Trump uses 'Shylock' slur while defending Sen. Roger Marshall

What each leads with

CNN ↗ — Headline and lede frame the remark as an “antisemitic term ‘Shylock’” directly tied to Marshall’s lawsuits against patients over medical bills.; Excerpt stresses prior Iowa use, Trump’s claim he “never heard” it was antisemitic, and ADL condemnation, plus Biden’s 2014 use of the word.

Washington Examiner ↗ — Headline calls it the “antisemitic ‘shylock’ slur” and notes it as the “second time in as many years.”; Excerpt quotes Trump’s full defense of Marshall, includes his aside “I have to tell it like it is,” and explains the term’s origin in Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice.


Trump uses antisemitic term ‘Shylock’ while defending Sen. Marshall’s lawsuits against his patients over medical bills

Left: CNN

President Donald Trump used an antisemitic term as he defended Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall against criticism over medical billing practices Monday, a slur he has used publicly at least once before.

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Trump again uses antisemitic ‘shylock’ slur at Kansas rally

Right: Washington Examiner

President Donald Trump told a Kansas campaign rally on Monday that Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) was wrongly portrayed as a “shylock” over his past medical practice billing, the second time in as many years that Trump has used the antisemitic slur. Trump made the remark while campaigning for Marshall at a Monday rally in Park […]

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