Trump calls audience at his Bedminster golf club a 'peaceful protest'

President Trump called the audience gathered at his Bedminster, N.J., golf club without face masks a “peaceful protest.”

Video Transcript

- 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, which state you should not have--

PRES. DONALD TRUMP: You know they don't to because it's a political activity.

[CROWD BOOING]

You're wrong on that, because it's a political activity. They have exceptions, political activity. And it's also a peaceful protest, so when you have an as you know--

[CLAPPING AND CHEERING]

They asked if they could be. A number of and to me they look like they all have pretty much all have masks on. But you have an exclusion in the law. It says peaceful protests or political activity. In fact, specifically, yeah, it says exactly political activity or peaceful protest. And you can call it political activity, but I call it peaceful protests. Because they heard you were coming up, and they know the news is fake. They understand it better than anybody.

[CLAPPING AND CHEERING]

They asked whether or not-- they asked whether or not they can be here. Like the question about Russia, he doesn't mention Iran was in the report. He doesn't mention or he mentions very late that China was in the report, because that's the way they are. They're not-- if the press in this country were honest, it wasn't corrupt, if it wasn't fake, our country would be so much further ahead. But we're doing really great.

[CLAPPING AND CHEERING]

Thank you all very much. Thank you.