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Sean Spicer lied at his first press conference as the new White House spokesman yesterday, where he took to the lectern to blame outdoor floor coverings for giving the appearance of low attendance at Trump’s inauguration ceremony.

“This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period, both in person and around the globe,” Spicer told reporters. But aerial photographs comparing the turnout at President Obama’s inauguration and Trump’s show massively more people in attendance in 2009.

Spicer also lied in saying Trump’s inauguration makes the first time in American history that floor coverings were used to protect the grass on the National Mall. In fact, as a journalist pointed out on Twitter, there were floor coverings laid in 2013 during Obama’s ceremony. Getty likewise has a photograph of the 2013 floor coverings archived.

As commenters on social media digested these untruths coming direct from the White House, Spicer quickly turned into a meme for people to share blatant lies of their own. And the result was, of course, hilarious.

"Nickelback are the most respected and admired musical performers of all time. Period." pic.twitter.com/K15AbYr8Ml — southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) January 22, 2017

"The bass lines for 'Ice Ice Baby' and 'Under Pressure' are completely different. Period." #SpicerFacts pic.twitter.com/Sg4uY3OHgA — Erik The Web (@torgospizza) January 22, 2017

These bleachers aren't empty, our supporters are just super tiny. Look closer. Media lies. #Spicerfacts pic.twitter.com/gBJmXepajh — CK (@ckassis) January 21, 2017

Spicer’s unscheduled press briefing lasted only five minutes, but in that stretch of time, he managed to pack in five lies and chastise journalists multiple times.

On the morning news today, Donald Trump’s campaign strategist Kellyanne Conway said that Spicer wasn’t lying, but rather presenting “alternative facts” — yet multiple outlets have been able to verify the falsity of Spicer’s statements.

"Alternative facts are not facts. They are falsehoods," Chuck Todd tells Pres. Trump's counselor Kellyanne Conway this morning. WATCH: pic.twitter.com/Ao005dQ13r — Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) January 22, 2017

Listen to the latest episode of Recode Media with Peter Kafka to hear what New York University journalism professor Jay Rosen has to say about how the press should cover a presidential administration that frequently contradicts itself.

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