"Here's an alternate fact, I'm Wolf Blitzer, and you're in the Situation Room" -@JakeTapper https://t.co/Ygu75WG0g5 — The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) January 23, 2017

CNN’s Jake Tapper mocked President Trump Donald John TrumpHR McMaster says president's policy to withdraw troops from Afghanistan is 'unwise' Cast of 'Parks and Rec' reunite for virtual town hall to address Wisconsin voters Biden says Trump should step down over coronavirus response MORE’s press team during the opening of his show on Monday for its use of the phrase “alternative facts.”

"Lot of talk by the Trump team of alternate facts this weekend. Here's an alternate fact! I'm Wolf Blitzer, and you're in the ‘Situation Room.' 'The Lead' starts right now,” Tapper said.

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“The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer” airs the hour after Tapper’s show.

The joke was a reference to Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway’s weekend comments when she said White House press secretary Sean Spicer provided reporters with “alternative facts” about the crowd size at Trump's inauguration Friday.

“You’re saying it’s a falsehood. And they’re giving, Sean Spicer, our press secretary, gave alternative facts to that,” Conway said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”