LITITZ, Pa. — Donald Trump told a crowd on Sunday that he wouldn’t mind if someone shot at the news media present at his rally here, escalating his violent rhetoric at one of his closing campaign events where he repeatedly veered off-message.

Donald Trump lamented over the bulletproof glass that surrounds him at his rallies since the attempted assassination against him, and suggested that he wouldn't mind if someone were to shoot at him through where the media are positioned.

Donald Trump's campaign team has defended the Republican candidate for president after he told supporters: "To get me, somebody would have to shoot through the fake news - and I don't mind that so much".

Former President Trump’s campaign said his remarks that he would not “mind” a person shooting “through the fake news” at a rally Sunday have “nothing to do with the Media being harmed, or anything else.

"I have a piece of glass here...But all we have really over here is the fake news. And to get me, somebody would have to shoot through the fake news. "And I don't mind that so much. I don't mind that,

Donald Trump appeared to talk about reporters being shot and even suggested that he "shouldn't have left" the White House after being defeated by Joe Biden.