Anne Frank Center, Barbra Streisand, Nancy Pelosi demand Sean Spicer be fired for Holocaust denial

Brett T. | 5:03 PM on April 11, 2017

As Twitchy reported, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer stumbled uncomfortably around the briefing room Tuesday as the press corps watched in amazement and horror. To be charitable, Spicer was most likely trying to say that unlike Syria’s Bashar Assad, even Hitler didn’t drop chemical weapons on civilians … unfortunately, it took him several tries, and he never did quite nail it.

Oh god. Spicer just said that "even Hitler" didn't use chemical weapons.

— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) April 11, 2017

What did come out of his mouth was enough to inspire several calls for his firing.

Sean Spicer should be fired for saying Hitler did not use chemical weapons on "his own people.” You mean 6 million Jews don’t count?

— Barbra Streisand (@BarbraStreisand) April 11, 2017

Barbra Streisand’s not in much of a position to pry Spicer out of his job, but Rep. Nancy Pelosi could certainly find some backup among Democrats in Congress.

INBOX: @NancyPelosi calls on Trump to fire Sean Spicer, noting his comments on the Holocaust came during Passover: pic.twitter.com/4WohwmgGuQ

— Ed O'Keefe (@edokeefe) April 11, 2017

.@realDonaldTrump, it’s time to fire @PressSec Sean Spicer. https://t.co/35sTqfkp1d pic.twitter.com/Lw73GVtKDh

— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) April 11, 2017

The Anne Frank Center also released a statement demanding Spicer’s firing, claiming that he had “engaged in Holocaust denial, the most offensive form of fake news imaginable, by denying Hitler gassed millions of Jews to death.” The tweet garnered nearly 7,000 likes in just two hours and was retweeted by Debra Messing, who asked followers to use the #FireSpicer hashtag.