‘I’ll Pay a Price!’ Biden Jokes Press Will Punish Him For Saying They Like Trump Too Much At Rally

President Joe Biden joked he would “pay a price” for joking at a campaign event that the press shouldn’t like former President Donald Trump as much as they do because of how Trump treats them.

At a rally in Rome, Georgia this past weekend, Trump singled out the press to attack them as “criminals”  — just the latest example of his aggression toward journalists.

Biden referenced the press as well at a campaign event to rally volunteers at a New Hampshire field office, with an apparent reference to that moment.

He joked, “I don’t know why they don’t like me a lot more than Trump” given “the way he talks about you guys” — then joked he might live to regret the observation:

And one of the main things I try to do — and I’m going to continue to do, God willing, if we get reelected — is finish the job by continuing to focus on the middle class, because when the middle class does well, the poor have a way up, and the wealthy still do very well. They still do very well.

But they got to start paying their fair share. [Applause.]

And I drive my staff crazy because I say: How can we be the finest nation or the greatest nation in the world if we have a second-rate education system? How can we be the finest nation in the world if we don’t invest in research and development? How can we be the finest nation without the best education system? I mean, just — just across the board. Healthcare system — how can we do that?

And, you know, I think the American people get it. If you take a look at — I know the press is here, and they’re all wonderful people. [Laughter.] I don’t know why they don’t like me a lot more than Trump, but they — [laughter] — the way he — the way he talks about you guys. But any rate.

That’s a joke. I’m kidding. I shouldn’t even be kidding with you. [Laughter.] Shouldn’t even be — I’ll pay a price for having said that. [Laughter.]

But, look, you know, everything we’ve done, if you take a look at it — and none — none of the polling matters much more now. It’s way out. But, number two, polling has kind of changed a lot too. It’s not nearly as accurate. It’s not nearly as capable as it was before because you got to make six zillion calls to get one person on their cell phone, et cetera.

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