The crowd at President Trump’s Wednesday campaign rally in Duluth, Minn., erupted into chants of “CNN sucks” after the president ripped the news media.
“So we’ve created 3.4 million new jobs since Election Day,” Trump told the crowd of supporters.
“And I’ve said before if I would have said that to you during the campaign, those very dishonest people back there, the fake news. Very dishonest,” he continued to boos from the crowd.
“They would have said he’s exaggerating,” Trump said to chants of “CNN sucks.”
The White House has a very tense relationship with the press, which Trump has repeatedly dismissed as “fake news.”
Earlier Wednesday, Trump called out ABC News for a false graphic it had aired regarding his former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, who is current in jail awaiting charges that came from special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.
ABC apologized to Manafort and said it was investigating the false chyron.
{mosads}The president was at the rally to support Republican candidate Pete Stauber, who shared the stage with the president for a short time.
“Like President Trump, I love this country. I love our freedoms. And I love our Constitution,” Stauber said.
Trump was joined at the event by Reps. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), Sean Duffy (R-Wis.), Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), and Rep. Jason Lewis (R-Minn.).
The rally comes hours after Trump gave into bipartisan pressure, and signed an executive order intended to end family separations at the southern border.