宾夕法尼亚州伯利恒--议长迈克·约翰逊为唐纳德·特朗普总统在选举前使用纳税人资助的政治主题广告进行了辩护，但表示MAGA Inc.是“好的”。会为他们未来的生活付出代价。约翰逊周二表示，他只看过特朗普的一则广告，它“看起来像是一则公共服务公告”。“它谈论的是美国的伟大和经济的复苏，并不是呼吁投票给任何人。这只是--这是亲美国的，”约翰逊在宾夕法尼亚州的竞选活动中告诉《政治》。
BETHLEHEM, Pennsylvania — Speaker Mike Johnson defended President Donald Trump’s use of taxpayer funded political-themed ads ahead of the election, but said it was “good” that MAGA Inc. would pay for them going forward. Johnson said Tuesday that he’s only seen one of the Trump ads and it “looked like a public service announcement.”“It was talking about America's greatness and the economy coming back, and it wasn't a plea to vote for anybody. It was just — it was pro Americana,” Johnson told POLITICO during a campaign stop in Pennsylvania.
但他补充道：“如果超级政治行动委员会为他们提供资金，那就好了。”特朗普周一表示，他或他的联盟超级政治行动委员会将在中期选举最后几周为他拍摄的一系列纳税人资助的广告买单。他的决定是在两党强烈反对之后做出的，其中包括内布拉斯加州第二选区的布林克·哈丁等一些共和党候选人公开与总统决裂，并表示他们不应该用纳税人的钱来支付费用。
But he added: “If the Super PAC's funding them, that's good.”Trump said Monday that he or his aligned super PAC would pay for the series of taxpayer-funded ads featuring him in the final few weeks of the midterms. His decision came after bipartisan backlash, including from some GOP candidates like Brinker Harding in Nebraska’s 2nd District publicly broke with the president and said they shouldn’t be paid for with taxpayer money.
尽管如此，当被问及特朗普是否应该退还纳税人已经花在广告上的钱时，约翰逊表示反对。他说，前几届民主党政府也曾举办过公益广告，尽管民主党人认为这些广告违反了联邦法律，禁止将纳税人的钱用于“宣传或宣传目的”。约翰逊在谈到总统团队时说：“看，他们正在就竞选活动及其内容做出决定。”约翰逊补充道：“我要告诉你，总统的权力根深蒂固。”
Still, asked if Trump should refund taxpayers the money already spent on the ads, Johnson demurred. He said previous Democratic administrations have run PSAs as well, though Democrats argue these ads violate federal laws against using taxpayer money for "publicity or propaganda purposes.”“Look, they're making their decisions on funding campaigns and the content of all of it,” Johnson said of the president’s team. “I'm going to tell you the president is deeply vested,” Johnson added, noting Trump was out on the campaign trail for Republicans.
他指出，特朗普正在为共和党人竞选。约翰逊与众议员瑞安·麦肯齐（Ryan Mackenzie）一起发表讲话在宾夕法尼亚州第七区常年领头羊举行的一次执法活动中。
Johnson spoke alongside Rep. Ryan Mackenzie (R-Pa.) during a law enforcement event in the perennial bellwether of Pennsylvania’s 7th District.
他称麦肯齐的竞选是“全国前三名”之一，并警告说这将“花费巨大”。他后来辩称，如果民主党赢得众议院多数席位，他们将取消共和党在经济方面的工作，并“在最糟糕的时候赋予我们世界各地的敌人权力”。约翰逊说：“如果民主党用类固醇将国会变成法律，那将扰乱市场。”宾夕法尼亚州是约翰逊计划本周访问的七个州中的第一个，他将继续中期竞选闪电战。
He called Mackenzie’s race one of the “top three in the country” and warned it would be “enormously expensive.”He later argued that Democrats, if they win the House majority, would roll back GOP work on the economy and “empower our enemies around the world at the worst possible time.”“That would roil the markets…if Democrats turned Congress into lawfare on steroids,” Johnson said. Pennsylvania is the first of seven states that Johnson plans to visit this week as he continues his midterm campaign blitz.