President Donald Trump repeats an antisemitic slur while campaigning for Republican Sen. Roger Marshall at a rally in Kansas, according to multiple outlets. Trump uses the term as he comes to the senator’s defense amid concerns that Marshall’s race could be more competitive than expected in the state.
The outlets describe the remark as a second use in recent years. NBC News reports that Trump used the term in a speech last year and faced backlash afterward; it says he then said he was not aware of the word’s antisemitic connotations. Bloomberg and the Washington Examiner similarly frame the comments as part of a combative defense of Marshall and highlight the attention the slur draws.
Across the reports, the immediate context is Trump’s effort to respond to scrutiny of Marshall’s past medical practice billing and the political stakes for the senator’s campaign. The key difference in emphasis is how each outlet characterizes the incident—either focusing on the racial content of the language, the prior backlash, or the competitiveness of Marshall’s race.
