The Sean Spicer 'Hitler Gaffe' stems from a notorious April 2017 White House press briefing. While discussing a chemical attack in Syria, then-Press Secretary Sean Spicer incorrectly claimed that Adolf Hitler 'didn't even sink to using chemical weapons,' ignoring the use of gas chambers during the Holocaust—which he awkwardly referred to as 'Holocaust centers.' The historical inaccuracy and his subsequent struggle to clarify the statement led to an immediate viral explosion. The meme is typically used to represent someone making a colossal verbal mistake, digging themselves into a hole, or presenting an argument that is fundamentally flawed and increasingly uncomfortable.