“You had someone as despicable as Hitler who didn’t even sink to using chemical weapons.” So said White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, who’s come under fire for his false statements — Adolf Hitler gassed millions of people — while making a comparison to Bashar al-Assad’s suspected sarin gas attacks.
Attempted clarifications made things worse as he explained, “[Hitler] was not using the gas on his own people.” Now Spicer, who made the comments on Passover, has issued multiple apologies as the Anne Frank Center calls for his resignation