00:00I think it's hard for you to argue against a free press when you're literally standing in the Oval Office
00:04asking questions of the President of the United States.
00:07He's been more accessible and easier to talk to than any president in history.
00:13Think about the previous administration where he could barely get through a press conference,
00:17and yet you have the opportunity to stand here in the Oval Office and ask questions to the leader of
00:23the free world.
00:23I mean, that's because of the First Amendment.
00:26And you're standing here asking those questions.
00:28I think the President is right to support the First Amendment, but he's also right to ask that you be
00:35honest and fair.
00:36That's not an unreasonable thing.
00:39Well, look at the way you treated Biden.
00:40He went a year and a half without having a press conference.
00:44A year and a half.
00:45And what was the question you asked him most?
00:48What is your favorite flavored ice cream?
00:51Okay?
00:52I think you asked him that question once.
00:54No, sir, that is not true.
00:55What ice cream do you like the best?
00:56I mean, I heard that question so many times, and he'd always say vanilla.
01:02That's the good thing.
01:03He was very consistent.
01:04I'm surprised he got that right.
01:05But he'd always say vanilla.
01:07Yeah, please.
01:07I want another note.
01:08Are you disappointed that Senator John Thune isn't bringing the Ratepayer Protection Act to the floor?
01:13He's doing what?
01:14He's not bringing the Ratepayer Protection Act that the House passed.
01:17Well, I'm talking to him about it.
01:19We'll see what happens.
01:21We've got President Xi coming here next week.
01:25Great honor.
01:26China is one of the most repressive countries for journalists in the world.
01:29What signal does it send?
01:31I think we're repressive also.
01:33We get fake news.
01:34We don't repress, but they write fake news.
01:38No, I think he's going to come.
01:40We get along very well.
01:41It's nice that we get along very well.
01:42We've had a good relationship.
01:43He'll be here next week.
01:45I can tell you this.
01:45It's too bad we don't have the ballroom open, because if we did, we could have thousands.
01:52We could have 2,000 people having dinner.
01:55We have a very tiny little room that's going to be squeezed out at about 125 or so people.
02:03But I literally could tell you that thousands of people would love to be at that dinner.
02:09This is a very tough ticket for me.
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