美联社照片/埃里克·盖伊，档案照片。看来肯·帕克森（R-德州）终于受够了唐纳德·特朗普总统对其外貌的攻击。
AP Photo/Eric Gay, File Looks like Ken Paxton (R-TX) has finally had enough of President Donald Trump's attacks on his looks. The Senate candidate, involved in a tense Senate race with Democrat James Talarico, was caught on leaked audio admitting that Trump's midterm convention in the Lone Star State hurt him more than it helped.
这位参议院候选人正与民主党人詹姆斯·塔拉里科陷入激烈的参议院竞选，他在泄露的音频中承认，特朗普在孤星州举行的中期大会对他弊大于利。“你觉得他有点拖后腿吗？”帕克森在《纽约时报》获得的片段中被问到。
“Do you feel like he’s a little bit of a drag?”Paxton is asked in the clip obtained by The New York Times. "So to be honest with you, the numbers — when we did that convention — it dropped our numbers," Paxton replied.
“说实话，数据显示——当我们举办那次大会时——我们的数字下降了，”帕克森回答。“每个人的数字都下降了。现在，是的，不太好。”
"Everybody’s numbers dropped. Right now, yeah, not good.”
《纽约时报》从一位最近筹款活动的与会者那里获得了音频，该人士希望保持匿名。消息人士告诉该报，他反对帕克森的候选资格。
The Times was given the audio by an attendee at a recent fundraiser, who wished to remain anonymous. The source told the paper that he's opposed to Paxton's candidacy.
本月早些时候的大会上，特朗普发表演讲，敦促德州人投票给帕克森，尽管他说帕克森“可能不是长相最帅的人”。
During the convention earlier this month, Trump gave a speech in which he urged Texans to vote for Paxton, though he “may not be the best-looking guy.”
帕克森在5月获得特朗普的背书后成为共和党候选人，特朗普冷落了现任参议员约翰·科宁。
Paxton emerged as the Republican candidate in May after securing the endorsement of Trump, who snubbed incumbent John Cornyn.
特朗普在党内建制派许多人的反对下介入竞选——他们担心帕克森的各种腐败和婚外情丑闻会在大选中困扰他，并让一个原本稳固的参议院席位变得有竞争力。这些担忧似乎正在成真。
Trump intervened in the race over the objections of many in the party establishment — who worried Paxton's various corruption and infidelity scandals would plague him in the general election, and put a safe Senate seat in play. And those fears seem to be playing out.
尽管有总统的支持，帕克森在最近的民调中未能阻止塔拉里科，使共和党面临38年来首次在可靠的红州德州失去参议院席位的风险。
Despite the president's backing, Paxton has failed to hold off Talarico in recent polls, putting Republicans at risk of losing a Senate race in reliably-red Texas for the first time in 38 years.
甚至传奇的共和党策略师卡尔·罗夫也表示，帕克森的时间“所剩无几！”
Even legendary GOP strategist Karl Rove has said that Paxton's time "is running out!”
罗夫补充道：“如果总统想让帕克森获胜，他需要向帕克森投入大量资金。”
Rove added, "If the president wants to have Paxton win, he needs to be tossing a lot of money Paxton’s way.”