| Megathread: Sean Spicer WWII gaffe Posted: 11 Apr 2017 01:51 PM PDT This afternoon, in a White House briefing, Press Secretary Sean Spicer made the erroneous claim that Hitler and Nazi Germany did not use chemical weapons, drawing a comparison to recent events in Syria. Several clarifications were later made. As a reminder, the purpose of megathreads is to consolidate posts that would otherwise overwhelm the front page of the sub.
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