President Trump attacks Democrat Annie Andrews using anti-trans slur
Andrews answered Trump’s attack by emphasizing her campaign’s focus on patients, families and affordability.

SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYWCIV is a local news outlet, and the article identifies its author and reports the candidates’ statements, campaign claims and polling with attribution. The story offers limited independent context for the campaign’s claims and the polling.
- Source type — Established local television news outlet.
- Editorial standards — The article distinguishes direct quotations and campaign claims from reported facts.
- Author attribution — A named author is credited.
- Source diversity — Includes statements from Trump, Andrews and Schumer, but little independent analysis or context.
The report quotes the central social media post and includes responses from Andrews and Schumer, along with polling and campaign context. It relies substantially on campaign claims and offers limited independent verification or broader context.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The article reproduces Trump’s attack and includes Andrews’s response and Schumer’s criticism, with campaign and polling context. It does not provide further explanation or a response from Trump beyond the post itself.
- Counterarguments presented — Trump’s claims and Andrews’s response are both included.
- Source diversity — The report includes statements from the President, the candidate and a Senate leader, plus polling information.
- Loaded language — The article uses the descriptive terms “anti-trans slur” and “slur-laced insult.”
- Omitted context — The post’s claims about Andrews’s positions receive little independent examination.
The report uses critical language to describe Trump’s slur and includes Andrews’s response and Schumer’s condemnation. Its framing is mildly unfavorable to Trump, while the article otherwise reports the campaign and polling in a largely straightforward manner.
- Language tone — Describes the language as an anti-trans slur and a slur-laced insult.
- Framing — Centers Trump’s attack and presents responses from Andrews and Schumer.
- Source selection — Quotes the attack and the targeted candidate’s response, but includes no separate response from Trump beyond his post.
- Headline — The headline emphasizes Trump’s use of an anti-trans slur.
President Donald Trump used an anti-trans slur in a social media post attacking South Carolina Senate candidate Annie Andrews. Andrews responded by emphasizing her campaign priorities, while Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer condemned Trump’s language.
Trump’s post attacked Andrews and praised her opponent, Sen. Darline Graham, while making claims about Andrews’s positions on transgender issues, immigration, policing, taxes, the military and guns. Andrews responded that she was running to focus on her patients, family and South Carolina, and her campaign highlighted a statewide tour focused on costs and affordability.
The article describes the Senate race as competitive, citing a late-September Trafalgar Group poll that put Graham one point ahead and noting that another recent poll had the candidates essentially tied. Schumer called Trump’s attacks “despicable.”
Community verdict
VOTING CLOSEDNo good or bad look here
This story reports what happened without casting Andrews in a good or bad light, so readers don’t rate it and it doesn’t count toward Andrews’s record.
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SWIPE →President who attacked Andrews in a social media post
Trump's version of this story ↗Late South Carolina senator and Darline Graham’s brother
Republican Senate candidate and Andrews’s opponent
Senate Minority Leader who criticized Trump’s remarks
Part of a bigger story
12 OUTLETSOutlets agree that Donald Trump used an anti-trans slur about South Carolina Senate candidate Annie Andrews in a post endorsing Darline Graham. Andrews responded by emphasizing her campaign priorities, and former governor David Beasley condemned Trump's remarks. Left-leaning outlets emphasize Beasley's condemnation and characterize Trump's post as an anti-trans attack. Center outlets more often pair reports of the post with Andrews's response on affordability and other campaign priorities, while also reporting criticism of the language.
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