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Trump again uses antisemitic ‘shylock’ slur at Kansas rally

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Zimmermann, D. (2026, October 20). Trump again uses antisemitic ‘shylock’ slur at Kansas rally. Washington Examiner. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4771737/trump-antisemitic-shylock-slur-kansas-rally/

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President Donald Trump used the antisemitic term "shylock" during a rally in Park City, Kansas, while defending Senator Roger Marshall against media criticism. At the event, Trump claimed that Marshall was legally required to request payment from patients for unpaid medical bills and accused critics of unfairly labeling him as greedy or malicious due to these legal actions. This usage follows previous instances where Trump has employed similar language, drawing condemnation from groups like the Anti-Defamation League for perpetuating harmful antisemitic stereotypes.

Written by AI on 2026-10-20, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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On October 20, 2026, President Donald Trump used the antisemitic slur "shylock" during a campaign rally in Park City, Kansas, while defending Republican Senator Roger Marshall against accusations of aggressive debt collection from patients. The New York Times had previously reported that Marshall and his former medical practice sued over 700 patients for unpaid bills before he entered the Senate. Trump claimed Marshall was legally obligated to collect these debts but did not specify a legal mandate. Despite multiple uses of the term, which evokes an antisemitic trope about Jews and greed, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) condemned its use without naming Trump specifically. The slur refers to Shylock, a Jewish character from Shakespeare's play "The Merchant of Venice," often portrayed as a usurious moneylender.

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The Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish advocacy group, has said the term “evokes a centuries-old antisemitic trope about Jews and greed that is extremely offensive and dangerous” and called Trump’s use of the term last summer “very troubling and irresponsible.”

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🔮 “And if he didn’t make these requests, he would be breaking the law,” the president added.

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Trump again uses antisemitic ‘shylock’ slur at Kansas rally · assertive framing

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President Donald Trump delivered a rebuttal to the media for suggesting Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) was “some kind of a shylock-type guy” for seeking money from patients in compliance with the law. asserted

Marshall → deliver → law

Trump made the antisemitic remark while campaigning for Marshall at a Monday rally in Park City, Kansas. asserted

Trump → make → City

“He was given a bum rap because he was mandated by law to request, strongly, money owed from patients,” Trump said of the one-term senator. asserted

Trump → give → senator

“You’re not allowed not to do it. asserted

You → allow → it

You have to, by law, go after those people, and they made it like, oh, he was some kind of a shylock-type guy.” asserted

he → have → guy

“And if he didn’t make these requests, he would be breaking the law,” the president added. asserted

president → make → law

“He would have been breaking a very strong criminal law, and he would be subject to criminal arrest and liability.” asserted

he → break → arrest

The anecdote appeared to reference a New York Times article that stated Marshall and his former medical practice sued more than 700 patients for unpaid medical bills before he entered the Senate. asserted

he → appear → Senate

While telling the story before a packed crowd, Trump said he probably shouldn’t have said it. asserted

he → tell → it

“But that’s the way it is, Roger,” he continued. asserted

he → ’ → ?

“I have to tell it like it is. asserted

it → have → it

You got screwed with that stuff.” asserted

You → screw → stuff

This isn’t the first time Trump has used the antisemitic slur. asserted

Trump → use → slur

During an Iowa rally last July, he called predatory lenders “shylocks and bad people” who charged families high interest. asserted

who → call → interest

The term originates from William Shakespeare’s play The Merchant of Venice, in which a Jewish character named Shylock is a malicious moneylender. asserted

character → originate → which

The word is often interpreted as an antisemitic slur. asserted

word → interpret → slur

that → say → term

Trump said at the time that he never heard that the term was antisemitic and that he understood it to mean “somebody that’s a moneylender at high rates.” asserted

that → say → rates