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Maybe the first time. Maybe.

He was later fed an opportunity to get out of it. He chose to clarify by explaining that unlike Assad, who had bombs dropped on a city, killing innocent Syrians, Hitler removed those foreign Jews to dedicated murder centers where he could be sure to only kill them.

This from an administration that already refused to acknowledge Jews in its statement on Holocaust Remembrance Day.

I guess Bannon still has someone's ear.

 

These guys always seem to accidentally stumble into the most anti-Semitic and Holocaust-denying-est phrases. They would benefit from some sensitivity training so their words matched the goodness in their hearts.

 

From what I've seen on Twitter (yes, I know, but I trust the sources I saw), Trump did not attend the Seder service at the White House last night. Obama never missed it. Using this administration's logic, I'm betting he didn't go because Obama always did.

 

Ridiculous performance by Spicer but his comments were neither anti-Semitic nor Holocaust-denying. They were just really dumb.

 

Rick Perlstein’s New York Times Essay -- Embarrassing & Wrong | National Review

 

And, they're ALWAYS given at least one opportunity to walk it back after the smoke clears.

And, they NEVER do.

 

'It’s like he confused a clock for a compass and for the life of him can’t figure out why he’s walking in circles.'

That might an established bit, but I've never heard it before.
Good line.

 

You're right. They're not Holocaust denying. More like, Holocaust wasn't that bad-ing.

 

"But Hussein Obummo was a mooslim!! A mooslim!!" -- Team Netanyahu

 

What's shocking is that he was known as a communications professional. It's not like he was the head of Exxon or something before coming to his current role. He was the spokesman for the RNC. He must have done something right if he helped elect a candidate with no previous electoral experience.
This is like a baseball player who works his way through the minors, gets to the show, puts the ball in play and starts running toward third base instead of first.