Criticism of the way White House officials worded a statement remembering the Holocaust is “pathetic,” White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Monday.
“The statement was written with the help of an individual who’s both Jewish and the descendant of Holocaust survivors,” Spicer said.
The statement, which was issued on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, made no mention of the six million Jews who died in the Holocaust. That omission sparked controversy among some, who accused the White House of intentionally ignoring Jewish people.
“It is pathetic that people are picking on a statement,” Spicer said, recalling a dust-up over the Republican National Committee’s Christmas statement that used biblical language to praise the “new King,” which prompted some to accuse the RNC of touting President Trump as a king.
“Do you know how offensive that was to Christians?” Spicer said. “The idea that you’re nitpicking a statement that sought to remember this tragic event that occurred and the people who died in it is just ridiculous.”
