--- ---  # Jimmy Kimmel Slams Sean Spicer for Breaking the 'Never Defend Hitler' Rule  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 12, 2017 2:51 PM UTC  ABC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 12, 2017 2:51 PM UTC Following [Sean Spicer’s](http://time.com/4735920/chelsea-handler-on-sean-spicer/) incorrect claim — for which he has since [apologized](http://time.com/4735540/sean-spicer-hitler-chemical-weapons-apology/) — that [Adolf Hitler](http://time.com/4734994/sean-spicer-syria-adolph-hitler-chemical-weapons-holocaust/) did not use [chemical weapons](http://time.com/4734440/vladimir-putin-rex-tillerson-russia-us/) during World War II, Jimmy Kimmel blasted the White House press secretary with a parody of his internal monologue during the Tuesday press conference. In a clip for Tuesday night’s episode of _Live_ _!_, the host imagined what was going through Spicer’s mind as he compared Hitler to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. “Did I just defend Hitler? I think I did. Why did I even do that? Why even bring up the Holocaust?,” Kimmel envisioned Spicer asking himself. “At press secretary school, the one rule was “never defend Hitler.'” Watch the video above. Jimmy Kimmel on Sean Spicer Hitler Comments VIDEO ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4736017/jimmy-kimmel-on-sean-spicer-on-hitler/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4736017/jimmy-kimmel-on-sean-spicer-on-hitler/"},"headline":"Jimmy Kimmel Slams Sean Spicer for Breaking the 'Never Defend Hitler' Rule","datePublished":"2017-04-12T14:51:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:42:44.220Z","description":"It's the one rule of press secretary school","url":"https://time.com/4736017/jimmy-kimmel-on-sean-spicer-on-hitler/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","politics","Jimmy Kimmel","TV","jimmy kimmel live","Late Night Television","sean spicer"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf45e54ac4dded203/6988c2730a4a226bbe9cda71/screen-shot-2017-04-12-at-10-34-49-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf45e54ac4dded203/6988c2730a4a226bbe9cda71/screen-shot-2017-04-12-at-10-34-49-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2017-04-12 at 10.34.49 AM","caption":"","creditText":"ABC","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4736017/jimmy-kimmel-on-sean-spicer-on-hitler/","name":"Jimmy Kimmel Slams Sean Spicer for Breaking the 'Never Defend Hitler' Rule"}}]}] ```