左翼主播哈桑·皮克（Hasan Piker）周三誓言，如果德克萨斯州民主党参议员候选人詹姆斯·塔拉里科（James Talarico）当选，他将推动其以左翼人士而非温和派民主党人的身份进行执政。
Left-wing streamer Hasan Piker vowed Wednesday that he would push Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico to govern as a leftist rather than a moderate Democrat if Talarico was elected.
“希望詹姆斯·塔拉里科获胜后，我们必须让他承担责任，”皮克在德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校的一次校园活动中说道。“我们必须确保他不会成为另一个‘无所作为的民主党人’或‘一切照旧’的政客，我们必须保持这种压力。”
"Hopefully after James Talarico wins, we’ve got to hold him to account," Piker said during a campus event at the University of Texas at Austin. "We've got to make sure that he doesn’t become another, ‘do nothing Democrat’ ‘business as usual’ and we've got to keep up that pressure."
“我们必须提醒他，我们是当初支持他的那股力量，”他继续说道。“我们是让他赢得这个权力席位的那股力量，如果他想保住这个位置，他就必须配合我们，对吧？”
"We have to remind him that we are the force that backed him both early on," he continued. "We are the force that allowed him to win this seat of power and if he wants to maintain it, he’s got to play ball. Right?"
“而且，无论如何，这对于建立一个有韧性的运动是有好处的，所以即使在他获胜后，工作也还没有结束，”皮克补充道。“所以，请记住这一点，要知道，我们要记住我们在群众组织中确实拥有很大的力量。” 德克萨斯州哈桑·皮克参加的大学活动引发了政界两党的强烈反对。福克斯新闻数字频道联系了塔拉里科的竞选团队寻求置评，但未立即收到回复。
"And, that’s good to build a resilient movement anyway, so job’s not done even after he wins," Piker added. "So, just remember that, and you know, remember that we do hold a lot of power in mass organizing." UNIVERSITY EVENT WITH HASAN PIKER IN TEXAS DRAWS BACKLASH FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE Fox News Digital reached out to Talarico's campaign for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
塔拉里科在参议员竞选期间缓和了他的言论，并否认了他过去的一些声明。
Talarico has moderated his rhetoric during his run for Senate, disavowing some of his past statements.
皮克是Twitch平台上颇受欢迎的网络红人，近年来已成为左翼政治中的重要人物。他有着发表争议性言论的长期记录，从声称“美国活该遭遇9/11事件”，到在一段视频显示纽约市市长佐兰·马姆达尼（Zohran Mamdani）政府的一名官员称她想“让白人中产阶级陷入贫困”后，对该官员表示赞赏。与皮克走得太近已成为民主党人的避雷针。
Piker, an internet personality popular on the Twitch platform, has become a major player in left-wing politics in recent years and has a long history of controversial comments, ranging from saying "America deserved 9/11" to praising an official in New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration after a clip showed her saying she wanted to "impoverish the White middle-class." Proximity to Piker has been a lightning rod for Democrats.
自从这位左翼主播与密歇根州民主党参议员候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德（Abdul El-Sayed）一同出现在竞选活动中以来，该候选人多次试图撇清与皮克争议言论的关系。
Since the left-wing streamer appeared with Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed on the campaign trail, the candidate repeatedly tried to shrug off Piker’s controversial remarks.
塔拉里科“自豪的资本家”立场大转弯，与其曾呼吁“拆除”资本主义的言论发生碰撞曼哈顿研究所副总裁、来自密歇根州的民调专家杰西·阿姆质疑塔拉里科所宣称的温和立场能否持续。
TALARICO’S ‘PROUD CAPITALIST’ ABOUT-FACE COLLIDES WITH RESURFACED CALL TO ‘DISMANTLE’ CAPITALISM Jesse Arm, a Manhattan Institute vice president and pollster from Michigan, wondered whether Talarico’s avowed moderation will stick.
“塔拉里科承认他过去在关键政策问题上的许多言论是荒谬的，这确实是明智之举，但得克萨斯州民众有理由怀疑，他的信念是否真的发生了改变，还是仅仅因为政治动机，”他在接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时表示。“如果他既是一位精明的政治家，又是一位明智的立法者，那么他就会按照他目前所标榜的那样，以更温和的自由派身份进行治理。”
"Talarico is wise to acknowledge, in effect, that many of his past comments on key policy questions were absurd, but Texans have reason to wonder whether his convictions have changed or merely his political incentives," he told Fox News Digital. "If he is as wise a lawmaker as he is a crafty politician, he will govern as the more moderate liberal he currently purports to be."
“哈桑·皮克（Hasan Piker）的派系当然可以施加压力，”他补充道。“我预计该派系会推动塔拉里科回归他在治安、性别、种族、移民和能源问题上早期更为激进的立场。”他认为，一个更好的指标是，真正的温和派民主党人已经被排挤出局。
"Hasan Piker’s faction can certainly exert pressure," he added. "And I would expect it to push Talarico back toward his earlier, more radical positions on policing, gender, race, immigration, and energy." A better indicator, he argued, was the fact that genuinely moderate Democrats have been driven out of office.
“我们无法预知塔拉里科将如何治理，但更广泛的民主党现状给了我们充分的怀疑理由：乔·曼钦和克里斯滕·西内玛被排挤出局，而约翰·费特曼因打破党内激进正统观念而面临无休止的敌意，”他说。“以真正的温和派身份进行治理，或许能让塔拉里科在异常有利的民主党选举周期之外，有更大的机会保住得克萨斯州的参议院席位，但皮克已经公开要求他与极左翼‘配合’。”阿姆指出，皮克暗示民主党人只是以温和派身份竞选，但执政时会像左翼分子一样行事，这实际上可能是一个战术错误。
"We cannot know how Talarico would govern, but the broader Democratic Party gives us plenty of reason for skepticism: Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema were driven out, and John Fetterman faces endless hostility for breaking with its activist orthodoxy," he said. "Governing as a genuine moderate would give Talarico a better chance of keeping a Texas Senate seat beyond an unusually favorable Democratic election cycle, but Piker is already openly demanding that he ‘play ball’ with the far left." Arm suggested that Piker might actually be making a tactical mistake by suggesting Democrats are only campaigning as moderates, but will govern like leftists.
“最重要的是，这一事件暴露了皮克的政治愚蠢：他公然声称某位候选人的温和立场只是暂时的，而激进分子才是真正的掌权者；这种言论实际上威胁到了他所谓的‘胜利’。”阿姆说道。“事实上，我怀疑皮克更希望看到这样的选举结果：塔拉里科落选，而埃尔-赛义德能够最终获胜。这样的结果反而会强化皮克的观点——即激进主义才是民主党唯一的出路。”前民主党顾问丹·图伦蒂纳指出：“哈桑·皮克严重高估了自己的重要性，无论是在现在还是选举之后。”
"Above perhaps all else, this episode exposes Piker’s political stupidity: publicly suggesting that a candidate’s moderation is temporary and that radicals will call the shots threatens the very victory he claims to want," Arm said. "In truth, I suspect Piker would prefer an election cycle in which Talarico comes up short but El-Sayed gets across the finish line. That would help advance Piker’s position that radicalism is the only viable path forward for the Democratic Party." Former Democratic advisor Dan Turrentine suggested that Piker has vastly overestimated his importance both now and after the election.
“哈桑·皮克活在幻想世界里，”他说，“他在初选中并没有帮助塔拉里科当选；进步派内部存在分歧，许多人选择了贾斯敏·克罗克特作为候选人。”
"Hasan Piker is living in fantasy world," he said. "He did not elect Talarico in the primary. Progressives were split, with many going for Jasmine Crockett."
“如果塔拉里科在大选中获胜，那是因为他赢得了该州大量共和党选民的支持——而该州在2024年的选举中特朗普的得票率比民主党高出14%。”图伦蒂纳继续说道，“塔拉里科的胜利是违背皮克的意愿的，而不是因为他本人的努力。”
"If Talarico wins the general, it will be because he appealed to a significant number of R’s in a state Trump won by 14% in ’24," Turrentine continued. "If Talarico wins, it will be in spite of Piker, not because of him."
“同样的情况也适用于北卡罗来纳州的罗伊·库珀、爱荷华州的乔什·图雷克、阿拉斯加州的玛丽·佩尔托拉以及俄亥俄州的谢罗德·布朗——参议院的多数席位是由普通选民决定的，而不是由社交媒体平台（如Twitch）决定的。”
"Same, if they win, for Roy Cooper in NC, Josh Turek in IA, Mary Peltola in AK, and Sherrod Brown in OH," he added. "The Senate majority runs through the middle of the electorate, not Twitch."