Members of Donald 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 team continued Sunday to blast the media for its coverage of the crowd sizes at the president's inauguration.

Trump's top aide and the White House chief of staff took to the Sunday show circuit to defend the president and White House press secretary Sean Spicer, both of whom accused the press of lying about the number of people who attended the inauguration.

Trump's team hit the media Sunday for focusing on crowd sizes, and accused members of the press of trying to delegitimize his presidency.

Top White House aide Kellyanne Conway told NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday that Spicer provided "alternative facts" to reporters during his press briefing on Saturday afternoon.

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“You’re saying it’s a falsehood. And they’re giving — Sean Spicer, our press secretary, gave alternative facts to that,” Conway said in defense of the information.

Host Chuck Todd though fire back, saying alternative facts "are not facts." Instead, he said, "they're falsehoods" and as such, it "undermines the credibility of the entire White House press office."

The exchange got tense. After Conway told Todd, "There's no way to really quantify crowds," she said his reaction was indicative of the relationship between the press and the new White House.

"The way that you just laughed at me is actually symbolic of the way — very representative of the way we're treated by the press. I'll just ignore it. I'm bigger than that. I'm a kind and gracious person," she said.

She then warned that the new administration may have to take another look at its relationship with the press, after Todd charged that "the first time [Spicer] confronts the public it's a falsehood."