<page_title> Alternative facts </page_title> <section_title> Background </section_title> <table> <cell> January 21, 2013 Inauguration of Barack Obama <col_header> Date </col_header> <col_header> Morning </col_header> </cell> <cell> 317,000 <col_header> Suggested ridership (Sean Spicer) </col_header> </cell> <cell> January 20, 2017 Inauguration of Donald Trump <col_header> Date </col_header> <col_header> Morning </col_header> </cell> <cell> 420,000 <col_header> Suggested ridership (Sean Spicer) </col_header> </cell> </table>
Spicer claimed that 420,000 people rode the Metro on inauguration day 2017, compared to 317,000 in 2013.