WSJ Opens Sean Spicer Sendoff Article With Delightfully Strange Story Of His Mini-Fridge Theft

Sean Spicer resigned today as White House Press Secretary, and as such, numerous news outlets are writing send-offs that encapsulate Spicer’s odd place in national political and cultural history.

The Wall Street Journal‘s Michael C. Bender provided such an example, which led with a unique story that provided insight into Spicer’s scrappy, can-do spirit:

Less than a month into his new job, White House press secretary Sean Spicer needed to keep his food and drink cold. He wanted a mini-fridge.

He dispatched a top aide to a nearby executive office building where junior research employees are crammed into a room, surviving on Lean Cuisine frozen lunches. Mr. Spicer wants your icebox, the aide said, according to people familiar with the incident. They refused to give it up.

So Mr. Spicer waited until sundown—after his young staffers had left—to take matters into his own hands. He was spotted by a fellow White House official lugging the icebox down the White House driveway after 8 p.m.

Though a unique and strange vignette to share, this story does demonstrate Sean Spicer’s….oh, I don’t know…”Sean Spicer-ness” in a way that no other story or words could convey.

One wonders if Bender had this story but was under strict orders never to share it as long as Spicer was serving as Press Secretary. Nice discipline Bender.

Read the entire WSJ article here.

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