Sean Spicer: Even Hitler Didn't Use Chemical Weapons

SEAN SPICER HAS BEEN CRITICIZED QUITE A BIT AFTER HIS PRESS
CONFERENCE TODAY, WHERE HE HAD A NUMBER OF GAFFES RELATED TO THE
HOLOCAUST, AND DONALD TRUMP'S DECISION TO TAKE ACTION IN
SYRIA.
WE ARE GOING TO SHOW YOU THE VIDEO OF WHAT HE SAID, AND WHY
HE GOT INTO SO MUCH TROUBLE AS A RESULT OF WHAT HE SAID.
TAKE A LOOK.
WE DIDN'T USE CHEMICAL WEAPONS IN WORLD WAR II.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAD A COMMON YOU KNOW, SOMEONE AS DESPICABLE
AS HITLER WHO DIDN'T EVEN SINK TO USING CHEMICAL WEAPONS.
SO, YOU HAVE TO, IF YOU ARE RUSSIA, IS THIS A COUNTRY
AND A REGIME THAT YOU WANT TO ALIGN YOURSELF WITH?
RUSSIA PUT THEIR NAME ON THE LINE, SO IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF
HOW LONG THAT ALLIANCE HAS LASTED, BUT AT WHAT POINT
DO THEY RECOGNIZE THAT THEY ARE NOW GETTING ON THE WRONG
SIDE OF HISTORY IN A REALLY BAD WAY, REALLY QUICKLY?
SO, I THINK MOST PEOPLE KNOW THAT HITLER DID USE CHEMICAL
WEAPONS ñ NOT ON THE BATTLEFIELD ñ BUT HE USED GAS CHAMBERS TO
KILL A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND SO THAT STATEMENT OBVIOUSLY NEEDED
SOME CLARIFICATION, AND LUCKILY, A REPORTER ASKED FOR THAT
CLARIFICATION.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO CLARIFY SOMETHING
YOU SAID THAT SEEMS TO BE GETTING SOME TRACTION RIGHT NOW.
QUOTE, HITLER DIDN'T SINK THE LEVEL OF USING CHEMICAL WEAPONS.
WHAT DID YOU MEAN BY THAT?
I THINK WHEN YOU COME TO SARIN GAS, HE WAS NOT USING THAT GAS
ON HIS OWN PEOPLE IN THE SAME WAY THAT ASSAD WAS DOING ñ
ñ I APPRECIATE YOUR POINT, THANK YOU.
THERE WAS NOTHING THAT ñ
HE BROUGHT THEM TO THE HOLOCAUST CENTER, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT THE WAY THAT ASSAD CAME IN, AND HE GOT THEM INTO THE MIDDLE
OF TOWN, SO THE USE OF IT, I APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION,
THAT WAS NOT THE INTENT.
SO, HE DID CLARIFY, HE MISPRONOUNCED ASSAD'S NAME IN
THE BEGINNING ñ
WHAT IS A HOLOCAUST CENTER?
IS THAT A CENTER WHERE PEOPLE GATHER AND DO COMMUNITY
ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE HOLOCAUST, I IMAGINE?
IN SEAN SPICER'S MIND, I IMAGINE THAT'S WHAT IS GOING ON.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE WAS JUST HAVING A BAD DAY AND HE
MISSPOKE, AND IT WAS JUST GAFFE AFTER GAFFE, BUT IT WAS A
NIGHTMARE, AND AS A RESULT THERE HAVE BEEN MANY DOUBLE CALLING
FOR HIS RESIGNATION, AND I WANT TO JUST REALLY MENTIONED THAT
BEFORE WE GET INTO A LITTLE MORE OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT
HAPPENED, AND WHY THIS HAPPENED.
SO, APPARENTLY THE ANNE FRANK CTR.
FOR MUTUAL RESPECT IS
CALLING FOR HIS RESIGNATION, THEY SAY THAT SPICER'S STATEMENT
IS THE MOST EVIL SLUR ON A GROUP OF PEOPLE "WE HAVE EVER HEARD
FROM A WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY, SEAN SPICER NOW LACKS
THE -- TO SERVE AS SECRETARY, AND PRESIDENT MUST FIRE HIM AT
ONCE."
NANCY PELOSI ALSO RELEASED A STATEMENT, BUT I'M LESS
INTERESTED IN READING THAT BECAUSE IT'S NANCY PELOSI
AND THERE IS A POLITICAL ELEMENT, BUT WHATEVER.
THAT WAS A REALLY BAD WAY OF HANDLING THAT QUESTION, I
DON'T WHY HE WENT IN THAT DIRECTION, I THINK IT WAS
INSANELY IRRESPONSIBLE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE
HOLOCAUST IN THE WAY THAT HE DID.
I'M GLAD HE WAS ASKED FOR CLARIFICATION, BECAUSE MAYBE
HE DID MISSPEAK, BUT WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT ALL OF THIS?
FIRST OF ALL, YOU SAID SEAN SPICER IS MAYBE HAVING A BAD
DAY, HE HAS BEEN HAVING A BAD DAY SINCE HE CAME INTO OFFICE.
EVERY SINGLE DAY IS A BAD DAY FOR SEAN SPICER, IT'S GAFFE
AFTER GAFFE AFTER GAFFE.
THIS IS IRRESPONSIBLE, AND ALMOST INSANE TO SAY, YOU
HAVE NO ONE ON YOUR TEAM THAT CAN TAKE YOU?
HAVING SAID THAT, WHAT I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT WAS THAT,
THERE IS ONE POSITIVE OUTCOME OF THIS, WE KNOW THAT DONALD TRUMP
LOVES BEING IN THE SPOTLIGHT.
CERTAIN INSIDERS HAVE MENTIONED THAT DONALD TRUMP LOVES BEING
IN THE SPOTLIGHT SO MUCH THAT HE HATED THAT STEVE VAN AND WAS
KIND OF TAKING AWAY FROM THAT, AND WHEN A LOT OF PEOPLE STARTED
CALLING HIM PRESIDENT BANNON ñ OBVIOUS EITHER AS A WHOLE DARED
KUSHNER, STEVE BENNETT THING GOING ON IN THE BACKGROUND ñ
BUT THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY STEVE BANNON WAS OUSTED.
WE KNOW THAT DONALD TRUMP, LIKE FOR INSTANCE IN THE MAR A
LAGO PRESS CONFERENCE ABOUT SYRIA, HE DID NOT WANT SEAN
SPICER TO HAVE A PRESS CONFERENCE, BECAUSE DONALD
TRUMP WANTED TO BE IN THE SPOTLIGHT.
IF SEAN SPICER KEEPS MESSING UP LIKE THIS, EVENTUALLY WHAT'S
GOING TO HAPPEN IS THAT DONALD TRUMP IS GOING TO FIRE HIM, NOT
BECAUSE OF INCOMPETENCY, BECAUSE HE KEEPS TAKING UP THE HEADLINES
THAT SHOULD BE RESERVED FOR OUR DEAR LEADER.
THAT'S AN INTERESTING TAKE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE REASON HE WOULD BE FORCED TO
RESIGN OR BE FIRED BY TRUMP, I JUST KNOW THAT HE IS NOT
DOING A GOOD JOB WITH THESE PRESS CONFERENCES.
HE IS VERY COMBATIVE, AND LOOK, IT IS A VERY DIFFICULT JOB,
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE FACT THAT AS PRESS SECRETARY IS
YOUR DUTY AND RESPONSIBILITY TO COME UP FOR ANSWERS ñ COME UP
WITH ANSWERS FOR WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS DOING, AND RIGHT
NOW WE HAVE ONE OF THE MOST INCOMPETENT PRESIDENTS OF ALL
TIME, WHO APPARENTLY DOESN'T REALLY HAVE A STRATEGY WHEN IT
COMES TO SYRIA, BASED ON HIS OWN ADMISSION, AND BASED ON SEAN
SPICER'S ADMISSION, THIS WAS AN ACTION HE TOOK IN SYRIA BASED ON
EMOTION; BASED ON SEEING THE VIDEOS OF THE CHEMICAL ATTACKS,
HAVING AN EMOTIONAL REACTION, AND THEN REACTING SOMEWHAT
ERRATICALLY WITHOUT A STRATEGY FOR THE FUTURE.
AT THE VERY LEAST, WHAT WE SHOULD EXPECT FROM THE UNITED
STATES PRESS SECRETARY WHEN THEY ARE GIVING A PRESS CONFERENCE ON
MILITARY ACTION IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY IS DELICATE WORDING.
THE WASHINGTON POST DESCRIBED THIS NEWS CONFERENCE AS SEAN
SPICER PEEKING IN POLEMICAL DEAD ENDS.
LIKE WHEN YOU THINK OF OUR HISTORY STUDENT, IT'S WORSE
THAN HITLER, WHEN YOU THINK OF HITLER.
YOU CANNOT INVOKE THE NAME OF HITLER IN DELICATELY, WHICH IS
WHAT WE SEE SEAN SPICER DOING, WITH THE HELP OF THE PRESS
CORPS, DO YOU WANT TO QUALIFY THAT MORE?
AND THEN FOR HIM TO MAKE A DECISION AND BE EVEN MORE
UNCLEAR, IT'S FRUSTRATING BECAUSE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
DESERVE EVEN MORE.
THIS IS A MAJOR ACTION WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE, AND FOR
US TO WALK AWAY EVEN MORE CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT IS
GOING ON, AND WHAT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SYRIA
AND THE UNITED STATES IS, IS ABSOLUTELY IRRESPONSIBLE.
I DON'T THINK HE WILL GET FIRED BECAUSE THIS IS, AS YOU
POINT OUT, A STRING OF GAFFES BY SEAN SPICER, BUT THIS IS A
PRETTY SERIOUS GAFFE.
I THINK DELICATE WORDING IS PRETTY IMPORTANT, AND HE DOESN'T
UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT, OR AT LEAST HE DOESN'T
UTILIZE THAT TYPE OF STRATEGY WHEN COMMUNICATING WITH
REPORTERS AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING
WITH THIS ADMINISTRATION, AND HOW THEY ATTEMPT ñ HOW THEY PLAN
TO PROCEED WITH VERY IMPORTANT FOR US ñ
VERY IMPORTANT FOREIGN POLICY DECISIONS.
SO, WHETHER IT WAS INTENTIONAL OR UNINTENTIONAL, HE MINIMIZED
THE GROTESQUE BEHAVIOR OF HITLER TO DEFEND DONALD TRUMP, AND
THAT IS NOT THE RIGHT WAY TO HANDLE THIS SITUATION.
BY THE WAY, I WANT TO MENTION THIS, IT ñ SEAN SPICER
LITERALLY HAS THE HARDEST JOB IN AMERICA RIGHT NOW.
BUT ON TOP OF THAT, HE'S ALSO VERY BAD AT HIS JOB, AND
WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS, HE COULD JUST STRAIGHT UP BE LIKE,
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE AWAY FROM THIS QUESTION AND TALK
ABOUT WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT, AS THE PRACTICAL ñ
AS THE PRESS SECRETARY.
HE COULD JUST LITERALLY SAY NO COMMENT, BUT YET SEAN
SPICER ALWAYS LIKES TO SPICE IT UP, AND GIVE HIS TAPE ON ñ
HIS TAKE ON PARTICULAR MATTERS.
I DON'T WANT TO SEEM SOFT ON RUSSIA BY ANY MEANS, I PROBABLY
HAVE A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO HOW I WOULD HANDLE THE CURRENT
SITUATION THAN THE ADMINISTRATION IS DOING,
AND I TALK ABOUT THAT IN MY VIDEOS, YOU SHOULD CHECK IT OUT.
BUT THERE IS ONE THING, IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
HISTORICAL CONTEXT, IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO KNOWS WHAT
HITLER DID IN WORLD WAR II, IT'S RUSSIA.
NOT TO APPEAR SOFT TOWARDS RUSSIA OR ANYTHING, I'M NOT A
RUSSIAN AGENT OR SYMPATHIZER BY ANY MEANS, BUT HISTORY WILL SHOW
YOU THAT RUSSIANS KNEW WHAT HITLER WAS DOING, AT LEAST
A LITTLE BIT BEFORE THE BRITISH AND THE AMERICANS.
SO, ANYWAY, THAT'S ANOTHER TIDBIT THAT I WANTED TO ADD ON
THERE, BUT THE CONTEXT BEHIND WHAT HE SAID IS ALSO
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE HE IS TRYING TO BE THE PICTURE
THAT THEY ARE NOT SOFT ON RUSSIA.
IT'S A TOTAL BS LOOK AT THE POLLS -
ñ IT'S A GOOD WAY OF DISTRACTING FROM THE RUSSIAN NEGOTIATIONS,
OR MAKING IT SEEM LIKE THERE ARE ñ THERE IS NO COLLUSION WITH THE
PUTIN ADMINISTRATION.
SO, WHETHER THIS ACTION WAS POETICALLY MOTIVATED, OR
STRAIGHT EMOTIONALLY MOTIVATED, IT DOESN'T MATTER, EITHER REASON
FOR DOING WHAT TRUMP DID IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
YOU NEED TO HAVE A STRONG AND SOUND FOREIGN POLICY, AND IT
DOESN'T SEEM LIKE ANYONE IN THE AMORTIZATION UNDERSTANDS LIKE
THAT UNDERSTANDS THE NUANCES OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN SYRIA.
AND THAT IS NOT GOOD NEWS FOR OUR MILITARY, AND THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE, SO THAT'S WHAT I'M MOST CONCERNED ABOUT.
THIS GAFFE WAS HORRENDOUS, BUT IT'S JUST ANOTHER SYMPTOM
OF THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR THAT WE ARE SEEING IN THIS WHITE HOUSE.

Sean Spicer: Even Hitler Didn't Use Chemical Weapons

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