Crossfiled3 outlets · filed 20 October 2026
Trump uses antisemitic slur in defending Sen. Roger Marshall at rally in Kansas
Trump had used the term during a speech last year, leading to backlash. He said at the time that he wasn’t aware of the word’s antisemitic connotations.
The Hill
What the coverage shows
The coverage splits between outlets foregrounding Trump’s Kansas rally and those foregrounding the slur itself. NBC News is the only outlet here to lead directly with the antisemitic slur in the headline, while The Hill has one brief rally-focused item and one later item that also centers the slur; PBS NewsHour and Fox News stick to the rally and Marshall’s Senate race, and Newsweek’s headline is more general and does not focus on the Kansas event.
Written by Crossfiled from the 3 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.
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