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_Published 2017-01-22. President Donald Trump‘s counselor Kellyanne Conway said White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer used “alternative facts” when he falsely called the crowds at Trump’s swearing-in ceremony “the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration."_


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## Transcript

This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration period. Both in person and around the globe. These attempts to lessen the enthusiasm of the inauguration are shameful and wrong. [ INAUDIBLE ]. [ SOUND ]. Good evening, thank you guys for coming. I know our first official press briefing is gonna be on Monday, but I wanted to give you a few updates on the President's activities. Photographs of the inaugural proceedings were intentionally framed in a way, in one particular tweet, to minimize the enormous support that had gathered on the National Mall. This was the first time in our nation's history that floor coverings have been used to protect grass in the mall.

That had the effect of highlighting any areas where people were not standing, while in years past the grass eliminated this visual. This was also the first time that fencing and magnetometers went as far back on the wall preventing hundreds of thousands of people from being able to access the mall. As quickly as they had in inaugurations past. Inaccurate numbers including crowd size were also tweeted, no one had numbers. Because the National Park Service, which controls the National Mall, does not put any out. By the way this applies to any attempts to try to count the number of protestors today in the same fashion.

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