ADL condemns Trump’s antisemitic slur but fails to mention him by name

The Anti-Defamation League publicly labeled the word "shylock" an antisemitic stereotype on Tuesday, yet its statement never said that President Donald Trump had spoken the word the night before. Trump used it at a Kansas rally for Republican Senator Roger Marshall, who faces an unexpectedly tight reelection contest against Democrat Adam Hamilton. Describing how opponents had portrayed Marshall in ads about his lawsuits against patients over unpaid bills, Trump said they cast him as a "shylock-type guy." Marshall, a physician, has faced criticism after suing more than 700 patients, 18 of whom were arrested. Trump also incorrectly asserted the law required Marshall to pursue them, according to The Guardian.

The ADL's note appeared only on X and warned that the term, whatever the speaker intends, can reinforce harmful tropes. Critics who say the group wields antisemitism charges selectively suggested Trump got gentler treatment because of his backing for Israel; he had endorsed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a day earlier. Matt Duss, a onetime foreign policy adviser to Senator Bernie Sanders, said Jonathan Greenblatt, the ADL's chief executive, would have condemned a Democrat by name.

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