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Trump slur at Kansas rally draws Jewish groups' rebuke

Marshall, who is not Jewish, faces Adam Hamilton in a race Bloomberg calls surprisingly competitive; Trump reportedly used the same word at an Iowa rally last year.

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  1. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe Kansas rally has a new problem.

  2. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentPresident Trump said Senator Roger Marshall was made out to be some kind of a shylock-type guy, and Marshall is not Jewish.

  3. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSome Jewish groups have denounced the word.

  4. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorHe was defending Marshall after The New York Times reported the senator sued more than seven hundred patients over unpaid bills.

  5. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorMarshall called it a hit job, and Trump did not name the Times. He told Marshall, you got screwed with that stuff.

  6. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentCNN says he used the same word at an Iowa rally in July twenty twenty-five, then said he had never heard it as an antisemitic term.

  7. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe White House has not responded to a request for comment. Bloomberg calls the race against Adam Hamilton surprisingly competitive for a deeply red state.

  8. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo a man defending a doctor's debt collecting reached for a debt collector's insult. Wichita is going to hear about that one.

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  1. Bill Self stays at Kansas as Saturday's slate looms · Yahoo Sports
  2. Sen. Susan Collins struggles to name a time she stopped Trump · The Washington Post
  3. Slotkin urges prosecutions to deter young Trump staffers · New York Post
  4. Trump heads to Kansas to back Sen. Marshall in tight race · The Guardian
  5. Trump rallies in Kansas; Supreme Court takes up home distilling · The Washington Times
  6. Trump stumping for Sen. Roger Marshall in Kansas with midterms 15… · CBS News
  7. Trump slur at Kansas rally draws Jewish groups' rebuke (this story)

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