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In reply to the discussion: Spicer: Well Hitler never gassed his own people... [View all]MineralMan
(151,345 posts)20. "Hitler 'was not using the gas on his own people the same way that Assad is doing'"
http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/11/politics/sean-spicer-hitler-assad-gas-chemical-weapons/
White House press secretary Sean Spicer, in an effort to shame Russia's alliance with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his use of chemical weapons, said Tuesday Adolf Hitler "didn't even sink to using chemical weapons" during World War II.
While Hitler did not use chemical weapons on the battlefield, Hitler and the Nazis used gas chambers to exterminate Jews, disabled people and others.
"You had someone who was despicable as Hitler who didn't even sink to using chemical weapons," Spicer said. "So you have to, if you are Russia, ask yourself is this a country and a regime that you want to align yourself with."
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Spicer, asked later in the briefing for a clarification by a reporter about the comments that Hitler did not use chemical weapons, said: "I think when you come to sarin gas, he was not using the gas on his own people the same way that Assad is doing."
While Hitler did not use chemical weapons on the battlefield, Hitler and the Nazis used gas chambers to exterminate Jews, disabled people and others.
"You had someone who was despicable as Hitler who didn't even sink to using chemical weapons," Spicer said. "So you have to, if you are Russia, ask yourself is this a country and a regime that you want to align yourself with."
{snip}
Spicer, asked later in the briefing for a clarification by a reporter about the comments that Hitler did not use chemical weapons, said: "I think when you come to sarin gas, he was not using the gas on his own people the same way that Assad is doing."
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Look on the bright side. At least he acknowledges the holocaust. Most Trumpers deny it happened!!
TheBlackAdder
Apr 2017
#81
Well said. "Most ignorant, pathetic, sorry-ass bunch of folks to ever occupy the White House."
LuckyLib
Apr 2017
#77
16 years ago when W was selected, I was 57 and developed that same potty mouth.
beveeheart
Apr 2017
#109
Systematically rounding people up, stealing their belongings, then gassing them is somehow better?
Thor_MN
Apr 2017
#99
The quote is abhorrent either way, but did he really say "on his own people"?
Tom Rinaldo
Apr 2017
#25
"Hitler 'was not using the gas on his own people the same way that Assad is doing'"
MineralMan
Apr 2017
#20
Why do we have to listen ANY of the things that spew forth from the hole on this
Squinch
Apr 2017
#24
I am amazed at how much of an incompetent idiot Spicer has shown himself to be.
SaschaHM
Apr 2017
#14
Wow. He was even given an opportunity to correct what he said and he made it worse
Freethinker65
Apr 2017
#29
Lawrence O'Donnell: Sean Spicer is a profoundly stupid liar working for a profoundly stupid liar
riversedge
Apr 2017
#37
wow, this fool. You would think that would pass even our ever lowering threshold of indecent and
JCanete
Apr 2017
#69
If the reporters there had ANY integrity, they'd have walked out immediately
Fritz Walter
Apr 2017
#75
This is my take exactly. They need to demonstrate complete and utter disdain for
LuckyLib
Apr 2017
#78
My grandparents and uncle were killed by the chemical weapons Spicer said Hitler never used
stevenleser
Apr 2017
#82
This is grounds for immediate firing. That level of stupidity and insensitivity
nikibatts
Apr 2017
#94