washington white house spokesman sean spic trigger uproar tuesday say adolf hitler use chemical weapons apologize comment draw immediate criticism social media elsewhere overlook fact millions jews kill nazi gas chamber spic make assertion daily news brief discussion april chemical weapons attack syria kill 87 people washington blame attack government syrian president bashar al-assad someone despicable hitler even sink use chemical weapons spic say ask russia alliance syrian government nazis murder six million jews world war two many jews well others kill gas chamber european concentration camp reporter ask spic want clarify comment say think come sarin gas use gas people way assad do late tuesday spic apologize say make comparison mistake do spic tell cnn interview inappropriate insensitive spic assertion make jewish holiday passover spark instant outrage social media holocaust memorial group accuse minimize hitler crimes sean spic lack integrity serve white house press secretary president trump must fire say steven goldstein executive director anne frank center mutual respect shortly white house brief spic email statement reporters response query stop short offer explicit apology way try lessen horrendous nature holocaust try draw distinction tactic use airplanes drop chemical weapons population center attack innocent people reprehensible inexcusable spic say statement u.s. holocaust museum mention spic comment directly send tweet shortly brief show graphic footage dead body u.s. force find liberate buchenwald concentration camp video retweeted thousand time many twitter users reference spic comment u.s. house democratic leader nancy pelosi call republican president donald trump reject spic assertion sean spic must fire president must immediately disavow spokesman statements pelosi say statement white house immediately respond ask comment pelosi statement first time white house answer question holocaust critics january note administration statement mark international holocaust remembrance day omit mention jewish victims time spic defend statement say write part jewish staff member whose family members survive holocaust trump spokesman spark outcry compare assad hitler