SEAN TAKES A BIG HITLER
AMERICA’S LEAST popular governor is right about one thing — if you’re in public life, don’t ever talk about Hitler. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie offered White House press secretary Sean Spicer some guidance Wednesday following his suggestion a day earlier that the Nazi dictator never used chemical weapons.
Christie’s advice — simply avoid discussing Adolf Hitler in public.
“There should be a general rule for anybody involved in public life. Whether you’re a governor, a press secretary for the President, or a host of ‘Fox & Friends,’ don’t bring up Hitler. Ever,” Christie said during an interview Wednesday on Fox News Channel.
“There’s no winning. There’s no winning in bringing up Hitler. Write that down. It’s very important.
“Don’t bring up Hitler. You can’t win in any conversation about Hitler. He is the most despicable human being in the history of the world,” Christie added. “You can’t make any kind of comparisons like that. I just think unfortunately for Sean he got carried away with himself. I’m glad he apologized, but given all that experience you should know better.” “Fact of the matter is, you never bring up Hitler. It’s a good rule. If you follow that rule, I think you’ll keep yourself out of this trouble completely,” he said. Asked whether the White House should have prepared Spicer better to discuss anything related to World War II, Christie was incredulous. “Do you really think there needs to be someone sitting across from someone to say don’t compare anybody to Hitler,” Christie said. “I think if you had 50 people in the White House communication staff they probably wouldn’t have done that.” He added: “When your job is to be out there speaking every day for the President of the United States, one of the things you should take out of a portfolio permanently is any Hitler references.” Christie, a former Trump surrogate, is currently the least popular governor in the country, a poll released Tuesday revealed, with a 71% disapproval rating. Spicer has come under blistering criticism for saying during his news briefing Tuesday that Syrian leader Bashar Assad was worse than Hitler and for inaccurately claiming the Nazi dictator had not used chemical weapons during World War II. Spicer first told reporters that even “someone as despicable as Hitler who didn’t even sink to using chemical weapons” — clearly forgetting about the millions of people gassed in death camps. Asked to clarify those remarks a few minutes later by another reporter, Spicer dug himself deeper. “I think when you come to sarin gas . . . (Hitler) was not using the gas on his own people the same way that Assad is doing,” he said. “I mean, there was clearly, I understand your point, thank you.” Spicer then compounded the insult — referring to a concentration camp as a “Holocaust center.” Spicer later apologized for the remarks. But there were still those who jumped to his defense. “(Spicer) made a poor illustration, but it’s not completely, it’s not without some validity,” Rep. Kevin Cramer(R-N.D.) told North Dakota radio station KFYR-FM.