or – if it were still in existence – “Weekly World News” would be even more appropriate.

  • PeterH

    July 9, 2023 at 1:02 pm

    Today’s Republicans will say absolutely any stupid conspiracy theory to stay in the news cycle!

    ……and to think DeSantis blames the media for his failing 20% approval support!

  • Milking that podcast?

    July 9, 2023 at 4:51 pm

    Rhonda must have done something other than their big score of a podcast in the last week.

    Let’s use Rhonda’s baseball past as a take on his poll numbers. Rhonda is on 2nd and is headed towards 3rd.

    Given their behavior, Rhonda still thinks in terms of baseball, believing it to be good to be heading towards 3rd. But no, Rhonda, this is polling, which is a lot like a beauty pageant or golfing with Saudis where the lower number is better.

    1st place is better than 2nd place which is better than 3rd place and Rhonda sinking to 3rd place as fast as they can by getting out and giving people a chance to find out exactly who Rhonda is.

    In summary, just keep doing what you’re doing, Ron. It’s perfect!

  • Earl Pitts "Real Truth You Can Trust" American

    July 9, 2023 at 7:48 pm

    Good evening America,
    Of course it was Hunter’s Coke and Uncle Joe should be disqualified from public office for letting his junky Son anywhere near America’s sacred historical White House.
    Anyone thinking otherwise has live +urds swimming in their brains and sorely in need of a brain enemia.
    I mean thats just comon sense America.
    Thank you all for agreeing with my, Earl Pitts American’s, wise and true words of wisdom above.
    Earl Pitts “The Big Voice On The Right” American

    • Friar Tuck'er Carlson

      July 9, 2023 at 8:00 pm

      Earl, you are saying what 75% of all FP readership knows to be true but are too chickin 5hit to comment on. They are content letting the 25% of radicals do all the commenting.
      Friar Tuck’er Carlson

      • Earl Pitts American

        July 9, 2023 at 8:16 pm

        Thank you Friar Tuck,
        A few true blue American’s have gained the courage to comment with their conservative views. I just wish more would.
        Thanks Friar Tuck,
        Earl Pitts American

  • Thomas Kaspar

    July 9, 2023 at 8:25 pm

    Hunter could take a drug test anytime and disavow the story with a negative drug test for 30 days and a year in the hair . He can’t . No one but the secret service knows how much time Hunter has been living in the Whitehouse and no one but the secret service knows if Hunter was in the old situation room lately from cameras. Only Hunter would do crazy stuff.

    • Joe

      July 10, 2023 at 1:06 pm

      Lol, Thomas Kaspar, dumb and paranoid as ever.

      • Real Native Floridian Thomas Kaspar

        July 10, 2023 at 1:08 pm

        Whos paranoid hidden name dem response .

      • Dont Say FLA

        July 10, 2023 at 3:45 pm

        Don’t be so mean to Thomas. Thomas just repeats what he heard on NewsMax. It’s not even Thomas’ fault. It’s Ronald Reagan’s fault for vetoing the Fairness Doctrine passed by Congress after the Murdochs had the FCC repeal its Fairness Doctrine rules.

  • Frier Tuck'er Carlson Carlson

    July 9, 2023 at 8:27 pm

    Keep up the good work Earl,
    Frier Tuck Frier Tuck eats fried chickin, drives a pickup truck.
    Frier Tuck’er Carlson

  • Brett

    July 9, 2023 at 10:49 pm

    This isn’t a far right conspiracy. Imagine if that were a republican president…let that sink in a moment. There would be much more investigating. I totally agree and believe it is Hunter Biden’s.

    • Joe

      July 10, 2023 at 1:03 pm

      Well Brett perhaps that’s because you are morbidly stupid and gullible.

  • Joe

    July 10, 2023 at 1:02 pm

    Does everyone think the GQP has an unhealthy obsession with Hunter? Lol, great job governing, you paranoid freaks.

    • Real Native Floridian Thomas Kaspar

      July 10, 2023 at 1:09 pm

      Weak deflection of huge issue in the WH

  • Nicholas

    July 10, 2023 at 1:37 pm

    Conspiracies. Does Ron DeSantis, Tim Scott, and others running for President have anything of value to offer the American voters?

  • Real Native Floridian Thomas Kaspar

    July 10, 2023 at 2:05 pm

    A deflection is an admission and sad defense of the obvious corruption and madness of Biden Inc .

  • Mr. Haney

    July 11, 2023 at 6:55 pm

    Maybe Ron should consider governing the State he’s getting paid to govern since his successful insurance governance has caused another insurer to leave the State (Farmer’s).

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