***Official Political Discussion Thread***

[dragicon]

(CNN) White House press secretary Sean Spicer, in an effort to shame Russia's alliance with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his use of chemical weapons, said Tuesday Adolf Hitler "didn't even sink to using chemical weapons" during World War II.

While Hitler did not use chemical weapons on the battlefield, Hitler and the Nazis used gas chambers to exterminate Jews, disabled people and others.

Spicer, asked for a clarification by a reporter about the comments that Hitler did not use chemical weapons, said: "I think when you come to sarin gas, he was not using the gas on his own people the same way that Assad is doing."


Reporters in the briefing room offered the Holocaust as an example of chemical weapons use.

"But in the way that Assad used them, where he went into towns and dropped them down to innocent in the middle of towns," Spicer said, defending his statement.

"I appreciate the clarification, that was not the intent," he said.

Since I don't really trust twitter, here is the full quote.

... not much better :x

 

[iamdef]

It's like cleaning up a turd with a cow pie

 

[Belgium]

Since I don't really trust twitter, here is the full quote.

... not much better

Also here is the full briefing:

https://www.c-span.org/video/?42684...sus-russian-knowledge-syrian-chemical-attacks

 

[RustyShackleford]

Bannon in the cut like ......

 

[Mark Antony]

Mans needs to be fired, he really isn't a very good press secretary.

 

[EddieDoyers]

(CNN) White House press secretary Sean Spicer, in an effort to shame Russia's alliance with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his use of chemical weapons, said Tuesday Adolf Hitler "didn't even sink to using chemical weapons" during World War II.

While Hitler did not use chemical weapons on the battlefield, Hitler and the Nazis used gas chambers to exterminate Jews, disabled people and others.

Spicer, asked for a clarification by a reporter about the comments that Hitler did not use chemical weapons, said: "I think when you come to sarin gas, he was not using the gas on his own people the same way that Assad is doing."


Reporters in the briefing room offered the Holocaust as an example of chemical weapons use.

"But in the way that Assad used them, where he went into towns and dropped them down to innocent in the middle of towns," Spicer said, defending his statement.

"I appreciate the clarification, that was not the intent," he said.

Since I don't really trust twitter, here is the full quote.

... not much better :x

 

[MVP]

Mans needs to be fired, he really isn't a very good press secretary.

Par the course for everyone that Agent Orange has hired.

 

[sfc415]

I'm mentally exhausted by Trump and his regime, and it's only been 3 damn months Can't I just live for a week without him or one of his boys doing/saying something infuriating? ONE WEEK is all I'm asking for Is his strategy just to wear his opposition and protestors out by bombarding them with stupidity 24/7? Even Bush was kind enough to spread his stupidity out over 8 years.

 

[MalcolmNewton]

Mans needs to be fired, he really isn't a very good press secretary.

There really are no good press secretaries. You are basically paid to explain and rationalize the executive branches lies and shenanigans. Try watching a State Dept press briefing. They get into full blown arguments with the press.

 

[iamdef]

Bruh, how does he sleep at night knowing he's bombin' like every single meeting with the press? I can't sleep good if I pronounce a entre wrong in a fancy restaurant

 

[Mr.Guy]

SNL gonna be lit.

 

[the qbz]

Im tellin yall da don whipped out da blue eyez white dragon and destroying da libbies

Global warming melting the snowflakes

 

[IATT]

I'm mentally exhausted by Trump and his regime, and it's only been 3 damn months

Can't I just live for a week without him or one of his boys doing/saying something infuriating? ONE WEEK is all I'm asking for

Is his strategy just to wear his opposition and protestors out by bombarding them with stupidity 24/7? Even Bush was kind enough to spread his stupidity out over 8 years.

asking for way too much with a week

and it's hard for any of this to stick because there is just so much

 

[dragicon]

Even spicers quasi-clarification of his comments don't make any sense :x

“I was trying to draw a distinction of the tactic of using airplanes to drop chemical weapons on population centers. Any attack on innocent people is reprehensible and inexcusable.”

 

[IATT]

Even spicers quasi-clarification of his comments don't make any sense

does it ever

 

[iamdef]

7 FULL days? You real selfish man

 

[joe cool23]

Kushner's their "I can't be _____, my best friend is ____"

Says a lot about Kushner too.

 

[sfc415]

It's just absurd how wanting a peaceful life in this country is asking for too much. I always hear about "every country has problems". True; my cousins in Singapore are constantly complaining about how hot it is there year round, while I'm out here stressing about who we're going to war with , what new group we're going to promote hate speech/crimes against tomorrow, and when the next mass shooting will take place

 

[sfc415]

Bruh, how does he sleep at night knowing he's bombin' like every single meeting with the press? I can't sleep good if I pronounce a entre wrong in a fancy restaurant

What's even sadder is that these are supposed to be highly educated and professional people making these types of statements. I know about some politicians who say dumb things like this in some of the "third world" countries my relatives live in, and those dudes are basically 8th grade dropout illiterate crooks that made it to where they are through massive corruption. The only difference is that they only have influence at local level , while over here we have them running a global power

 

[Belgium]

Mans needs to be fired, he really isn't a very good press secretary.

I'm trying to imagine a "good" press secretary for the Trump white house 

You basically have to go out there and rationalize and defend the ridiculous nonsense coming from the administration.

The administration is constantly lying and making things up so the press secretary has to do so too.

In that sense, Spicer seems like a solid pick. He's up there day after day repeating the administration's nonsense. I expected him to quit a long time ago. 

 

[IATT]

Kushner's their "I can't be _____, my best friend is ____"

Says a lot about Kushner too.

a lot of people filling those roles for this crew

I cant be racist.. I cant be sexist.. I cant be anti-Semitic..

this aint even their first jewish related controversy

 

[rolaholic]

Kushner's their "I can't be _____, my best friend is ____"

Says a lot about Kushner too.

 

[RustyShackleford]

Susan Collins said she might run for Governor in 2018.

If so, Dems might have a chance at that seat. And even though she is very popular in Maine, if Liberals can come together they might be able challenge her for the Governor spot as well.

Thank ******* God that LeBigot is term limited out. Liberals really screwed themselves with the voting splitting up there.

 

[trueprada]

 @tariqnasheed  
 Sean Spicer knew EXACTLY what he was doing making the Hilter comment during the month of April (a significant month for white supremacists)

 

[Belgium]

What's supposed to be significant about April for white supremacists?