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Sean Spicer's Hitler Gaffe
from A Nuanced Man · #40
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3 minNews
Tim and Ray dissect Sean Spicer's botched comparison about Hitler not using chemical weapons 'on his own people,' debating whether it was a genuine gaffe or overblown outrage given the Holocaust context.
- 15:47Tim explains the cycle of American military intervention destabilizing countries, then forcing taxpayers to subsidize refugees fleeing those regions.
- 16:12U.S. foreign policy mistakes span from Iraq regime change to bleeding resources on the Mujahideen throughout the 1980s.
- 16:50Most people discussing politics lack basic knowledge of how current events developed, getting their news only from Twitter.
- 17:11Tim admits the Trump administration is cartoonish, though Hillary Clinton would likely handle certain issues better.
- 17:27Sean Spicer made an awkward statement about Hitler and chemical weapons that wasn't intended as a joke.
- 17:41Hitler used gas on people, but the distinction Spicer attempted—about what wasn't used in concentration camps—technically matters yet sounds absurd from a press secretary.
- 18:12Making a hyper-technical point about Hitler's chemical weapons is a terrible blunder for a press secretary regardless of intent.
- 18:24Tim acknowledges Spicer is an idiot, but the press and public rightfully jump on press secretaries who make Holocaust-adjacent statements.