Trump spokesman sparks outcry by comparing Assad to Hitler| Reuters

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By Ayesha Rascoe | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON White House spokesman Sean Spicer triggered an uproar on social media on Tuesday by saying Adolf Hitler did **t use chemical *******, which critics said overlooked the fact that millions of Jews were killed in Nazi gas chambers.Spicer made the comments at a daily news briefing, during a discussion about the April 4 chemical ******* attack in Syria that killed 87 people. Washington has blamed the attack on the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad."You had someone as despicable as Hitler who didn't even sink to using chemical *******," Spicer said when asked about Russia's alliance with the Syrian government.The Nazis murdered six million Jews during World War Two. Many were killed in gas chambers in European concentration camps.When a reporter asked Spicer if he wanted to clarify his comments, he said: "I think when you come to sarin gas, there was **, he was **t using the gas on his own people the same way that Assad is doing." Spicer's comments, made during the Jewish holiday of Passover, sparked outrage on social media and from some Holocaust memorial groups who accused him of minimizing Hitler's crimes

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