Staffers from the Presidential Personnel Office (PPO) played a drinking game called 'Icing' in a government building in January, according to a new report. 

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Apparently White House staffers are playing drinking games with Smirnoff Ice

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Andrew Wyrich

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Posted on Mar 30, 2018   Updated on May 21, 2021, 8:01 pm CDT

Staffers from the Presidential Personnel Office (PPO) played a drinking game called “Icing” in a government building in January, according to a new report.

The Washington Post reports that the PPO staffers, who are responsible for vetting and recruiting political appointees, played the game—which involves hiding a Smirnoff Ice and forcing someone to chug it when they find it—in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.

The PPO office became a “social hub,” according to the newspaper, where young staffers would “hang out on couches and smoke electronic cigarettes.” The “Icing” drinking game was played to celebrate a deputy director’s 30th birthday.

“Icing” has been ridiculed as being a drinking game that is played by “bros.”

The White House confirmed that the “Icing” game was played but said happy hours are a way of networking for staffers. The Eisenhower Office Building is adjacent to the White House and is home to a “majority of offices for White House staff.”

The Post found the PPO, which also vets people for potential jobs that need to be confirmed by the Senate, was a “refuge for young campaign workers” that worked for now-President Donald Trump. The office is not staffed as robustly as it was under previous administrations.

You can read all of the Washington Post‘s report on the PPO here.

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*First Published: Mar 30, 2018, 5:47 pm CDT