# US Congressman Trey Radel (R-FL) arrested for cocaine possession. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 19, 2013, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-congressman-trey-radel-r-fl-arrested-for-cocaine-possession/674298 "2013-11-19T21:54:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-congressman-trey-radel-r-fl-arrested-for-cocaine-possession/674298/1 "2013-11-19T21:54:09Z")
Oops! > **[Congressman Charged With Cocaine Possession](https://www.businessinsider.com/trey-radel-arrested-cocaine-possession-2013-11)** > [@](#): > > Rep. Trey Radel (R-Fla.), a freshman congressman, was arrested last month for cocaine possession in the District of Columbia, according to D.C. Superior Court documents obtained by Politico. > > Radel is scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday. Well, at least he’s not gay, so he can keep that “family values” banner, right? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-congressman-trey-radel-r-fl-arrested-for-cocaine-possession/674298/2 "2013-11-19T21:58:12Z")
A Freshman eh? So this doesn’t fall under a privilege of youth? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-congressman-trey-radel-r-fl-arrested-for-cocaine-possession/674298/3 "2013-11-19T22:04:50Z")
There’s only one honorable response the Republican Party can offer to this, and I for one believe they will do it: They must immediately submit a bill to repeal Obamacare. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-congressman-trey-radel-r-fl-arrested-for-cocaine-possession/674298/4 "2013-11-19T22:33:03Z")
I wonder if he voted for drug testing welfare recipients? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-congressman-trey-radel-r-fl-arrested-for-cocaine-possession/674298/5 "2013-11-19T22:37:35Z")
Has he apologized yet and promised to go into rehab?? Surely he wasn’t responsible… :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Parker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-congressman-trey-radel-r-fl-arrested-for-cocaine-possession/674298/6 "2013-11-19T22:39:58Z")
I thought this sort of thing only happened in Canada! ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-congressman-trey-radel-r-fl-arrested-for-cocaine-possession/674298/7 "2013-11-19T22:47:59Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Has he apologized yet and promised to go into rehab?? Surely he wasn’t responsible… :rolleyes: I’m sure his search for redemption will involve his Lord and Savior being repeatedly praised in public. He could go the “reformed sinner become preacher” route and still keep his 6-figure income… it’s a win-win! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-congressman-trey-radel-r-fl-arrested-for-cocaine-possession/674298/8 "2013-11-19T22:50:46Z")
Has Fox reported this yet? Did they (over zealous Fox staffers) put a D in front of his name? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-congressman-trey-radel-r-fl-arrested-for-cocaine-possession/674298/9 "2013-11-19T22:53:56Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Has he apologized yet and promised to go into rehab?? Surely he wasn’t responsible… :rolleyes: Of course he’s not responsible. :rolleyes: You know who is? [That one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNzA9LfMlmU#t=18.5s)! Duh! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-congressman-trey-radel-r-fl-arrested-for-cocaine-possession/674298/10 "2013-11-19T22:59:20Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > Has Fox reported this yet? Did they (over zealous Fox staffers) put a D in front of his name? No but it’s buried halfway down the page. ---
**Author:** ![Boggette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@Boggette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boggette)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-congressman-trey-radel-r-fl-arrested-for-cocaine-possession/674298/11 "2013-11-19T23:46:56Z")
> [@yanceylebeef](#): > > I wonder if he voted for drug testing welfare recipients? This was my first thought! ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-congressman-trey-radel-r-fl-arrested-for-cocaine-possession/674298/12 "2013-11-19T23:50:30Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Has he apologized yet and promised to go into rehab?? Surely he wasn’t responsible… :rolleyes: They tried to make him go to rehab, but he said no, no, no. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-congressman-trey-radel-r-fl-arrested-for-cocaine-possession/674298/13 "2013-11-20T00:14:00Z")
I pulled this from the honorable congressman’s webpage earlier today: > [@](#): > > Trey Radel is a husband, a father, an entrepreneur and a Conservative voice in the United States House of Representatives, representing Florida’s 19th Congressional District. > > Before running for Congress, Trey hosted one of Florida’s premier Conservative TV & Radio Talk Shows – Daybreak, on TV-6 & 92.5 Fox News. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-congressman-trey-radel-r-fl-arrested-for-cocaine-possession/674298/14 "2013-11-20T00:33:56Z")
> [@](#): > > Before running for Congress, Trey hosted one of Florida’s premier Conservative TV & Radio Talk Shows – Daybreak, on TV-6 & 92.5 Fox News. Well, there’s the problem. That show airs at five am. A guy’s gonna need a little pick-me-up if he’s working those hours. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-congressman-trey-radel-r-fl-arrested-for-cocaine-possession/674298/15 "2013-11-20T02:12:32Z")
Fox news is reporting it was planted on him by a gay man wearing an Obamacare T-shirt. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-congressman-trey-radel-r-fl-arrested-for-cocaine-possession/674298/16 "2013-11-20T02:38:27Z")
> [@yanceylebeef](#): > > I wonder if he voted for drug testing welfare recipients? [Three guesses](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/19/trey-radel-drug-testing_n_4305348.html), first two don’t count! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-congressman-trey-radel-r-fl-arrested-for-cocaine-possession/674298/17 "2013-11-20T02:47:19Z")
> [@yanceylebeef](#): > > I wonder if he voted for drug testing welfare recipients? > [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > [Three guesses](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/19/trey-radel-drug-testing_n_4305348.html), first two don’t count! [sarcasm] Doesn’t count, he’s not on welfare/food stamps. [/sarcasm] From the linked article. > [@](#): > > Radel apologized Tuesday for his cocaine bust and said he’d seek treatment. > > “I struggle with the disease of alcoholism, and this led to an extremely irresponsible choice,” he said. So he cures alcoholism with cocaine? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-congressman-trey-radel-r-fl-arrested-for-cocaine-possession/674298/18 "2013-11-20T02:50:12Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Well, there’s the problem. That show airs at five am. A guy’s gonna need a little pick-me-up if he’s working those hours. That’s why they call it the crack of dawn. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-congressman-trey-radel-r-fl-arrested-for-cocaine-possession/674298/19 "2013-11-20T07:44:12Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > That’s why they call it the crack of dawn. You, sir, are _funny_. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-congressman-trey-radel-r-fl-arrested-for-cocaine-possession/674298/20 "2013-11-20T08:24:09Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > [sarcasm] > So he cures alcoholism with cocaine? According to Craig Ferguson, back in his alcoholic youth he used to use cocaine on occasion not because he liked it, but because it helped him drink more without losing consciousness. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-congressman-trey-radel-r-fl-arrested-for-cocaine-possession/674298.md?page=2)