RNC Spox, Ben & Jerry’s in Bernie Sanders-Based Twitter Dispute

It’s like every 1980s college movie ever made: the mean preppy guy pushing around the hapless but good-hearted hero.

But this time it’s on Twitter and over a presidential candidate. RNC Communications Director Sean Spicer poked at Ben & Jerry’s Tuesday night for supplying ice cream for a Bernie Sanders campaign event:

so @BernieSanders rallies against corporations but has no problem taking @benandjerrys free handouts at kickoff

— Sean Spicer (@seanspicer) May 27, 2015

The company responded that the former owners of the company had supplied the desserts, not the ice cream company:

@seanspicer Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield (citizens) donated the ice cream. We have similar values as the Senator, but are non-partisan.

— Ben & Jerry's (@benandjerrys) May 27, 2015

.@benandjerrys great. There are still laws. One is you can't donate without reporting it to the Federal Election Commission

— Sean Spicer (@seanspicer) May 27, 2015

Perhaps the gentlemen did file with the FEC. Either way, this seems like a great use of both time and Twitter.

[Image via Joseph Sohm / Shutterstock.com]

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