Sean Spicer has Been Fighting Dippin’ Dots on Twitter for Years
While most of us have been focused on Sean Spicer‘s press conferences from today and this weekend, the new White House Press Secretary has also been making headlines for something else: his Twitter war with Dippin’ Dots. Over the weekend, Mike Isaac Tweeted that he noticed that he has quietly Tweeted his anger with the dessert for five whole years.
we may not have inauguration attendance data yet, but one set of record turnout numbers are in:
Sean spicer’s angry dippin dots twetes pic.twitter.com/KSXlXLLEeB
— ಠ_ಠ (@MikeIsaac) January 22, 2017
The one-sided feud seems to have begun in 2010, and while it’s unclear what started it, it was clear that he did not agree with the company’s slogan and mantra.
Dippin dots is NOT the ice cream of the future
— Sean Spicer (@seanspicer) April 8, 2010
In 2011, he wanted to make sure to remind the world of his feelings:
I think I have said this before but Dippin Dots are notthe ice cream of the future
— Sean Spicer (@seanspicer) September 22, 2011
And, he burned them when they filed for bankruptcy:
Ice Cream of the Past: Dippin’ Dots Files for Bankruptcy http://t.co/xPifdujD
— Sean Spicer (@seanspicer) November 4, 2011
Then, in 2015, he was angry because Dippin’ Dots ran out of vanilla ice cream at a Nationals game. It’s unclear how he knew that unless he had been trying to get Dippin’ Dots, which would be an odd move for him.
If Dippin Dots was truly the ice cream of the future they would not have run out of vanilla cc @Nationals
— Sean Spicer (@seanspicer) September 7, 2015
Today, Dippin’ Dots CEO Scott Fischer released an open letter to Spicer saying they understand: “Rrunning out of your favorite flavor can feel like a national emergency!” They also offered an olive branch, acknowledging that they would “like to be friends rather than foes.”
Fischer went on to say that the company has grown, and that they can now “Afford to treat the White House and press corps to an ice cream social. What do you say? We’ll make sure there’s plenty of all your favorite flavors.”
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