There's bad days at work and then there's Sean Spicer bad days at work.
The White House press secretary came under fire Tuesday after he made comments about Hilter, the Holocaust and World War II during his daily press briefing.
Spicer's comparison between the Nazi German leader and Syrian president Bashar al-Assad went terribly awry when he claimed Hitler never used chemicals on his people.
"You had someone as despicable as Hitler, who didn't even sink to using chemical weapons." He said.
"He was not using the gas on his own people in the same way that Assad is doing."
The Anne Frank center quickly tweeted the President calling to immediately fire Sean Spicer.
".@POTUS @realDonaldTrump MUST FIRE SEAN SPICER NOW FOR ENGAGING IN HOLOCAUST DENIAL. OUR STATEMENT BELOW. #Antisemitism #NeverAgain"
.@POTUS @realDonaldTrump MUST FIRE SEAN SPICER NOW FOR ENGAGING IN HOLOCAUST DENIAL. OUR STATEMENT BELOW. #Antisemitism #NeverAgain pic.twitter.com/4dB9ESCaZr
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As the presser went on, Spicer's attempt to clarify his comments only made it worse by referring to concentration camps as "Holocaust Centers."
"He brought them into the Holocaust centers, I understand that. I was saying in the way that Assad used them where he went into town, dropped them into the middle of town. I appreciate the clarification. That was not the intent.”
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View StoryImmediately after the briefing, Spicer released a statement again clarifying what he intended to say during the briefing.
"In no way was I trying to lessen the horrendous nature of the Holocaust, however, I was trying to draw a contrast of the tactic of using airplanes to drop chemical weapons on innocent people.”
A second statement was released right which changed "innocent people" to "population centers."
Sean Spicer offers clarification on his earlier comparison of Assad's use of chemical weapons and Hitler https://t.co/UUbMGXKtE4
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Barbra Streisand chimed in as well, joining the Anne Frank Center in request to fire Spicer.
Sean Spicer should be fired for saying Hitler did not use chemical weapons on "his own people.” You mean 6 million Jews don't count?
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