Trump uses antisemitic slur at Kansas rally

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Trump uses antisemitic slur at Kansas rally

Oct 20, 8 AM ET to Oct 22, 10 AM ET · 1 outlet not rated for lean

21outlets carried it
🫏14 · 3 · 3🐘left · center · right
2.1 dayson the front pages
16front pages at once, at its peak
25 minof TV captions
2radio newscasts
34people retold it online

👣 How this story traveled: from the front pages that broke it, out through TV, radio and the shows, into what people retold and what fact-checkers examined, and on into the saga it is part of. Everything here is matched to the story by our tools, so a link can be wrong; the trackers' pages say how each is made.

Oct 20, 8 AM ETfirst on a front page: HuffPost
Oct 20, 11 AM ETfirst on the radio: ABC News Update
Oct 20, 9 PM ETfirst on TV: MSNOW
Oct 20, 11 PM ETpeak: on 16 front pages
Oct 21, 8 AM ETretold online by 34 people

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 20, 8 AM to Oct 22, 10 AM ET (peak 19), by the outlets' lean: left · center · right · not rated

Who carried it and when: each outlet in the order it picked the story up, a bar for each headline from when we first saw it on the front page to when we last did, in the outlet's lean color (dashed: not rated); a dot marks a new headline. Beneath, its captions on TV, the radio newscasts that carried it (bigger: the lead) and when people were found retelling it. Hover for details.

📌 linked by aggregators: Political Wire

💬 quoted: “I F*cking Hate You!” “a‑‑” “Shylock” “This guy's a monster!” “Not an Accident!” “Oy vay iz mir” “idiot” “It never ends”

✏️ 7 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

HuffPost (2 wordings): “Trump Uses Antisemitic Slur To Falsely Defend GOP Senator” → “Trump Gets Awkwardly Personal About Senator’s Ass In Bizarre Rally Rant”
Mediaite (2 wordings): “‘I F*cking Hate You!’ Trump Viciously Heckled in Kansas” → “‘Not an Accident!’ Trump Sparks Fury by Reviving Antisemitic Trope at Rally”
New York Magazine (2 wordings): “Trump Helps Out By Dropping Antisemitic Slur at Kansas Rally The president’s comments defending Senator Roger Marshall were like an onion of things he shouldn’t be saying.” → “Trump Helps Out by Dropping Antisemitic Slur at Kansas Rally The president’s comments defending Senator Roger Marshall were like an onion of things he shouldn’t be saying.”
Raw Story (2 wordings): “Trump’s slur at Kansas rally sets off instant firestorm: ‘Oy vay iz mir’” → “Trump busted for lie in speech that also included antisemitic slur”
The Hill (3 wordings): “Trump uses antisemitic slur at Kansas rally” → “Trump on remarks about GOP senator’s ‘a‑‑’: ‘This guy’s a monster!’”
Washington Examiner (2 wordings): “Trump again uses antisemitic ‘shylock’ slur at Kansas rally” → “Trump repeats use of antisemitic slur while defending Kansas senator at rally”
Yahoo News (3 wordings): “Trump uses antisemitic term in defending a senator at a Kansas rally” → “Trump again uses antisemitic term while defending Republican senator's lawsuits”

Every outlet's first headline (21), left to right by AllSides rating

HuffPost Trump Uses Antisemitic Slur To Falsely Defend GOP Senator Oct 20, 8 AM ET
New York Magazine Trump Helps Out By Dropping Antisemitic Slur at Kansas Rally The president’s comments defending Senator Roger Marshall were like an onion of things he shouldn’t be saying. Oct 20, 1 PM ET
Raw Story Trump’s slur at Kansas rally sets off instant firestorm: ‘Oy vay iz mir’ Oct 20, 9 AM ET
The Daily Beast Trump Drops Vile Slur to Defend Floundering MAGA Senator Oct 20, 7 AM ET
The Guardian In ruby-red Kansas, Trump contemplates the possibility of a Democratic win in the state Oct 20, 1 AM ET
The New Republic Trump Drops Antisemitic Slur in Attempt to Defend MAGA Senator Oct 20, 10 AM ET
CNN Trump uses antisemitic term ‘Shylock’ in Kansas while defending Sen. Marshall’s lawsuits against his patients over medical bills Oct 20, 3 AM ET
Mediaite ‘I F*cking Hate You!’ Trump Viciously Heckled in Kansas Oct 19, 10 PM ET
NBC News Trump uses antisemitic slur in defending Sen. Roger Marshall at rally in Kansas Oct 19, 11 PM ET
NPR Trump goes to Kansas to back Republicans in tight races Oct 21, 12 PM ET
PBS NewsHour WATCH: Trump heads to rally in Kansas as Republican voters' frustrations deepen Oct 20, 11 AM ET
The Independent Trump immediately interrupted by several ‘idiot’ protesters in Kansas: ‘It never ends’ Oct 19, 10 PM ET
USA Today Trump reinvokes antisemitic slur to defend Sen. Roger Marshall Oct 20, 1 PM ET
Yahoo News Trump uses antisemitic term in defending a senator at a Kansas rally Oct 20, 4 PM ET
Bloomberg Trump Uses Slur to Defend GOP Senator in Combative Speech Oct 19, 11 PM ET
Newsweek Trump’s Kansas Approval Rating Ahead of Rally as GOP Senate Seat at Risk Oct 19, 6 PM ET
The Hill Trump uses antisemitic slur at Kansas rally Oct 21, 9 AM ET
The Washington Times Trump hopes to boost Kansas evangelical vote as Democrats threaten to end GOP dominance Oct 20, 8 AM ET
Washington Examiner Trump again uses antisemitic ‘shylock’ slur at Kansas rally Oct 19, 10 PM ET
Townhall The Kansas Senate Race Is Tight – So Trump Is Diving Right In Oct 19, 4 PM ET
Crooks and Liars 'I F*cking Hate You!': Trump Gets An Earful In Kansas Oct 20, 12 PM ET

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

📺 On TV

CNN21 min

MSNOW4 min

Fox News19 s

TRUMP USES ANTISEMITIC SLUR AGAIN WHILE DEFENDING GOP CANDIDATE CNN, 18 min
TRUMP AGAIN USES CAMPAIGN RALLY TO COMPLIMENT MALE SENATOR'S BUTT CNN, 2 min
TRUMP USES ANTISEMITIC SLUR AT KANSAS RALLY MSNOW, 2 min
mused at a rally in Georgia earlier this month. Take a wild guess MSNOW, 86 s
TRUMP CAMPAIGNS IN KANSAS MSNOW, 21 s
TRUMP RIPS "ANTI-WESTERN MARXIST" DEMS AT KS RALLY Fox News, 19 s
GOP'S CLOSING MESSAGE: SLURS, SLANDER, & ATTEMPTED BRIBES MSNOW, 18 s
TRUMP RAVES ABOUT OR SENATOR'S BODY AT NC RALLY MSNOW, 7 s

📻 On the radio

ABC News Update, Oct 20, 4:32 PM ET: story 2 of 4
ABC News Update, Oct 20, 11:32 AM ET: story 2 of 4

🎙️ Shows, investigators, satire

🎙️ 🎙️ Bloomberg News Now

🃏 The Onion

what people online made of it

🧩 How it's being told

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🧩 Inflammatory political rhetoric 🫏 2 left shows 🧶 online
“Donald Trump used an anti-Semitic slur to defend Roger Marshall.” and 1 more
🧩 Closet case 🧶 online
“Donald Trump is becoming increasingly gay or is expressing latent homosexual attractions.”
🧩 Foot in mouth 🧶 online
“Donald Trump used an antisemitic slur while defending Senator Roger Marshall.”
🧩 Miles gloriosus 🧶 online
“Donald Trump is becoming increasingly gay or is expressing latent homosexual attractions.”
🧩 Senile leader 🧶 online
↔️ its answer: Ageism
“Donald Trump is becoming increasingly gay or is expressing latent homosexual attractions.”

🧶 Retold online

Donald Trump is becoming increasingly gay or is expressing latent homosexual attractions. Oct 24: told by 17 people; told before on Oct 22, Oct 14
🦋 Widely seen on Bluesky

🦋 a post on Bluesky · 49 likes, 16 reposts
🦋 a post on Bluesky · 37 likes, 15 reposts
Donald Trump used an antisemitic slur while defending Senator Roger Marshall. Oct 21: told by 17 people
🦋 Widely seen on Bluesky

🦋 a post on Bluesky · 6 likes, 0 reposts
🦋 a post on Bluesky · 2 likes, 1 reposts

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🗣️ names in it: Donald Trump Sen. Roger Marshall MAGA Republican Party

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