A spokeswoman for Donald Trump Donald John TrumpBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Trump dismisses climate change role in fires, says Newsom needs to manage forest better Jimmy Kimmel hits Trump for rallies while hosting Emmy Awards MORE on Monday attacked the way the media has been covering his presidential campaign.

"Voters want someone that's going to fight back because they are tired of seeing left-wing reporters literally beat Trump supporters into submission into supporting policies they don't agree with," Katrina Pierson said on Fox Business.

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"So this is essentially Mr. Trump fighting back."

Trump has ramped up his criticism of the media recently amid a flurry of negative coverage, some of it centered on his falling poll numbers.

Over the weekend, the GOP nominee tweeted that he is not only fighting against Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Democratic super PAC to hit Trump in battleground states over coronavirus deaths Battle lines drawn on precedent in Supreme Court fight MORE but also against the "dishonest and corrupt media."

"It is not 'freedom of press' when newspapers and others are allowed to say and write whatever they want even if it is completely false," Trump tweeted over the weekend.

The real estate mogul said he has been staying on message, but the media has been misrepresenting his campaign.

Trump faced backlash last week when he appeared to joke during a rally about gun owners taking action against Clinton. He also came under scrutiny after calling President Obama the founder of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, comments he later wrote off as sarcasm.