White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer apologized Tuesday evening after causing a firestorm for saying that Adolf Hitler "didn"t even sink to using chemical weapons" against his own people like Syrian strongman Bashar Al-Assad.

Spicer, speaking from the White House podium at the daily press briefing, said that Hitler, whom he called "despicable," did not use "the gas on his own people the same way Assad used them."
He sought to clarify his remarks in three separate follow-up statements — which did little to help — and then provided a full-blown apology.

"To draw any kind of comparison to the Holocaust was inappropriate and insensitive," he said .
He later continued, referring to the Jewish holiday of Passover, "I"m absolutely sorry, especially during a week like this to make a comparison that is inappropriate and inexcusable."

But that was well after the outrage on social media was already in motion, with reporters and public figures blasting Spicer"s comments — and saying they were particularly offensive coming during Passover.