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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis made sly remarks in an interview Wednesday about the recent discovery of cocaine in the White House.
The Secret Service confirmed to Fox News Digital that cocaine was found Sunday at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. A Secret Service agent discovered the substance in the West Wing, prompting an evacuation of the building.
Officials were initially unsure what the substance was, and a hazmat team arrived on site when the discovery was made. The Secret Service also blocked roads around the White House as the investigation continued.
Authorities are still investigating who brought the substance into the White House. President Joe Biden was absent at the time.
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Gov. of Florida, Ron DeSantis (REUTERS/Carlo Allegri, File)
In an interview with Tomi Lahren on OutKick’s “Tomi Lahren Is Fearless,” DeSantis explained the discovery of the drug.
“I think a lot of us have believed that the Biden administration has blown it up on a lot of fronts, but I think it’s a little more literal than even I thought,” DeSantis joked.
“I can tell you that in Florida my wife and I… have a 6, 5, and 3 year old running around the Governor’s Mansion, so that’s not something we see,” the governor continued.
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President Joe Biden in the Oval Office of the White House, July 5, 2023, in Washington, DC (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
“We occasionally have to get slime out of the carpet and get marker off the wallpaper, but that’s the extent of our adventures in the Governor’s Mansion,” he added.
On Wednesday, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., wrote a letter to the Secret Service demanding that they make public the list of personnel allowed access to the West Wing without security checks, along with more specific details about the discovery.
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The White House in Washington, DC (Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
“According to public records, the Secret Service has not yet confirmed where in the West Wing the cocaine was found,” the Republican senator wrote in a letter. “I urge you to release that information quickly, as the American people deserve to know if illegal drugs have been found in an area where confidential information is exchanged.”
Patrick Hauf, Aubrie Spady and Mark Meredith of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
