Crowd sizes have become a talking point in the first days of the Trump administration. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, in his first briefing, admonished reporters, slamming what he said was unfair reporting on the size of Trump’s inauguration crowd. There have been conflicting claims on how many people actually attended the inauguration, with photos showing differing sizes at different times of day.
“I don’t think, ultimately, presidents are judged by crowd sizes at their inauguration. I think they’re judged by their accomplishments,” Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” She added: “I think it is a symbol for the unfair and incomplete treatment that this president often receives.”
White House chief of staff Reince Preibus went further, saying that Trump’s administration will fight back against what they see as biased media coverage.
“The point is not the crowd size,” Preibus said on Fox News. “The point is the attacks and the attempt to de-legitimize this president in one day, and we’re not going to sit around and take it.”
“We are going to fight back tooth and nail every day and twice on Sunday,” he added.
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