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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Katie Hawkinson

Trump’s communications chief uses derogatory slur in rant against lawmakers over the Epstein files

White House Communications Director Steven Cheung called two lawmakers the R-word, a slur long used to demean people with disabilities, in a social media post shared Friday evening.

Cheung called Democratic Representative Ro Khanna and Republican Representative Thomas Massie “some of the dumbest r****** ever to be in Congress.”

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