"Absolutely outraged" Schakowsky Accuses Spicer Of "Revisionist History"

GLENVIEW, IL — Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D, IL-9) called on White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer to resign, hours after he made controversial remarks about Nazi Germany during a press briefing. Spicer compared the use of chemical weapons by the regimes of Adolf Hitler and Bashar al-Assad, sparking widespread outrage Tuesday. Spicer later apologized.

Schakowsky accused the Trump administration of a "string of anti-Semitic actions" and said the White House needs a "history lesson."

Read Schakowky's full statement and watch Spicer's full briefing below:

“On the first day of Passover, Sean Spicer used the White House Press Briefing Room as a stage from which to downplay Adolf Hitler’s crimes against humanity. Sean Spicer claimed today that Hitler “didn’t use gas against his own people”. Millions of European citizens, mostly Jews, including Germans, were killed in gas chambers during the Holocaust. I am absolutely outraged at this revisionist history.

“From having white nationalists in high-ranking offices to failing to mention Jews in a statement on Holocaust Remembrance Day and waiting weeks to denounce anti-Semitic hate crimes around the country, this is only the latest in a string of anti-Semitic actions from President Trump’s White House. It is clear that this administration needs a history lesson and a staff shake-up.

“Sean Spicer’s hostility towards members of the White House Press Corps should have been enough for President Trump to call for his resignation. Today’s comments settle the matter – he is incapable of performing the job of our President’s official spokesperson.”

Watch a replay of the entire White House briefing below:

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