--- title: Jimmy Kimmel on Sean Spicer Hitler Comments VIDEO description: Following Sean Spicer's incorrect claim that Hitler did not use chemical weapons, Jimmy Kimmel slammed the White House press secretary. canonical: https://time.com/4736017/jimmy-kimmel-on-sean-spicer-on-hitler/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-12T14:51:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:42:44.220Z og:title: Jimmy Kimmel Mocks Sean Spicer Video: 'Never Defend Hitler' og:description: It's the one rule of press secretary school og:url: https://time.com/4736017/jimmy-kimmel-on-sean-spicer-on-hitler/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf45e54ac4dded203/6988c2730a4a226bbe9cda71/screen-shot-2017-04-12-at-10-34-49-am.png?branch=production&width=1175&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1175 og:image:height: 661 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2017-04-12 at 10.34.49 AM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jimmy Kimmel Mocks Sean Spicer Video: 'Never Defend Hitler' twitter:description: It's the one rule of press secretary school twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf45e54ac4dded203/6988c2730a4a226bbe9cda71/screen-shot-2017-04-12-at-10-34-49-am.png?branch=production&width=1175&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jimmy Kimmel Slams Sean Spicer for Breaking the 'Never Defend Hitler' Rule > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  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? 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