Here's what Spicer said on Jan. 30:
“I don’t think you have to look any further than the families of the Boston Marathon, in Atlanta, in San Bernardino to ask if we can go further. There’s obviously steps that we can and should be taking, and I think the president is going to continue do to what he can to make sure that this country is as safe as possible."
Atlanta has had terror attacks, including the Temple bombing in 1958 and the Centennial Olympic Park bombing in 1996. The attackers, however, were not Muslim.
On Wednesday, Spicer told ABC News that he "clearly meant Orlando" when he mentioned Atlanta. Read more here.
Last month, Trump lashed out at Georgia Rep. John Lewis after the Democrat questioned the legitimacy of the Republican president's election victory and said he would boycott his swearing in. Trump took to Twitter to blast the civil rights icon as "all talk" and slam his Atlanta-based district as a "crime infested" area that is "falling apart."
– The Cox Media Group National Content Desk contributed to this report.
Spicer claims he "clearly meant Orlando" after citing mystery Atlanta terror attack three times https://t.co/P1BGOAAly3
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 9, 2017
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