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<blockquote data-quote="Old Man Jingles" data-source="post: 4575475" data-attributes="member: 18222">Trump holds news conference at his Bedminster Golf ClubTrump draws cheers after defending supporters&#039; lack of masks at briefing as &#039;peaceful protest&#039;A crowd of supporters at <a href="https://thehill.com/people/donald-trump" target="_blank">President Trump</a>&#039;s news conference in Bedminster, N.J., on Friday booed when a reporter pointed out that many of the guests lacked face masks as coronavirus cases were rising. &quot;You said that the pandemic is disappearing, but we lost 6,000 Americans this week and just in this room you have dozens of people who are not following the guidelines in New Jersey,&quot; a reporter said while asking Trump a question, prompting widespread boos from the crowd. &quot;You&#039;re wrong about that because it&#039;s a political activity,&quot; Trump argued. &quot;And it&#039;s also a peaceful protest. To me they all look like they pretty much all have masks on.&quot;The comment from Trump drew cheers from the supporters. He went on to argue the crowd was protesting the news media. &quot;You have an exclusion in the law it says peaceful protest,&quot; Trump continued. &quot;I&#039;d call it peaceful protest because they know you&#039;re coming up and they know the news is fake.&quot;[ATTACH=full]305067[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Old Man Jingles, post: 4575475, member: 18222"] [SIZE=7][B]Trump holds news conference at his Bedminster Golf Club[/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=6][B]Trump draws cheers after defending supporters' lack of masks at briefing as 'peaceful protest'[/B][/SIZE] A crowd of supporters at [URL='https://thehill.com/people/donald-trump']President Trump[/URL]'s news conference in Bedminster, N.J., on Friday booed when a reporter pointed out that many of the guests lacked face masks as coronavirus cases were rising. "You said that the pandemic is disappearing, but we lost 6,000 Americans this week and just in this room you have dozens of people who are not following the guidelines in New Jersey," a reporter said while asking Trump a question, prompting widespread boos from the crowd. [B]"You're wrong about that because it's a political activity," Trump argued. "And it's also a peaceful protest. To me they all look like they pretty much all have masks on." The comment from Trump drew cheers from the supporters. He went on to argue the crowd was protesting the news media. "You have an exclusion in the law it says peaceful protest," Trump continued. "I'd call it peaceful protest because they know you're coming up and they know the news is fake."[/B] [ATTACH type="full" width="927px"]305067[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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