ALERT – White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer will talk live to @WolfBlitzer on CNN in a moment, in @CNNSitRoom
— Vaughn Sterling (@vplus) April 11, 2017
By now, you’ve no doubt heard about Sean Spicer’s epically awkward remarks about Hitler and chemical weapons. After the story had a few hours to fester, Spicer went on Wolf Blitzer’s “Situation Room” to publicly apologize:
Spicer on @CNNSitRoom – "I apologize."
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) April 11, 2017
.@SeanSpicer on @CNN now: "I mistakenly used an insensitive and inappropriate reference to the Holocaust..I apologize for doing that."
— Carla Marinucci (@cmarinucci) April 11, 2017
Sean Spicer apologizes for comments on Assad gas attacks and Holocaust. pic.twitter.com/5950JNwTxy
— Claudia Koerner (@ClaudiaKoerner) April 11, 2017
Spicer also said he didn’t “want to be a distraction” to Trump’s agenda:
Spicer: "I realized that I had made a mistake, and I did not want to be a distraction to the president's agenda…" https://t.co/C58m8B7GPE
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) April 11, 2017
There you have it.
On CNN, @PressSec took and answered repeated hard questions from @wolfblitzer & made an unequivocal apology.
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) April 11, 2017
Viewers’ reactions are a bit … mixed:
Is this the first unadulterated unqualified apology from someone inside the administration?
— Miriam Elder (@MiriamElder) April 11, 2017
No fan of Spicey but good on him for admitting it was inappropriate and actually using the word "apologize".
— BLGee (@BeeElleGee) April 11, 2017
https://twitter.com/Wright_57/status/851921817849802753
https://twitter.com/JessicaGottlieb/status/851923175864545280
It took 4 hours for an apology? Smdh.
— Teri Thomas (@edesigngirl) April 11, 2017
https://twitter.com/IflAllEndsdavid/status/851923094310723584
Yeah you screwed up real bad !!!! I still don't think he gets it !
— sue faist (@suzeach) April 11, 2017
https://twitter.com/jbillinson/status/851924338077044739
https://twitter.com/alwaysonoffense/status/851923535211769862
Sounds like it’s gonna be a while before Spicer shakes this one off.
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