A Republican lawmaker on Wednesday became the first member of his party to call for the resignation of Sean Spicer after the White House press secretary compared the military actions of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to Adolf Hitler.
Coffman, a moderate representing a swing district in and around Aurora, was asked at a town hall about Spicer's remarks this week that even Hitler didn't "sink to using chemical weapons" during the Holocaust.
President Donald Trump, consumed by the idea that a world leader would use chemical weapons on his own people, discussed with staffers and close confidantes at his Mar-a-Lago club Friday about the historical and philosophical context for the use of chemical weapons, aides and people who spoke to Trump told CNN.
Cramer commented on Spicer's remarks Wednesday in an interview with Scott Hennen, a conservative radio host in North Dakota.
Two White House officials and two White House advisers further told Politico that Spicer's job did not seem at risk, though President Trump was unhappy with the incident.
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Cramer, in his third term, is seen as a potential challenger to Democratic Sen. "Sean Spicer must be fired, and the President must immediately disavow his spokesman's statements". "There was clearly. I understand your point, thank you".
After the briefing, Spicer emailed a statement to reporters: "In no way was I trying to lessen the horrendous nature of the Holocaust".
"I was trying to draw a distinction of the tactic of using airplanes to drop chemical weapons on population centers", he said.
In the U.S., Democrats and Jewish organizations condemned the comments.
The New York-based Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect also called on Trump to fire Spicer, saying he denied that Hitler gassed Jews during the Holocaust. Eighty-seven people, including children, were killed in last week's chemical weapons attack in Syria. Executive Director of center Steven Goldstein in a statement. "And when you're distracting from that message of accomplishment ... it's disappointing because I think I've let the president down".
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