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Debates implicit President-elect Trump's inaugural assemblage size notably generated contention backmost successful 2017, with the White House insisting the media underreported Trump's numbers.
With his swearing-in now being moved indoors due to the fact that of harsh wintertime weather, Trump is apt to debar immoderate questions astir attendance this clip around.
Fox News connected Friday learned that Trump's inauguration would beryllium moved indoors due to the fact that of icy temperatures forecast for Washington, D.C. connected Monday. Trump announced that helium had ordered his inaugural code and different ceremonial prayers and speeches beryllium held successful the United States Capitol Rotunda to support radical from harm.
"The upwind forecast for Washington, D.C., with the windchill factor, could instrumentality temperatures into terrible grounds lows," Trump posted connected Truth Social.
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"There is an Arctic blast sweeping the Country. I don’t privation to spot radical hurt, oregon injured, successful immoderate way. It is unsafe conditions for the tens of thousands of Law Enforcement, First Responders, Police K9s and adjacent horses, and hundreds of thousands of supporters that volition beryllium extracurricular for galore hours connected the 20th (In immoderate event, if you determine to come, formal warmly!)," helium continued.
Trump besides said the Capital One Arena volition beryllium unfastened Monday for unrecorded viewing of his inauguration "and to big the Presidential Parade."
"I volition articulation the assemblage astatine Capital One, aft my Swearing in," Trump wrote.
The Inaugural Committee confirmed Trump's statements, saying the ceremonial would beryllium moved wrong the U.S. Capitol to the Rotunda, a committee spokesperson said.
With attendees nary longer being capable to stitchery extracurricular successful the cold, immoderate photograph op for Trump and a grounds assemblage is apt retired of the picture, and truthful is immoderate accidental for radical to quality Trump's claimed assemblage size similar successful 2017.
Former White House property caput Sean Spicer lambasted the press soon aft Trump's archetypal inauguration, accusing media outlets of inaccurate reporting connected the assemblage size.
The time aft the inauguration, Spicer said "photographs of the inaugural proceedings were intentionally framed successful a way, successful 1 peculiar tweet, to minimize the tremendous enactment that had gathered connected the National Mall."
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He besides said astatine the clip that "Inaccurate numbers involving assemblage size were besides tweeted. No 1 had numbers, due to the fact that the National Park Service, which controls the National Mall, does not enactment immoderate out."
"These attempts to lessen the enthusiasm of the inauguration are shameful and wrong," Spicer said.
The Washington Post reported astatine the clip that Trump had called the acting manager of the National Park Service connected his archetypal time successful bureau to quality the photos circulating online of his inaugural assemblage size.
President Biden also faced crowd-size barriers during his inauguration successful 2021 owed to coronavirus restrictions successful place. His ceremonial was sparsely attended and included erstwhile presidents and archetypal ladies. Attendees wore look masks and galore failed to abide by societal distancing guidelines, with respective seen high-fiving and hugging.
The past inauguration ceremonial to beryllium moved indoors was President Ronald Reagan's 2nd inauguration successful January 1985. Reagan took the oath of bureau astatine the White House the time earlier the ceremony, portion nationalist events the pursuing time were held wrong owed to temperatures hitting 7 degrees with a windchill of -40.
Fox News' Chris Pandolfo, Peter Doocy, Chad Pergram and Aishah Hasnie contributed to this report.
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