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Trump's Press Secretary Slams 'Shameful and Wrong' Reports on Inaugural Crowd

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White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer rebuked the media for their wrongful reports on the inauguration of US President Donald Trump. 21.01.2017, Sputnik International

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Trump's Press Secretary Slams 'Shameful and Wrong' Reports on Inaugural Crowd

23:57 GMT 21.01.2017 (Updated: 11:30 GMT 06.08.2022)

© REUTERS / Jim BourgU.S. President Donald Trump takes the oath of office as his wife Melania holds the bible and his children Barron, Ivanka, Eric and Tiffany watch as U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts (R) administers the oath during inauguration ceremonies swearing in Trump as the 45th president of the United States on the West front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, U.S., January 20, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump takes the oath of office as his wife Melania holds the bible and his children Barron, Ivanka, Eric and Tiffany watch as U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts (R) administers the oath during inauguration ceremonies swearing in Trump as the 45th president of the United States on the West front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, U.S., January 20, 2017 - Sputnik International

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer rebuked the media for their wrongful reports on the inauguration of US President Donald Trump.

President-elect Donald Trump arrives during the 58th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017 - Sputnik International

Trump Draws Noticeably Smaller Inauguration Crowd Than Predecessor - Reports

21 January 2017, 03:13 GMT

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Spicer referred specifically to two incidents, media claiming that the bust of Martin Luther King was removed from the Oval Office and the claims that Trump's inauguration had poor attendance.

"These attempts to lessen the enthusiasm of the inauguration are shameful and wrong," Spicer said Saturday.

Spicer also noted that the attempts by media to calculate the number of protesters in the streets were just as inaccurate as the estimates of the number of the people who attended the inauguration.

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