It was the second day in a row in which Spicer appeared to have trouble articulating the president's foreign policy at a critical time. Critics in January noted the administration's statement marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which omitted any mention of Jewish victims. "Any comparison of current situations with the crimes of National Socialism leads to nothing good", spokesman Steffen Seibert told reporters when asked about Spicer's remarks.
President Trump has yet to comment.
"Obviously it was my blunder". Washington has blamed the attack on the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The attack in northern Syria left almost 90 people dead, and Turkey's health minister said tests show sarin gas was used. "I continue to think he's an odd pick". "... I hope each person can understand that part of existing is understanding that when you do something wrong, if own up to it, you do it". The spokesperson suggested that even Adolf Hitler had not used the kind of chemical weapons that Assad had. He later issued an official statement, saying that he was not "trying to lessen the horrendous nature of the Holocaust". "But I'm saying in the way that Assad used them, where he went into towns, dropped them down into the middle of towns".
In the U.S., Democrats and Jewish organizations condemned the comments.
He was accused of being insensitive to Jews and Holocaust survivors, in a week when many will celebrate the festival of Passover.
"He's got to leave", said Goldstein.
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"On a professional level it's disappointing because I think I've let the President down", Spicer said Wednesday.
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.
The comments drew shouts from the audience, with one person urging Coffman to "stop apologizing" for Spicer.
"I'm Jewish, and I didn't take offense at what he said because he was just trying to compare a small thing with a big thing", said Rosemary Stephenson, museum visitor.
Prominent Long Island Rabbi Jay Rosenbaum, from Temple Israel of Lawrence, called Spicer's comments "beyond reprehensible".
A reporter yelled out that the Jews had been gassed.
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