<p><span>White House press secretary Sean Spicer pauses while talking to the media during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 11, 2017. Spicer discussed Syria, Trump's 2016 tax returns, the Easter Egg Roll and other topics. (Photo: AP) </span></p>
April 10, 2017
Hitler didn’t use chemical weapons, says Trump spokesman
WASHINGTON, United States (AP) — White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer suggested Tuesday that Adolf Hitler didn’t use chemical weapons during World War 2.
Hitler killed Jews during the Holocaust using gas chambers at concentration camps.
Spicer, comparing Hitler to Syria’s President Bashar Assad, said Hitler “didn’t even sink to using chemical weapons.”
An April 4 chemical weapons attack in northern Syria left nearly 90 people dead, and the US has blamed Assad. Turkey’s health minister said Tuesday that test results confirm sarin gas was used.
Spicer later tried to clarify his statement, saying Hitler didn’t use chemical weapons on his own people “in the same way” as Assad.
