https://twitter.com/TPCarney/status/851857581664608259
Good press secretaries are evidently pretty hard to come by these days:
Spicer just said not even "despicable" Hitler used chemical weapons, comparing to Assad's use of them.
— Ali Vitali (@alivitali) April 11, 2017
https://twitter.com/davidharsanyi/status/851857995260731392
Yes. Yes he did:
Press Sec. on Syria: "You had someone as despicable as Hitler who didn't even sink to using chemical weapons." https://t.co/n7TqA3VDnW pic.twitter.com/8MEyBgrsvZ
— ABC News (@ABC) April 11, 2017
Sean. Sean.
https://twitter.com/seanagnew/status/851857290919649281
oh god https://t.co/e165zgPg4t
— delrayser (@delrayser) April 11, 2017
What are you doing, Sean Spicer???
Sean Spicer says Hitler didn't use chemical weapons….do gas chambers to kill millions of Jews count? Yikes…
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) April 11, 2017
https://twitter.com/ThatElJefe/status/851858306880733185
I think they were called gas chambers for a reason https://t.co/bY74EG9m3x
— kilgore trout was in the loop (@KT_So_It_Goes) April 11, 2017
The gas chambers did not involve the use of chemicals deployed to kill at all. Clearly. https://t.co/mz1x8KscvF
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) April 11, 2017
I mean say what you want about Hitler. He killed 6 million people without the use of nerve agents, except that whole gas chamber thing…
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) April 11, 2017
Chyron?? pic.twitter.com/KShgl4bxyN
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) April 11, 2017
Was Zyklon B not a chemical? In what other ways was Hitler 'better' than other mass murderers? This statement is a kaleidoscope of wrong. https://t.co/YLXOdLXlOb
— Bryan S. Myrick (@BryanMyrick) April 11, 2017
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Words matter, Sean.
https://twitter.com/Thorrison/status/851859911864721410
yes a stupid comment but he was most likely referring to the battlefield
— Kurt Diekelman (@diekelman_kurt) April 11, 2017
https://twitter.com/Thomasismyuncle/status/851863511957458945
I get what Spicer was trying to say: Hitler didn't use chemical weapons *on the battlefield*. Which is true. Still, an unfortunate analogy.
— The Nats Won The World Series (@EsotericCD) April 11, 2017
Extremely unfortunate.
https://twitter.com/omriceren/status/851860075270606848
1. What?
2. Might wanna be careful about getting painted into a "worse than Hitler" corner, since that means, you know, doing something https://t.co/Wlz6iSEhOc— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 11, 2017
So many other ways he could have made his point. This was a sloppy attempt.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) April 11, 2017
This is pundit level stupidity. https://t.co/8046I7xvA6
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) April 11, 2017
Maybe Spicer can get a job at #United to clean up their PR mess.
"Hitler didn't even reaccomodate paying passengers on Deutsche Luft Hansa!" https://t.co/tR4mV7f36A— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) April 11, 2017
I don't think this admin actually IS composed by anti-Semites. But I do think they trip over their dicks a lot re: topics involving Jews.
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) April 11, 2017
I'll take #WW2AlternativeFacts for $1,000, Alex….
— Susie Moore (@SmoosieQ) April 11, 2017
Honestly if you replaced Sean Spicer with a baked potato the results couldn't be worse
— kilgore trout was in the loop (@KT_So_It_Goes) April 11, 2017
You can't tell me the baked potato isn't already outperforming Spicer pic.twitter.com/PRjuL5dg9k
— kilgore trout was in the loop (@KT_So_It_Goes) April 11, 2017
Sean Spicer should have his mouth sewn shut.
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) April 11, 2017
He does not appear to be particularly good at this job. One wonders how long his learning curve probationary period will last.
— Joshua Stokes (@JoshuaCHStokes) April 11, 2017
Spicer soon pic.twitter.com/s4cTVpuaQU
— Ryan (@chasinghumility) April 11, 2017
https://twitter.com/cmdeb/status/851857600316448768
Honestly, Sean, it’s probably best to just avoid making the point altogether from now on.
Or, you know, you could just dig that hole even deeper:
Spicer clarifies the earlier Hitler comment, saying Hitler was "not using the gas on his own people in the same way that Assad is doing."
— Ali Vitali (@alivitali) April 11, 2017
.@PressSec, offered a chance to clean up his Hitler comments: “He was not using the gas on his own people the same way that Assad is doing."
— Cameron Joseph (@cam_joseph) April 11, 2017
Press Sec. on Hitler/Assad comments: "He was not using the gas on his own people the same way…he brought them into the Holocaust centers." pic.twitter.com/mO9EsWM4QT
— ABC News (@ABC) April 11, 2017
Oh.
https://twitter.com/MBGlenn/status/851861511735824384
This is actually worse. German Jews weren't German people? They were… what? Aliens like Nazis claimed? https://t.co/3slkognoN3
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) April 11, 2017
I guess Sean is technically correct with regard to Polish Jews. They weren't Germans of any sort. https://t.co/3slkognoN3
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) April 11, 2017
You want to be really careful about implicitly accepting the ethics and legal reasoning of, you know, Nazis, Sean. https://t.co/3slkognoN3
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) April 11, 2017
"Holocaust centers" is the most polite euphemism for "Nazi death camps" that I ever heard. https://t.co/O1T0IL0Lom
— Matt Ortega (@MattOrtega) April 11, 2017
Oy vey.
Just….just….just….
— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) April 11, 2017
https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/851860563328151552
https://twitter.com/DanFosterType/status/851861448879943680
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/851861850132185088
Reason we know time travel won't be invented in our lifetimes is that an older Sean Spicer didn't suddenly appear and scream "Stop Talking!" https://t.co/fwFIgDDN05
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) April 11, 2017
oh god this keeps getting worse for them https://t.co/TupE4mKBcS
— Kyle Foley (@KFoleyFL) April 11, 2017
https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/851860906875244547
WH crisis communications rn pic.twitter.com/wPcZuwHK1u
— Ryan (@chasinghumility) April 11, 2017
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.
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Update:
Spicer now issues statement: "In no way was I trying to lessen the horrendous nature of the Holocaust, however, I was…" 1/2
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) April 11, 2017
2/2 "…trying to draw a contrast of the tactic of using airplanes to drop chemical weapons on innocent people."
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) April 11, 2017
Pssst! Sean! You’re doing it wrong.
Confirmed: The reason why what Assad did was (maybe) worse than what Hitler did is: AIRPLANES. https://t.co/vgnBtBTLnG
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) April 11, 2017
Again, the correct statement is "I fucked up. There's nothing good to say about Hitler. I totally misspoke. I'll get more sleep tonight."
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) April 11, 2017
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Update:
All fixed? WATCH: Sean Spicer apologizes for controversial remarks about Hitler
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