I went to birthday party for WOWlebrity & brilliant comic Nora Burns last night, which was also a viewing party for the debate at the beautiful loft of PR maven James LaForce and his partner Stephen Henderson. It was a lovely, but low-key event attended by Nora’s nearest and dearest, like Sandra Bernhard and her partner Sara Switzer, Cynthia Nixon and her wife, Christine Marinoni, and Nora’s Unitard comedy husbands David Ilku & Mike Albo. My couch-mate for the debate was old pal and genius playwright, Ryan Landry.

After cocktails, and a delicious vegetarian dinner, about 30-40 of us anxiously settled in to watch Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton go to town on each other. I’m not going through a “blow-by-blow” of how they did, you saw but the volume WAS high enough so that our crowd, and indeed 100 million others could hear Trump’s unmistakable sniffing. Seriously, a light bulb went on!

Speculation that Trump was high on coke? 100%

After it was all over, I tested my theory on the crowd that Trump is (and has been) coked up for this entire election cycle, and through some informal polling, of the afore mentioned and others, the general consensus was,

“OMG. I think you’re right!”

So, I come home to find out the internet is ABUZZ with the same speculation. It seems like I was NOT alone in my brilliant thinking at ALL. On Twitter, Howard Dean came right out with the blunt question,

“Notice Trump sniffing all the time. Coke user?”

But it wasn’t just Mr. Dean, the Twitter handle @TrumpSniff was born DURING the 90 minutes he was debating and sniffing and debating…

A Facebook pal, illustrator Stephen Kroninger posted the video below on my speculation, of Trump sniffing 1,400 times. Memes start popping up all over the place and The Late Show‘s Stephen Colbert, said,

“Trump sounded like he was fighting off a cold… with cocaine.”

The Late Show‘s Twitter posted:

“Trump either has a coke problem or a mild allergy to women who don’t flinch when he interrupts them.”

And The Daily Show also noted Trump’s sniffling, tweeting:

“We’re *sniff* going *sniff* LIVE *sniff* at 11/10c! #sniff.”

NBC News reacted like your clueless aunt might with,

“Does Donald Trump have a cold? He began Monday night’s debate at Hofstra University occasionally sniffling, which appeared to distract many people following along on social media.”

Meanwhile, many on Twitter, like Albert Brooks, called the 70-year-old Trump’s “excellent” health into question.

“Trump as making fun of Hillary’s health but if he sniffs one more time, I’m calling 911.”

Now, I have to say, I’m not judgmental about those that might have done a little nose candy in their day, but it was not my drug. In fact, drugs are not my drug. I can have a half a glass of Coca-Cola at lunch and be grinding my teeth at 2 AM, so I can’t say from personal experience. But if you’ve ever had a conversation with someone coked up, you’ll recognize the behavior. Fast talking nonsense with an unwavering belief that your ideas are THE BEST. Lots of sniffing. Lots of liquid consumption. (How many sips of water did he take?) And rambling, lots of rambling in circular conversations that lead you back to what…. what was your point?

Wouldn’t this theory explain the last year plus of nonsense we’ve all witnessed? No, apparently not. It was all someone else’s fault –AGAIN. Donald Trump has NOW claimed that he was not sniffling at all, but that there had been a problem with his mic. WTF? Dude you sniffed 100 times!? Are you kidding? 100 million people saw it…

OK. Fine. Nevermind. #TrumpSniff #ImWithHer #JustSayNoThankYou

Trump either has a coke problem or a mild allergy to women who don't flinch when he interrupts them #LateShowLive pic.twitter.com/cyOFmyrMbw

— The Late Show (@colbertlateshow) September 27, 2016