福克斯新闻的布里特·休姆周三表示，距离中期选举仅剩几周，共和党缺乏势头，随着选举日的临近，共和党正面临多重政治挑战。
Fox News’s Brit Hume on Wednesday said that Republicans lack momentum only a few weeks out from the midterms, with the GOP dealing with multiple political challenges as Election Day nears.
休姆在《特别报道》中对福克斯新闻的布雷特·拜尔表示：“我想说，共和党在这个选举周期里没什么优势。所有民调都表明这一点，全国的情绪也表明这一点。”
“I would say that the Republicans don't have much going for them this cycle. The polls all suggest that, the mood of the country suggests that,” Hume told Fox News’s Bret Baier on “Special Report.”
他补充道：“他们确实比民主党有更多的资金，人们会想象这些资金如果被明智地使用，可能会对他们有所帮助，但你刚才展示的那个关于生活成本的69%的数字，我认为在未来一个月内，生活成本状况不会有多大变化。”
他指的是福克斯新闻刚刚展示的关于今年关键密歇根州参议院选举中选民投票理由的民调结果。
“They do have more money than the Democrats do, which could be spent wisely, one would imagine, to help them, but this 69 percent number that you show there on cost of living, I don't think much is going to change on cost of living over the next month,” he added, referencing poll results from Fox News that had just been shown about voters’ reasoning behind their vote in the key Michigan Senate race this year.
休姆继续说道，生活成本状况“可能会略有变化”，并且“霍尔木兹海峡的情况已经发生了一些转变”，他指的是这条对石油行业至关重要的水道，由于伊朗战争而关闭。
Hume continued, saying that cost of living circumstances “could change a little” and that “things have turned around a bit in the in the Strait of Hormuz,” referencing the key waterway for the oil industry that has been closed amid the war in Iran.
休姆说：“共和党必须担心，公众意见已经固化，而且对他们不利，这个数字表明情况可能就是这样。”
“Republicans have to worry that opinions have solidified and not in their favor, and that number suggests that that may be the case,” Hume said.
共和党正面临中期选举中充满挑战的选举环境，包括特朗普总统的支持率下滑、伊朗战争持续超过七个月、民调显示他们在多场选举中落后，以及对经济的担忧。
Republicans are staring down a challenging electoral environment these midterms, with President Trump’s slipping approval rating, the war in Iran stretching past the seven-month mark, polls showing they are behind in multiple races and concerns about the economy.
伊朗冲突推高了美国的能源成本，据美国汽车协会（AAA）称，周四下午普通汽油的价格约为每加仑4.41美元，而去年同期约为3.16美元。
The conflict in Iran has driven up energy costs in the U.S., with the price of a regular gallon of gas sitting at about $4.41 on Thursday afternoon, up from about $3.16 last year at the same time, according to AAA.