Fingers Continue to be Pointed at Hunter Biden Over Cocaine Found in the White House – Across social media last week, countless critics of the Biden family were quick to suggest that the cocaine found at the White House belonged to Hunter Biden, the troubled son of President Joe Biden. Yet, the only evidence is that the younger Biden is a recovering addict who has admitted to using the drug, including in its more potent crack version, in the past.
The United States Secret Service began investigating after the controlled substance was discovered at an entrance to the West Wing over the Fourth of July holiday weekend but has since announced the “cocaine culprit” may not be determined due to it being such a highly trafficked area.
The Cocaine Crisis: Lawmakers Responded
That has only enflamed some Republican lawmakers, who suggested the Secret Service could be covering up for someone in the Biden family, Fox News reported.
“I’ve been in and out of that entrance a million times. It’s one of the most heavily secured and constantly surveilled places on Earth. They keep detailed records on who enters and exits and when. I find it difficult to accept that they can’t figure out who put the cocaine there,” Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) said on Thursday night, as quoted by the news channel.
“How can the [White House] say the cocaine culprit will likely never be Identified? They have video and visitor logs as well as facial recognition,” also questioned Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.).
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., similarly pondered, “How can law enforcement officials say it is ‘unlikely’ they’ll be able to track down the culprit who brought cocaine into the White House?”
Court of Public Opinion On Social Media
Across social media, Hunter Biden was the obvious answer – despite any hard evidence. Even former President Donald Trump was among those who felt the need to weigh in.
“Does anybody really believe that the COCAINE found in the West Wing of the White House, very close to the Oval Office, is for the use of anyone other than Hunter & Joe Biden,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
The fact that the president’s son is an addict was enough that all fingers were pointed directly at him, even as there was reasons offered as to why it likely wasn’t his.
Former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany was among those who pushed back on the suggestion the cocaine found at The White House over the holiday weekend could have belonged to the younger Hunter Biden.
“For it to be Hunter Biden, he left on Friday, he was at Camp David. There is no way, it is inconceivable to think cocaine could sit for a 72-hour period [at The White House], so I would rule him out at this point.” McEnany, who is a Fox News host, said Thursday on the network’s flagship morning talk program, TheHill reported.
Yet, the speculation, finger-pointing, and of course, no shortage of jokes has continued – and likely will do. This likely is just another distraction from bigger issues, but it is also a reflection of the great divide in our nation today.
It is likely true that similar finger-pointing would have been made by former President Trump’s critics were he still in office. Yet, there is a case to be made that a rush to judgment does little good.
“I always like the principle, ‘just because we can doesn’t mean we should.’ And we should all have a better dose of that in our Internet judgments,” explained Amy Bonebright, assistant professor of journalism at Liberty University.
“Hasty generalizations regarding cocaine found in the White House this week only provide cheap shots that lack facts and feed the online nastiness,” Bonebright told 19FortyFive via an email. “Let’s be better and wait for the investigation to play out.”
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A Senior Editor for 19FortyFive, Peter Suciu is a Michigan-based writer. He has contributed to more than four dozen magazines, newspapers, and websites with over 3,200 published pieces over a twenty-year career in journalism. He regularly writes about military hardware, firearms history, cybersecurity, politics, and international affairs. Peter is also a Contributing Writer for Forbes and Clearance Jobs. You can follow him on Twitter: @PeterSuciu.
