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On April 11, 2017, Spicer issued a statement in reference to the [[Khan Shaykhun chemical attack]]. He said that Russia should not support the Syrian government and also commented that in World War II, "You had someone as despicable as [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] who didn't even sink to using chemical weapons."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/04/11/press-briefing-press-secretary-sean-spicer-4112017-36 |title=Press Briefing by Press Secretary Sean Spicer, 4/11/2017, #36 |publisher=whitehouse.gov |date=April 11, 2017 |quote=MR. SPICER: I think a couple things. You look – we didn't use chemical weapons in World War II. You had someone as despicable as Hitler who didn't even sink to using chemical weapons. So you have to, if you're Russia, ask yourself is this a country that you and a regime that you want to align yourself with? You have previously signed on to international agreements rightfully acknowledging that the use of chemical weapons should be out of bounds by every country. To not stand up to not only Assad, but your own word, should be troubling. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170506114026/https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/04/11/press-briefing-press-secretary-sean-spicer-4112017-36 |archive-date=May 6, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="nytimesbacklashgas">{{cite news|last1=Nicholas Fandos |last2=Mark Landler |title=Sean Spicer Raises Outcry With Talk of Hitler, Assad and Poison Gas |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/11/us/politics/sean-spicer-hitler-gas-holocaust-center.html |work=The New York Times |date=April 11, 2017 |page=A13 |access-date=April 12, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170502180919/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/11/us/politics/sean-spicer-hitler-gas-holocaust-center.html |archive-date=May 2, 2017 |author2-link=Mark Landler }}</ref> |
On April 11, 2017, Spicer issued a statement in reference to the [[Khan Shaykhun chemical attack]]. He said that Russia should not support the Syrian government and also commented that in World War II, "You had someone as despicable as [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] who didn't even sink to using chemical weapons."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/04/11/press-briefing-press-secretary-sean-spicer-4112017-36 |title=Press Briefing by Press Secretary Sean Spicer, 4/11/2017, #36 |publisher=whitehouse.gov |date=April 11, 2017 |quote=MR. SPICER: I think a couple things. You look – we didn't use chemical weapons in World War II. You had someone as despicable as Hitler who didn't even sink to using chemical weapons. So you have to, if you're Russia, ask yourself is this a country that you and a regime that you want to align yourself with? You have previously signed on to international agreements rightfully acknowledging that the use of chemical weapons should be out of bounds by every country. To not stand up to not only Assad, but your own word, should be troubling. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170506114026/https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/04/11/press-briefing-press-secretary-sean-spicer-4112017-36 |archive-date=May 6, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="nytimesbacklashgas">{{cite news|last1=Nicholas Fandos |last2=Mark Landler |title=Sean Spicer Raises Outcry With Talk of Hitler, Assad and Poison Gas |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/11/us/politics/sean-spicer-hitler-gas-holocaust-center.html |work=The New York Times |date=April 11, 2017 |page=A13 |access-date=April 12, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170502180919/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/11/us/politics/sean-spicer-hitler-gas-holocaust-center.html |archive-date=May 2, 2017 |author2-link=Mark Landler }}</ref> |
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His remarks were widely criticized, especially given the fact that the timing of the remarks coincided with the |
His remarks were widely criticized, especially given the fact that the timing of the remarks coincided with the Jewish holiday of [[Passover]].<ref name=BusinessInsider>{{cite news|last1=Tani |first1=Maxwell |title=Sean Spicer apologizes for Hitler comparison: 'It really is painful to myself to know that I did something like that' |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/sean-spicer-apologizes-hitler-comparison-assad-2017-4 |website=[[Business Insider]] |date=April 12, 2017 |access-date=April 12, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170504082817/http://www.businessinsider.com/sean-spicer-apologizes-hitler-comparison-assad-2017-4 |archive-date=May 4, 2017 }}</ref> Spicer later clarified that he was not trying to deny that Hitler used lethal gas during the [[Holocaust]], instead that he was trying to compare how Assad dropped bombs on population centers to how Hitler used the gas.<ref name="deadlinegas">{{cite magazine|url=https://deadline.com/2017/04/sean-spicer-hitler-not-gas-people-syria-assad-holocaust-1202067756 |title=Sean Spicer Gobsmacks Press, Saying Hitler 'Did Not Use Gas On His Own People'|first=Lisa |last=de Moraes |magazine=Deadline |access-date=April 11, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170523112118/http://deadline.com/2017/04/sean-spicer-hitler-not-gas-people-syria-assad-holocaust-1202067756/ |archive-date=May 23, 2017 }}</ref> Amid calls for his resignation, Spicer apologized the next day.<ref name=BusinessInsider/><ref name="ScrewedUp">{{cite news|last1=Grynbaum|first1=Michael|title='I Screwed Up': Sean Spicer Apologizes for Holocaust Comments|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/12/business/media/sean-spicer-apology-holocaust-comments.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 12, 2017|access-date=July 31, 2017}}</ref> |
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