Trump uses antisemitic slur in defending Sen. Roger Marshall at rally in Kansas

NBC News and CNN report that President Donald Trump used the word “Shylock,” widely regarded as offensive to Jewish people, while defending Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., at a Monday campaign rally in Park City, Kansas. The senator is under fire over a New York Times account that, as a physician, he sued more than 700 patients over unpaid bills, according to NBC News · CNN.

CNN says Trump argued the law obliged Marshall to pursue those debts and that he would have faced criminal liability otherwise. NBC News adds that the lawsuits led to scores of arrest warrants for missed court dates; Marshall's lawyer says the senator had no role in them.

The outlets differ on the earlier use: CNN dates it to a July 2025 Iowa rally, while NBC News ties it to a speech last year about exploitative bankers. Trump said then he had never heard the term as offensive, and CNN notes the Anti-Defamation League called his usage “very troubling and irresponsible.” NBC News says the White House did not immediately comment, and that Marshall faces Democrat Adam Hamilton, a megachurch pastor, in a tighter race than expected.

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