8 clarifications Sean Spicer would like to make from his Easter children's book reading
Sean Spicer has pretty notorious foot-in-mouth syndrome.
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WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 17: White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer reads the childrens' book 'How To Catch The Easter Bunny' during the 139th Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House April 17, 2017 in Washington, DC. The White House said 21,000 people are expected to attend the annual tradition of rolling colored eggs down the White House lawn that was started by President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1878. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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Press Secretary Sean Spicer has pretty notorious foot-in-mouth syndrome. Recently, he's gotten some heat for saying Hitler never never used chemical weapons on his own people, and then immediately referred to concentration camps as "Holocaust centers." He is, at this point, a sentient facepalm.
Well, Spicer's talking woes only continued today when he was tasked with reading books to some children during the White House's Easter Egg Roll and he would like to make the following clarifications:
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1. Peter Rabbit does not necessarily “embody the spirit of Josef Stalin.”
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 17: White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer reads the childrens' book 'How To Catch The Easter Bunny' during the 139th Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House April 17, 2017 in Washington, DC. The White House said 21,000 people are expected to attend the annual tradition of rolling colored eggs down the White House lawn that was started by President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1878. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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2. In See Spot Run, Spot is not “running from the Assad regime.”
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 17: White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer reads the childrens' book 'How To Catch The Easter Bunny' during the 139th Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House April 17, 2017 in Washington, DC. The White House said 21,000 people are expected to attend the annual tradition of rolling colored eggs down the White House lawn that was started by President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1878. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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3. They do not say goodnight to “the benevolent President Trump” in Goodnight Moon.
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 17: White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer gives a high-five to a boy who sat next to him while he read the childrens' book 'How To Catch The Easter Bunny' during the 139th Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House April 17, 2017 in Washington, DC. The White House said 21,000 people are expected to attend the annual tradition of rolling colored eggs down the White House lawn that was started by President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1878. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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4. The Giving Tree does not represent “what’s wrong with socialism.”
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 17: White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer reads the childrens' book 'How To Catch The Easter Bunny' during the 139th Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House April 17, 2017 in Washington, DC. The White House said 21,000 people are expected to attend the annual tradition of rolling colored eggs down the White House lawn that was started by President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1878. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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5. The wolf is not “in the right” in The Three Little Pigs.
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US President Donald J. Trump holds the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, Washington, USA - 17 Apr 2017
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer reads to children during the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 17 April 2017. President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump are hosting thousands of people during the annual celebration of Easter.
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6. Goldilocks should not have “brought a gun with her.”
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White House press secretary Sean Spicer walks across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, during the annual White House Easter Egg Roll
Trump Easter Egg Roll, Washington, USA - 13 Apr 2017
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7. He would like to apologize for being too scared to finish There’s A Monster At The End Of This Book.
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 17: White House press secretary Sean Spicer greets reporters during the 139th Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House April 17, 2017 in Washington, DC. The White House said 21,000 people were expected to attend the annual tradition of rolling colored eggs down the White House lawn that was started by President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1878. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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8. Brown Bear does not see “Trump making America great again for me” in Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 11: Presidential Press Secretary Sean Spicer apologizes for comments he made suggesting that President Bashar al-Assad of Syria was worse than Hitler, during a TV interview at the White House April 11, 2017 in Washington, DC. Spicer also said incorrectly that Hitler had not used chemical weapons durng World War II. (Photo by Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images)
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