On Sunday, former President Donald Trump appeared to call for violence against members of the press at his rally in Lititz, Pennsylvania, continuing a nearly decade-long streak of attacks on the media.

Speaking of the bulletproof glass placed in front of his lectern, the former president said that for a bullet to hit him in an assassination attempt, a shooter would have to “shoot through the fake news, and I don’t care that much about that. “

“I have a piece of glass here, and I don’t have a piece of glass there, and I have this piece of glass here,” Trump said, pointing to the glass around his lectern that has become common since he survived two assassination attempts on earlier this year, one of which occurred at a similar outdoor demonstration in Butler, Pennsylvania.

“All we have here is fake news,” Trump added. “And to catch me, someone would have to spread the fake news. And I don’t care that much.”

At the beginning of the rally, Trump also lashed out at the press, telling his supporters that “the media is tremendously bad. It’s incredible.”

He also specifically named several media outlets, telling attendees: “It’s one thing for CNN and MSNBC to be very corrupt. Watch CBS. Look at what CBS did,” Trump said before criticizing the network for its interview last month with Vice President Kamala Harris on “Face the Nation.” that he is repeatedly said was unfairly edited to present Harris in a positive light. On Thursday, the former president demanded the networkalleging that the interview with Harris was misleading.

Later in the rally, Trump said: “ABC, ABC, fake news, CBS, ABC, NBC. “These are, in my opinion, these are seriously corrupt people.”

In a statement, Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung defended the former president’s Sunday comments, saying: “President Trump was speaking brilliantly about the two assassination attempts on his own life, including one that came within 1/ 4 of an inch from killing him, something the media talks and jokes about constantly.”

Cheung added: “The president’s statement about putting up protective glass has nothing to do with the media being harmed, or anything else. These are threats against him that were fueled by dangerous rhetoric from Democrats In fact, President Trump was claiming that the media was in danger, because they were protecting him and therefore they themselves were in great danger, and furthermore they should have had a protective glass shield. another interpretation of what was said, he was actually looking out for their well-being, much more than his own!

Trump’s attacks are part of a long-standing trend of attacking the media, something he has done publicly since his first presidential bid in 2016.

At that time, he referred to members of the press as “dishonest,” “not good people,” and “scum” during press conferences and campaign events.

The former president’s comments on Sunday came during a lengthy speech in which Trump also attacked Harris as “corrupt“President Joe Biden called”a poor and stupid guy”, and harshly criticized former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama.

“I took over a mess because I took over the mess that Barack Hussein Obama (left),” Trump said at Sunday’s rally, adding that Obama was a “great troublemaker,” “a great divider” and “a terrible president.”

Trump also told the crowd: “I think we’re going to start having some fun with Michelle. “I think we’re going to have a little fun with Michelle, but I always treated her with a lot of respect.”

A spokesman for the Obamas did not immediately respond to a request for comment.