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尽管被提名人言辞‘令人厌恶’,约翰逊仍支持得克萨斯州国会众议员候选人

尽管被提名人使用了“令人反感的语言”,约翰逊仍支持得克萨斯州众议院候选人。“那是他在网上的形象,”众议院议长迈克·约翰逊这样评价布兰登·埃雷拉。

周日,众议院议长迈克·约翰逊为得克萨斯州候选人布兰登·埃雷拉辩护,此前这位YouTuber对母亲等人发表了淫秽言论。

在CNN的“国情咨文”节目中,主持人杰克·塔珀追问这位路易斯安那州共和党人,为何在埃雷拉用露骨且贬损的语言描述母亲和儿童、将一挺纳粹时代的机枪称为“原版贫民区爆破手”,以及被看到随着纳粹进行曲走正步之后,他仍继续支持埃雷拉。

“那是令人厌恶的言论,”约翰逊回应道。“但我也知道布兰登·埃雷拉一直在进行一场非常有效的竞选活动,并向人们解释他已经为所有这些道歉。他曾是一名播客和煽动者,试图吸引注意力。”

当民主党众议院多数派政治行动委员会在三月份将那段鹅步视频发布到社交媒体上时,埃雷拉回复道:“我坚持我的立场,这玩意儿好笑极了。”约翰逊周日补充说,这些视频是埃雷拉“网络人设”的一部分,同时他辩称这位28岁的候选人“远胜于”民主党人凯蒂·帕迪利亚·斯托特。

“I’m telling you, this is a contrast election between common sense and crazy,” said Johnson. “Brandon Herrera will join the commonsense team of Republicans making life better for Americans.” Known as the AK Guy, Herrera boasts a whopping 4.2 million YouTubers to his channel, which features videos on guns. He has secured the endorsement of President Donald Trump as well, and Johnson attended a fundraising event for Herrera as recently as July. Johnson initially opposed Herrera, supporting incumbent Rep. Tony Gonzales, until Gonzales resigned in March amid sexual misconduct allegations. The Cook Political Report currently rates the district as “likely Republican.”