As the midterms loom less than two weeks away, PBS News Hour co-host Geoff Bennett set the table Tuesday night with discussion about yet another “surprisingly close race” in a Red state, the moderate Republican stronghold of Kansas. Reporter William Brangham discussed the Senate race with Jared Cerullo of affiliate station PBS Kansas. The hot topic: Trump using the term “Shylock,” for the Jewish money-lender character in Shakespeare’s play The Merchant of Venice.
William Brangham: Last night in Wichita, the president sought to rally Republicans in Kansas to get out and vote. But his comments were often laced with ugly stereotypes. At one point, the president used an antisemitic slur while defending Republican Senator Roger Marshall. Marshall used to be an OB-GYN and has come under fire for suing dozens of his former patients over unpaid medical debts.
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