Republican National Committee chair Reince Priebus told an audience at a Donald Trump rally to ignore the bad press — and likened Trump’s fight to become president to James Madison’s fight for the Bill of Rights and to World War II.

“We are in a battle for freedom,” Priebus, playing warm-up to Trump, told the Erie, Pennsylvania crowd. “It is the same battle that James Madison reaffirmed in the Bill of Rights, it’s the same battle that fathered our country, it’s the same battle we are here today to fight”.

Priebus went on: “How many people here have been to the World War II memorial in Washington? … You walk up to that wall with 4,000 golden stars on the wall. And for every one of those stars 100 little guys did not come home to mom and dad and in front of those stars in gold, in the black granite, it says, `here we mark the price of freedom.’”

Priebus assured the crowd that Trump would win. “We’re going to put him in the White House and save this country together.”

Meanwhile, Trump delivered what has become his standard stump speech — and as usual was interrupted by some protesters.

“Go home to mommy,” Trump said mocking a protester. “And your mother is voting for Trump. It’s true. It’s true.”

Trump lambasted the media for criticizing his calling Obama a “founder” of ISIS.

“I was obviously being sarcastic but not that sarcastic to be honest with you,” he said.

Trump acknowledged he doesn’t have an easy road to the White House.

“Republicans have a tougher path,” said Trump, alluding to an electoral map that has favored Democrats in the last two elections. “Not my fault.”