D'OH! Tommy Vietor tries to defend previous brag about success in Syria, body slams Obama (AGAIN)

In October of 2013, former Obama national security spokesman Tommy Vietor joined others from the administration in letting the world know most of the chemical weapons were in the process of being removed:

The progress that's been made towards eliminating #Syria's ability to use chemical weapons is remarkable: http://t.co/8s7VqWqqcZ

— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) October 31, 2013

Months later, then-Secretary of State John Kerry said Syria was free of “declared” chemical weapons:

.@JohnKerry: Today the last 8% of declared chemical weapons were removed from #Syria. Great work done by all involved http://t.co/ccPDVkNISz

— Department of State (@StateDept) June 24, 2014

Over the weekend, there was a reported chemical attack in Syria that killed dozens of people. After that news broke, Vietor’s 2013 tweet started making the rounds again, but Vietor tried to defend the tweet — as well as the previous administration — this way:

Republicans and a very dumb columnist are resurfacing this tweet like it’s a gotcha. Shipping out 1300 metric tons of weapons-grade chemicals was a major development. Obviously they didn’t get it all. Chlorine wasn’t covered. Trump was handed a mess but also hasn’t deterred Assad

— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) April 8, 2018

Wait, does that say what we think it says?

lil bit of a slip-up there at the end Tommy https://t.co/8swRXuAHYa

— Alex Muresianu (@ahardtospell) April 8, 2018

Team Obama turned a blind eye to Syrian genocide in an effort to cut a nuclear deal with Iran in which Iran received billions of dollars which they’ve now used to further spread terrorism and death in the region. Team Obama’s legacy will be one of death and massive destruction.

— Common Sense (@Paine_1776) April 8, 2018

But don’t worry, we’re sure that one of Obama’s other signature foreign policy legacies will turn out just fine: