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Conservatives ridiculed White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates for invoking the Hatch Act when asked about whether the cocaine found in the White House on Sunday was President Joe Biden's or Hunter Biden's.

>> i dont have a response to that. we have to be careful about the hatch act. what i will say is that i have noticed there does seem to be some increasing frustration coming from that corner in general. i think its probably rooted in the contrast between their substantive policy records. [laughter] >> kayleigh: asked if the first son left cocaine, and your answer is "i cant give an answer because it would affect an election." that makes no sense. >> julie: or nothing has to make sense with this ...

Today's Water Cooler

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre lost it on a reporter who asked whether the cocaine discovered in the West Wing belonged to a member of the Biden family.

Colorado GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert has called for President Biden and White House staff members to take a drug test after a bag of cocaine was found inside the White House.

Karine Jean-Pierre snapped at a reporter Friday who had asked her to say once and for all that the cocaine found at the White House did not belong to a Biden family member.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre called The Post "irresponsible" for asking whether cocaine found last weekend belonged to any of the Biden's.

Karine Jean-Pierre claimed the Bidens weren't at the White House on Friday. But pool reporters said the Bidens only left Friday evening.

COCAINE RUNAROUND AT THE WHITE HOUSE. Republicans in Congress are starting to ask questions about last weekend's discovery of a baggie of cocaine in the White House. On Friday morning, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY), best known as the chief investigator of Hunter Biden on Capitol Hill, sent a letter to Kimberly Cheatle, head of the Secret Service. "The presence of illegal drugs in the White House is unacceptable and a shameful moment in the White House's his...