One of Trump’s advisers, Kellyanne Conway, was in an interview with Chuck Todd on Sunday on Meet The Press. She was asked why the Press Secretary made such a big deal over the inauguration crowd. She said:

“Don’t be so overly dramatic about it, Chuck. They’re saying it’s a falsehood and our press secretary, Sean Spicer, gave alternative facts to that.”

To which Todd said:

“Wait a minute. Alternative facts! Four of the five facts that he uttered were just not true. Alternative facts are not facts, they’re falsehoods.”

Adam Schiff, a Democratic congressman from California:

“If Trump can’t handle the press on crowd size, just wait until they report on the economy, budget and healthcare. Anything unfavourable he will call a lie.”

The dictionary Merriam-Webster tweeted this after the interview:

The dictionary’s website had a spike in searches for the word “fact.”

Twitter Reactions To Conway

Twitter had some interesting and hilarious reactions to this. The hashtag #AlternativeFacts is trending.

Samantha Bee of the show Full Frontal tweeted:

Even Comedy Central is getting in on the fun:

George Takei used a reference from the book 1984 when talking about “alternative facts:”

More Sassiness From Merriam-Webster

This is not the first time that the Merriam-Webster Twitter account has gotten feisty:

Even their “word not found” page is funny:

Someone asked, “Why are you so cool?” They replied with:

This is going to be an insane four years. At least we have some snarky people to make it a little funnier. Whoever works on Merriam-Webster’s Twitter is a comedic genius.

Here is Conway’s “alternative facts” remark:

Featured image via YouTube screenshot.

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