Spicer live on CNN with Wolf Blitzer doing full mea culpa re Holocaust comments. nt

[pkdu]

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[hlthe2b]

1. What did he say?

[pkdu]

6. He said he apologized to Holocaust survivors , descendants of survivors and anyone who

was offended.

Followed by a few minutes back and forth between him and Blitzer on exactly why what he said was wrong.


I despise Spicer and all that his colleagues stand for , but that was the right thing to do.

[lamp_shade]

10. +1... It was the right thing to do.

[6000eliot]

12. Disagree completely.

The right thing to do would be to resign. They say too much of this shit and then halfheartedly take it back later. When does their antisemitism and racism become a pattern and not a slip of the tongue?

[teezy]

16. I'm with you 100%.

Without having to resign, it lowers the bar. If all you have to do is go on TV and apologize for making abhorrent comments, what's to stop it from being repeated?

[spanone]

31. spicer's words @ press conference:

“We didn’t use chemical weapons in World War II,” Mr. Spicer said. “You know, you had someone as despicable as Hitler who didn’t even sink to using chemical weapons.”

[hatrack]

2. Did he talk about the Sobibor Spa?

Or the luxurious accommodations at Treblinka Towers?

[Glimmer of Hope]

3. He has no shame.

[femmocrat]

4. I'm gonna miss Spicey.

I have actually started to look forward to his daily f*ck-ups.

[sharp_stick]

5. Seriously? He apologized?

I don't think I've ever heard an administration official say I'm sorry. Somebody save it quickly.

[pkdu]

19. Link to video clip now in the OP nt

[lindysalsagal]

7. Fake news.

I don't believe it.

[tetedur]

8. And Blitzer twisted the knife by correcting Spicer's pronunciation of Bashar Al Assad's name.

hahahahahaha

"You've mispronounced his name." he told Spicer.

[lamp_shade]

9. That took guts. He seemed sincere and even humble. I applaud him.

nt

[Ezior]

11. I hope this is a case of "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity"

Hanlon's razor. I really do hope it is.

[MontanaMama]

13. Glad he has the

Brains to apologize. He still has to go, however. What little credibility he had is in the negative at this point. He either believed what he said or has no grasp of history. Regardless, this is a fatal error. Either way, he has shown himself to be unqualified for his position.

[tetedur]

15. Now CNN is praising him for his apology.

So now he's the good guy??????

[MontanaMama]

22. That's beyond frustrating.

He needs to go. He's ignorant and not qualified for his position.

[gopiscrap]

14. Fuck him that ignorant sycphant needs to go

[louis-t]

17. He should be apologizing for his stupidity.

But, instead, he will "apologize to anyone who was offended".

[MontanaMama]

23. Which as we all know

is not an apology. He's a stupid little man who has been listening to president bannon a little but too closely.

[osaMABUSh]

18. If Trump tweeted the Hitler gas comment

The media would be slightly outraged but chock it up to 'there he goes twitting nonsense again' and would have moved on fairly quickly. But Spicer should be fired while Trump would get away with it because we have normalized Trump's outrages

[Johnny2X2X]

20. He knew what he was saying

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This is a line White Supremacists have been using for decades. That the Holocaust didn't happen because if Hitler had all this gas he would have used it on the front lines.

[thucythucy]

29. Really, they're that stupid?

They don't know the difference between Zyklon B and Chlorine gas or other battlefield gasses? They don't understand that the gas used in the chambers at Auschwitz and elsewhere COULDN'T have been used on the battlefield?

What towering intellects we see on the "Alt right."

[Solly Mack]

21. There are some things that saying 'I apologize' doesn't cover.

It simply doesn't. The effort doesn't even count.

[MontanaMama]

24. Yes. Simply said.

He needs to go. There is no apology that is appropriate for this. The only acceptable result here is Spicer's resignation.

[jeanmarc]

25. What other idiot is going to take his job?

This might be the worst job at the White House, other than Chief of Staff.

[Heartstrings]

28. Port a potty cleaner would possibly be a worse job

But he signed up for it so who's the jerkwad?

[Nevernose]

26. First he called Sheldon Adelson

To apologize to him, personally. Swear to God.

[Heartstrings]

27. Why are we constantly and continuously having to interpret

Decipher and make excuses for this administration?

So tired of the bs....

Are there any adults in any position of power these days?

Damn, my 7 year old grandson has a larger vocabulary, longer attention span and more diplomacy than all these loons put together...