Sean Spicer: Even Hitler Didn't Use Chemical Weapons
April 12, 2017
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as posted by the channelSean Spicer compared Assad to Hitler saying that Hitler didn’t use chemical weapons on his people outside of “Holocaust centers.” Ana Kasparian, Hasan Piker, and Grace Baldridge, the hosts of The Young Turks, try to explain Spicer’s comments. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
“There’s no good time to make a Hitler comparison, but deploying one in the midst of Passover to justify voluntary airstrikes is an especially unwise choice, as White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer realized, to his chagrin, Tuesday afternoon.
Spicer was fielding questions about the Trump administration’s confusing and diffuse strategy toward Syria when he was asked why the White House believed that Russian President Vladimir Putin would break with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at this moment.
“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,” Spicer said.
As puzzled reporters and other observers immediately noted, Spicer’s statement was deeply confusing, even if one could make a case it was accurate in very narrow terms. The Nazi government did not release chemical weapons on the battlefield during World War II. This may be the point Spicer was trying to make, as Defense Secretary James Mattis used a similar line later Tuesday afternoon.”
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Hosts: Ana Kasparian, Hasan Piker, Grace Baldridge
Cast: Ana Kasparian, Hasan Piker, Grace Baldridge
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