MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: [Reporter: “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 are not following the guidelines in New Jersey which say you should not have more than 25 people… why are you setting such a bad example, Mr. President, for the country?”]
“You’re wrong on that because it’s a political activity. They have exceptions. Political activity… And it’s also a peaceful protest… And you can call it ‘political activity,’ but I’d — I’d call it ‘peaceful protests’ because they heard you were coming up. And they know the news is fake. They understand it better than anybody.”
-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump in Press Briefing | Bedminster, NJ,” whitehouse.gov, Aug. 8, 2020