Story highlights Nancy Pelosi accuses Spicer of downplaying the "horror of the Holocaust"

Spicer has apologized for his remarks

Washington (CNN) Several Democratic members of Congress are calling for White House press secretary Sean Spicer to be fired after he incorrectly said Adolf Hitler didn't gas his own people during World War II.

Spicer apologized for his remarks after making them at a White House briefing Tuesday. But that hasn't placated several Democrats, including New Jersey Rep. Donald Payne Jr., who on Wednesday called Spicer's remarks "disgusting and inane."

"It is beyond comprehension that a White House spokesman would make such disgusting and inane comments downplaying the atrocities of the Holocaust," he said in a statement. "Spicer obviously has no business speaking from the White House podium. It's clear that he must resign or be fired immediately. The American people deserve an apology and a denouncement of these comments from the President."

On Tuesday , Rhode Island Democratic Rep. David Cicilline, who is Jewish, also asked for Trump to terminate Spicer as press secretary, calling his comments "despicable, ignorant remarks."

Earlier Tuesday, House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi had also called for Trump to fire Spicer.

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