Sean Spicer apologized for comparing Assad with Hitler

The White House spokeswoman Sean Spicer publicly apologized for comparing a chemical attack in Syria with the actions of the leader of Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler, CNN reports .

According to Spice, on his part it was inappropriate to put on a par to the use of combat shipping substances in Idlib with the Holocaust.

On April 11, speaking at a briefing in front of journalists, the White House spokesman tried to shame Russia for cooperation with the regime of Bashar al-Assad and accused Damascus of a chemical attack in Idlib. Spicer said that even Hitler did not drop to the use of chemical weapons. At the same time, he noted that he was not trying to belittle the horrors of the Holocaust.

Journalists and some politicians criticized Spicer's statements. They reminded the press secretary that Hitler Germany used gas chambers to destroy millions of Jews.