Reports Indicate Women's March On Washington Dwarfs Attendance At Trump Inaugural

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DC's Metro system reported on Twitter that ridership was 275,000 as of 11 a.m. on Saturday as folks headed to the Women's March on Washington (more than eight times normal), while only 193,000 riders were counted at the same time on Friday:

Metro Ridership as of 11am: 275k. For comparison, that's more than 8x a normal Sat & even busier than most weekdays. #wmata #womensmarch

— Metro (@wmata) January 21, 2017

Metro Ridership: As of 11am, 193k trips taken so far today. (11am 1/20/13 = 317k, 11am 1/20/09 = 513k, 11am 1/20/05 = 197k) #wmata

— Metro (@wmata) January 20, 2017

Additionally, according to a District of Columbia official, it looks like more than half a million people showed up on the National Mall today for the March. Meanwhile, it's estimated that only 250,000 attended the inauguration.

While Trump's camp is apparently blaming the weather, it's notable that in 2009 the temperature was a balmy 28 degrees.

Meanwhile, Trump's aides are now apparently setting up blown up photos of the crowds in the White House briefing room in anticipation of some kind of push-back on the crowd sizes:

WH has set up crowd size pics in briefing room pic.twitter.com/gIDIuhdcdD

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) January 21, 2017

In addition to the attendance in Washington, it's estimated that 2.5 million took part in the Women's March at "sister marches" across the U.S. and around the world:

Just In: Mayor's office estimates between 135,000-150,000 people attended #BostonWomensMarch on Boston Common. https://t.co/uy6CaTJvZG pic.twitter.com/Nsww9UrFZL

— WBZ Boston News (@cbsboston) January 21, 2017

An aerial view of the Chicago #WomensMarch right now (+150k people). pic.twitter.com/0OufEmSWU2

— Zach Stafford (@ZachStafford) January 21, 2017

#WomensMarch in Boston right now pic.twitter.com/d0TTGJZgQC

— Sonia Moghe (@soniamoghe) January 21, 2017

The Parkway is flooded with protesters taking part in Philly's #WomenMarch. Live updates: https://t.co/Rlxc4vEgua pic.twitter.com/fs2g9w8hzS

— Philly.com (@phillydotcom) January 21, 2017

Womens March Stockholm. #WomensMarch pic.twitter.com/9QL1yH7pNI

— Malena Ernman (@Malena_Ernman) January 21, 2017

As far as the eye can see. #womensmarchchi @cbschicago @womensmarchchi #WomensMarch pic.twitter.com/sGcB1KMmw2

— Audrina Bigos (@AudrinaBigos) January 21, 2017

#WomensMarch goes global. See photos from across the US + the world at https://t.co/gkI4GW0YkO

— NPR (@NPR) January 21, 2017

Omg, the #WomensMarch is in #Antarctica, ANTARCTICA! ❤️ #StrongerTogether h/t @TheRickyDavila @LarsJohanL @katesandison @The_News_DIVA pic.twitter.com/bVMDOb4pz4

— ShireHakel (@ShiCooks) January 21, 2017