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Sean Spicer Apologizes After False Claim Nazis Never Used Poison Gas

HeadlineApr 13, 2017

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer continued an apology tour Wednesday, after he tried to drum up support for more U.S. military attacks against the Syrian regime by comparing President Bashar al-Assad to Adolf Hitler and falsely claiming Hitler never used chemical weapons. One of Spicer’s apologies came at a public forum in Washington, D.C., with former Fox News—now MSNBC—personality Greta Van Susteren.

Press Secretary Sean Spicer: “I made a mistake. There’s no either way—I mean, there’s no other way to say it. I got into a topic that I shouldn’t have. And—and I screwed up.”

Meanwhile, the office of billionaire casino magnate Sheldon Adelson said that Spicer called Adelson to apologize for his comments. Last year, Adelson spent tens of millions of dollars to support Trump and Republican campaigns. There’s no indication Spicer called Jewish organizations or Jewish members of Congress to apologize. There have been widespread calls for Spicer to step down. Steven Goldstein, the executive director of the Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect, said Spicer is guilty of Holocaust denial and should be fired at once. We’ll have more on Sean Spicer with Steven Goldstein after headlines.

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