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MontanaMama

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60. I don't know which is more upsetting.

Tue Apr 11, 2017, 05:09 PM

Apr 2017

That he would be ignorant enough to make this statement or that he might possibly believe what he said? Both are horrifying. You're correct, Spicey needs to go. Maybe Jared will whisper in 45's ear?? We're due for another staff shake up. It's been a whole week since the last one.

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Spicer: Well Hitler never gassed his own people... [View all] MineralMan Apr 2017 OP

The whole administration needs to resign. Lunabell Apr 2017 #1

That, too. But Spicer needs to go TODAY! MineralMan Apr 2017 #3

The heat is on, but that is fine. L. Coyote Apr 2017 #41

Fuck every single last one of these traitors and actors. JTFrog Apr 2017 #2

Indeed! MineralMan Apr 2017 #6

On Passover no less... Zoonart Apr 2017 #4

Look on the bright side. At least he acknowledges the holocaust. Most Trumpers deny it happened!! TheBlackAdder Apr 2017 #81

I missed today's vomit spew. GallopingGhost Apr 2017 #5

He did. He said, "Even Hitler didn't resort to gassing." MineralMan Apr 2017 #7

+1000!!!! AgadorSparticus Apr 2017 #10

Wow. GallopingGhost Apr 2017 #19

What killed 1.2 million Holocaust victims: dalton99a Apr 2017 #21

Yeah. That. MineralMan Apr 2017 #23

well hell the can does say giftgas....some kind of present? dembotoz Apr 2017 #36

Gift is German for poison dalton99a Apr 2017 #38

Always loved that factoid ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #85

Well I guess they weren't marybourg Apr 2017 #101

No effing way! smirkymonkey Apr 2017 #86

He did grantcart Apr 2017 #17

That's their problem... kytngirl Apr 2017 #66

Well said. "Most ignorant, pathetic, sorry-ass bunch of folks to ever occupy the White House." LuckyLib Apr 2017 #77

He tried two more times to fix it, but he inevitably just proved Ilsa Apr 2017 #63

How does one walk that back? mcar Apr 2017 #8

I don't think it's possible. MineralMan Apr 2017 #11

Here's his clarification mcar Apr 2017 #22

The "Holocaust centers?" MineralMan Apr 2017 #26

Sometimes there are no words mcar Apr 2017 #42

Oh, there are many words. Most of them I don't usually MineralMan Apr 2017 #43

Even those are not descriptive enough mcar Apr 2017 #47

16 years ago when W was selected, I was 57 and developed that same potty mouth. beveeheart Apr 2017 #109

"Vernichtungslager" - learn it, Sean, fucking learn SOMETHING . . . hatrack Apr 2017 #50

Exactly. 'Holocaust center,' indeed. MineralMan Apr 2017 #51

Oh, FFS. murielm99 Apr 2017 #64

I think it is indicative of a larger problem. LisaM Apr 2017 #52

None of them are prepared mcar Apr 2017 #59

The "Holocaust centers?" left-of-center2012 Apr 2017 #62

WTF is a "holocaust center"??? Docreed2003 Apr 2017 #65

It is mind boggling mcar Apr 2017 #68

It's a kind of day-spa, I'm sure. With discipline. What. An. Asshole. Hekate Apr 2017 #89

And an amazing golf course...especially the back nine Docreed2003 Apr 2017 #92

Oh, you know, like the exclusive African multi-generational vacations Ilsa Apr 2017 #93

Exactly.... Docreed2003 Apr 2017 #97

Yeah, I suppose they'd have to admit there was "incest", too. Ilsa Apr 2017 #100

So it's okay to do in "Holocaust Centers" bobGandolf Apr 2017 #70

Right? mcar Apr 2017 #74

I know, what's the effing difference?! smirkymonkey Apr 2017 #88

Systematically rounding people up, stealing their belongings, then gassing them is somehow better? Thor_MN Apr 2017 #99

What a stupid clarification mcar Apr 2017 #102

You don't. You get fired. L. Coyote Apr 2017 #45

Spicer obviously believes German Jews were not Germans. dalton99a Apr 2017 #9

Well, yes. MineralMan Apr 2017 #12

The quote is abhorrent either way, but did he really say "on his own people"? Tom Rinaldo Apr 2017 #25

Yes, he did. Here's the quote, from CNN, which shows the video: MineralMan Apr 2017 #28

That is what he revealed about himself-his prejudice about the "Other'" delisen Apr 2017 #15

that was my thought Angry Dragon Apr 2017 #18

No Germans ...and probably not "innocent" karynnj Apr 2017 #34

Her husband and his family are Jewish lunatica Apr 2017 #44

and she converted --- which was my point karynnj Apr 2017 #48

I concur lunatica Apr 2017 #49

Pregnant women were sent to the "showers" as well. NT Ilsa Apr 2017 #96

that was my takeaway. nt JCanete Apr 2017 #71

No, he didn't! Tell me he didn't! Squinch Apr 2017 #13

"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! This idiot needs to go! Cattledog Apr 2017 #16

get out! burnbaby Apr 2017 #27

Wow. He was even given an opportunity to correct what he said and he made it worse Freethinker65 Apr 2017 #29

he did NOT just say that, did he? 0rganism Apr 2017 #30

Spicer is a nitwit. gademocrat7 Apr 2017 #31

Spicer just thinks Hitler didn't consider Jews as "his own people" world wide wally Apr 2017 #32

Right. They were the Untermensch MineralMan Apr 2017 #40

well, Hitler did also gas ethnic Germans, radius777 Apr 2017 #106

The ignorance of this lsos and his minions continues to grow into a randr Apr 2017 #33

His explanation made it worse Johnny2X2X Apr 2017 #35

Lawrence O'Donnell: Sean Spicer is a profoundly stupid liar working for a profoundly stupid liar riversedge Apr 2017 #37

+1 dalton99a Apr 2017 #39

+1 uponit7771 Apr 2017 #46

Stupid, ignorant. He should quit immediately. notdarkyet Apr 2017 #55

+ 100000000 milestogo Apr 2017 #79

Did he add "We're not about to gas you either?" bucolic_frolic Apr 2017 #53

Better dust off that bunny suit Runningdawg Apr 2017 #54

Unbelievable patrickharris Apr 2017 #56

They're not really mistakes. That's what he thinks. MineralMan Apr 2017 #57

you are so right-welcome to DU gopiscrap Apr 2017 #98

Mind boggling in it's total stupidity. lark Apr 2017 #58

I don't know which is more upsetting. MontanaMama Apr 2017 #60

"Really Sean? Really? Are you truly that stupid and uninformed?" 3catwoman3 Apr 2017 #61

O.M.F.G. DinahMoeHum Apr 2017 #67

wow, this fool. You would think that would pass even our ever lowering threshold of indecent and JCanete Apr 2017 #69

No, Hitler didn't gas "his own people." BigDemVoter Apr 2017 #72

Man! greytdemocrat Apr 2017 #73

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

I disagree...their job is to tell us it happened... SticksnStones Apr 2017 #84

My brain is still hurting trying to figure out what in the OldHippieChick Apr 2017 #76

What can one infer from a WH spokesperson SticksnStones Apr 2017 #80

My grandparents and uncle were killed by the chemical weapons Spicer said Hitler never used stevenleser Apr 2017 #82

Perhaps by 'his own people' he meant any people of non-Jewish descent. sprinkleeninow Apr 2017 #83

Hitler didn't gas his own people? gopiscrap Apr 2017 #87

Here ya go, Spicey. moondust Apr 2017 #90

Omg. Just resign already. Why are you on CNN? Glimmer of Hope Apr 2017 #91

This is grounds for immediate firing. That level of stupidity and insensitivity nikibatts Apr 2017 #94

Aw, don't be unfair to Sean radical noodle Apr 2017 #95

Wow! That is going to go down right along leftyladyfrommo Apr 2017 #103

He's not a very intelligent person. xor Apr 2017 #104

I refuse to believe mainstreetonce Apr 2017 #105

Bingo. JCinNYC Apr 2017 #107

Yes like he's reflecting an internal discussion Worktodo Apr 2017 #110

+1 uponit7771 Apr 2017 #108

I said it in another thread, area51 Apr 2017 #111