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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre’s responses to reporters asking about the unprecedented discovery of cocaine in “The People’s House” over the weekend showed an unfortunate ambivalence, critics said Wednesday.
Jean-Pierre stressed that President Biden and his family were not at the White House over the weekend during the discovery. When asked if staffers will undergo further drug testing in the aftermath of the incident, Jean-Pierre said the White House is already subject to “strict guidelines” that include testing.
“And so we will take whatever action is appropriate and justifiable pending the outcome of the Secret Service — I’m just not going to get into any hypotheses from here,” she said.
On “The Five,” co-host Jeanine Pirro said that Jean-Pierre should have been direct and stated that the FBI will pursue the perpetrator in full, pending investigation.
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“Her ambivalence in her response by not answering is consistent with the ambivalence about whether the White House will prosecute. Why not say we’re going to prosecute? We need to set and send the message here, it’s illegal,” Pirro said.
“You don’t bring it to the White House. If you’re an employee high on cocaine, you shouldn’t be in the White House. If you’re an employee who brings in cocaine, you shouldn’t be in the White House. ” White House – if you were a tourist – and how many think a tourist would do this? Do you think you can make it through the incredible screening?”
Co-host Greg Gutfeld pointed to the differing accounts of the discovery’s location, as the District of Columbia Fire Department reportedly said over their radio that it was found in the library — which is part of the East Wing, specifically — while the US Secret Service reportedly said it was discovered in the more heavily traversed West Wing.
“They went from, like it was a very specific library, to a working area. And they kept emphasizing this over and over again, ‘The possibility of suspects is endless,'” he said.
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“We’ll probably never get to the bottom of this. It’s going to be another unsolved mystery. And our media, which generally likes to pursue a great story if it’s a Republican, won’t do anything about it. And I know that sounds repetitive… but it’s true.”
Gutfeld added that the incident appears to be the latest controversy on the White House grounds in recent weeks, when a transgender activist gave birth to her breasts at an event last month.
“I also love how the media pounces on the right for raising Hunter as if he’s not the most obvious culprit,” he said, pointing out that the president’s son was thrown out of the US Navy for drug violations. and reportedly thrown out of a notorious California “castle” for debauchery.
And then, of course, he was just in the White House. So I think, you know, Occam’s Razor, this is the most obvious thing that could happen — but I love that when you bring it up, it’s like, “Oh, typical: you’d bring up Hunter. What about a father’s love for his son?”
Hunter Biden had joined his father before going to Camp David, the president’s official retreat in Catoctin Mountain, Md.
Co-host Johnny Joey Jones argued that given the Biden administration’s approach to drug enforcement and rehabilitation, it will be difficult for officials to publicly support harsh punishment for the offender.
“I don’t see how they can crack down on them, nothing, and not be denounced for hypocrisy by the far left,” he said.
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