United’s CEO should seriously consider thanking White House press secretary Sean Spicer for making a gaffe so enormous at Tuesday’s press briefing that it pulled the public’s attention off of the horrific PR jam the airline landed in this weekend.
Spicer tried to argue that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was even worse that Adolph Hitler in one respect, but it didn’t come out the way he had intended.
People immediately took to social media to call for his head — or at least his resignation.
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Everyone saw Spicer’s inartfully phrased comment as a denial of the Holocaust, beginning with singer/actress Barbra Streisand.
Sean Spicer should be fired for saying Hitler did not use chemical weapons on “his own people.” You mean 6 million Jews don’t count?
— Barbra Streisand (@BarbraStreisand) April 11, 2017
Gaffe-prone House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi observed that Spicer’s own gaffe occurred on Passover, and the California Democrat also called for him to be fired. Washington Post congressional journalist Ed O’Keefe reported:
INBOX: @NancyPelosi calls on Trump to fire Sean Spicer, noting his comments on the Holocaust came during Passover: pic.twitter.com/4WohwmgGuQ
— Ed O’Keefe (@edatpost) April 11, 2017
Pelosi didn’t just rely on media outlets to get her message out — she also took to Twitter to call for Spicer’s head.
.@realDonaldTrump, it’s time to fire @PressSec Sean Spicer. https://t.co/35sTqfkp1d pic.twitter.com/Lw73GVtKDh
— Nancy Pelosi (@NancyPelosi) April 11, 2017
Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton stopped short of calling for his firing but suggested that Spicer do something to make him more sensitive to the World War II Holocaust victims.
I hope @PressSec takes time to visit @HolocaustMuseum. It’s a few blocks away. https://t.co/24fNoMUyS8
— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) April 11, 2017
When Spicer immediately walked back his statement, several journalists — including Politico digital editor Zack Stanton, The Daily Beast’s Andrew Kirell and CNN’s Brian Stelter — thought he’d only dug himself into a bigger hole.
Did Spicer just refer to a Nazi extermination camp as a “Holocaust Center”? https://t.co/IQYvdaO3nt
— Zack Stanton (@zackstanton) April 11, 2017
Here’s the followup @PressSec comment about Assad & Hitler. I’ve rewound it 4 times. Did he say “Holocaust center?” https://t.co/oVQAWmm570
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) April 11, 2017
Here’s the followup @PressSec comment about Assad & Hitler. I’ve rewound it 4 times. Did he say “Holocaust center?” https://t.co/oVQAWmm570
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) April 11, 2017
Singer/guitarist and Airborne Toxic Event frontman Mikel Jollett compared Spicer’s gaffe to United Airlines monumental PR fumble.
UNITED: We are the worst people in the world at PR.
SEAN SPICER (Defending Hitler on Passover): Hold my beer.
— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) April 11, 2017
Even a parody account of the press secretary — Sean Spicier — which normally criticizes the administration’s critics, lampooned Spicer’s gaffe.
I sincerely apologize for saying Hitler didn’t use chemical weapons, even though he didn’t and you guys are wrong.
— Sean Spicier (@sean_spicier) April 12, 2017
Spicer attempted to smooth the waters later that evening — but made it worse yet again. He told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer that the president is attempting to “destabilize” the Middle East. Oops!
Sean Spicer says he went on CNN to apologize so he wouldn’t distract from Trump efforts to “destabilize the region” pic.twitter.com/AjQDo0fzc5
— Josh Billinson (@jbillinson) April 11, 2017
Some days are like that — you just can’t do anything right. Give it a week and it’ll settle down.
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