President Trump's top spokesman was thrust into the spotlight late Saturday after delivering a combative first statement in the White House briefing room, making him a top trending subject on Twitter.
White House press secretary Sean Spicer used his first appearance behind the White House lectern to slam members of the media for their reporting on the size of Trump's inauguration crowds Friday.
"This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period, both in person and around the globe,” Spicer claimed.
Media outlets quickly noted that photos and video showed fewer people assembled on the National Mall for Trump's inauguration Friday than for former President Barack Obama’s inauguration in 2009.
Social media users mocked Spicer for the speech, many turning his "Period" emphasis, into a joke:
.. hope Spicer can handle hot 'cuz it ain't going to get any easier trying to explain his foolish fellow's words away .. Australia has a bigger economy than the USA. Period .. lol, the "period" tweets inside are much funnier than that.
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”
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