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Trump uses antisemitic slur to defend GOP Kansas senator

President Donald Trump used the antisemitic "Shylock" slur to defend endangered GOP Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall, a medical doctor who sued patients for unpaid medical bills.

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In ruby-red Kansas, Trump contemplates the possibility of a Democratic win in the stateThe president came out in support of Senator Roger Marshall, who is facing an unexpectedly strong challenge from Democrat Adam Hamilton The fact that Donald Trump was here at all said more about a looming electoral disaster facing his Republican party next month than anything contained in his dark and discursive 98-minute stump speech. On Monday, amid…

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Kansas Senate Dem nominee Adam Hamilton accused of shielding 'child predator' who worked for his church in mid-2000sUS Senate Democratic candidate Adam Hamilton is facing sharp criticism for having "protected a pedophile" who once worked for the Kansas pastor's church, according to an explosive new campaign ad from his Republican opponent obtained by The Post.

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Could Kansas elect its first Democrat to Senate since 1932?President Trump will return to the campaign trail on Monday in Kansas, a red state, with the midterms fast approaching. Polls there show Republican Sen. Roger Marshall one point behind Democrat Adam Hamilton. Caitlin Huey Burns has more.

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The main reason former Sen. Sam Brownback is backing Roger MarshallAs Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall faces a tough reelection against Democrat Adam Hamilton, former Sen. Sam Brownback shares his thoughts.

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Can Democrats win back Christian voters? A Kansas pastor charts a faith-based campaign.Kansas hasn’t elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in nearly 100 years. But megachurch pastor Adam Hamilton is running a surprisingly competitive race against GOP Sen. Roger Marshall.

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Trump uses antisemitic ‘Shylock’ slur to defend GOP Kansas senatorMarshall, who is not Jewish, is locked in an unexpectedly tight reelection battle against Democrat Adam Hamilton in what might be the biggest surprise of the midterms.

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Kansas Democrat 'glad' Trump is campaigning for MarshallKansas Senate candidate Adam Hamilton (D) he was “glad” President Trump campaigned with his opponent, incumbent Sen. Roger Marshall, just two weeks out from their midterm election face-off. Appearing on CNN’s “The Lead” Monday — the same day Trump stumped for Marshall in Park City, Kansas, host Jake Tapper asked Hamilton about the president's campaigning...

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Trump ties ethanol boon for farmers to a Marshall winPresident Donald Trump greets Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., during a campaign rally at Heartland Credit Union Arena on Monday in Park City, Kan.

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Kansas Democrat’s pitch to voters amid historic Senate bid: ‘I’m gonna just fight like hell’Kansas has not sent a Democrat to the Senate since 1932 – does Adam Hamilton have the courage, brain and heart to cause an extraordinary upset? Just two years after Donald Trump won Kansas by 16 points in his fight to regain the White House, Republicans in the state are scrambling to retain their dominance. The battle for one of its two seats in the US…

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Trump Says Megachurch Pastor Running for Senate ‘Openly Mocks Jesus’President Donald Trump claimed that Adam Hamilton, a pastor and Democrat nominee for U.S. Senate in Kansas, “openly mocks Jesus,” and attacked him for supporting transgender ideology. Trump did not mention a specific statement in which Hamilton had mocked Jesus, though he made the accusation between two criticisms of Hamilton over transgender ideology.…

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Trump uses antisemitic term ‘Shylock’ while defending Sen. Marshall’s lawsuits against his patients over medical billsBy Kit Maher (CNN) — President Donald Trump used an antisemitic term as he defended Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall against criticism over medical billing practices Monday, a slur he has used publicly at least once before. Trump invoked the term “Shylock” while defending Marshall’s suing more than 700 patients for outstanding medical bills during his

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

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Trump uses antisemitic slur in defending Sen. MarshallPresident Donald Trump used an antisemitic slur in defending Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., during a rally in Kansas, following an article that said he sued hundreds of patients over unpaid debts when he was a practicing physician.

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Trump Uses Slur to Defend GOP Senator in Combative SpeechPresident Donald Trump used an antisemitic term during a rally in Kansas as he came to the defense of Republican Senator Roger Marshall, who faces a surprisingly competitive race in a deeply red state.

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ADL condemns Trump’s antisemitic slur but fails to mention him by nameAnti-Defamation League post decries ‘shylock’ slur but does not explain that president used it at Kansas rally on Monday The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) denounced the use of the term “shylock” as antisemitic on Tuesday, without explaining that the slur had been used a day earlier by Donald Trump in a speech in Kansas. Trump used the slur during a Monday…

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Trump’s slur at Kansas rally sets off instant firestorm: ‘Oy vay iz mir’President Donald Trump kicked off a firestorm by casually dropping an antisemitic slur while defending Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) over his history of suing patients. At a Kansas rally on Monday, Trump addressed a New York Times report that Marshall sued more than 700 patients over unpaid medical bills during his career as an obstetrician-gynecologist.…

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Trump busted for lie in speech that also included antisemitic slurPresident Donald Trump falsely claimed – in a speech that drew outrage over an antisemitic trope – that Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) was legally required to sue patients over unpaid medical bills, according to a new fact check from CNN's Daniel Dale . Marshall, an OB-GYN locked in a competitive re-election race, has been under fire since a New York Times…

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A Doctor Sued 700 Patients for Debts; 81 Were Arrested. Now He’s a Senator.Patients sued by Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas were routinely charged 18 percent interest, The Times found. Some had bank accounts garnished.

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