特朗普总统周一使用针对跨性别者的侮辱性词汇，攻击南卡罗来纳州参议员选举的民主党提名人，并敦促选民支持共和党参议员林赛·格雷厄姆。
President Donald Trump used an anti-trans slur Monday to attack the Democratic nominee for the Senate in South Carolina as he urged voters to back Republican Sen. Darline Graham.
在Truth Social平台上发布的帖子中，特朗普三次用“trannie”（变性人贬称）称呼民主党候选人安妮·安德鲁斯。他声称安德鲁斯“不适合南卡罗来纳州”，并补充道：“南卡罗来纳州必须在即将到来的选举中表明，它也不支持她。”值得注意的是，安德鲁斯并非跨性别者。
In a Truth Social post, Trump referred to Democratic candidate Annie Andrews three times as “trannie.”He said Andrews, who is not transgender, is “not for South Carolina.”“And South Carolina must show, in the upcoming Election, that it is not for her,” Trump added.
安德鲁斯基本无视了这一侮辱，在首份提供给NBC新闻的声明中表示，她将“与任何人合作，把南卡罗来纳州放在首位”。“作为一名母亲和儿科医生，我参选是为了为我的患者、我的三个孩子和南卡罗来纳州而战，”安德鲁斯说，并补充道，“降低成本、改善全州家庭生活，需要我们所有人共同努力。”“如果你更关心账单而非华盛顿的政治，这场竞选就是为你而设。”
Andrews responded by largely ignoring the insult, saying in a statement first shared with NBC News that she will “work with anyone to put South Carolina first.”“As a mom and a pediatrician, I’m in this race to fight for my patients, my three kids, and South Carolina,” Andrews said, adding that “lowering costs and making life better for families across our state is going to take all of us working together.”“If you care more about your bills than the politics in Washington, this campaign is for you,” she said.
格雷厄姆的竞选团队未立即回应关于特朗普该帖子的置评请求。特朗普经常给不喜欢的政客和官员起侮辱性绰号。当被问及为何使用该侮辱性词汇时，白宫将NBC新闻引向特朗普的社交媒体帖子。
Graham’s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the post by Trump, who often uses insulting nicknames for politicians and officials he dislikes. Reached for comment on why Trump used the slur, the White House referred NBC News to his social media post.
LGBTQ权益组织“人权运动”猛烈抨击特朗普的言论，称其为“一个支持率创纪录新低的跛脚鸭总统，其悲哀、恶心、可悲的咆哮”。“支持率低到他不得不在深红州竞选，绝望地试图在中期选举前巩固支持，”该组织发言人拉米罗·萨尔米恩托在声明中表示。
The Human Rights Campaign, an LGBTQ advocacy organization, blasted Trump’s remarks, calling them “the sad, disgusting, pathetic diatribes of a lame duck president with record-low approvals.”“So low, in fact, he’s having to campaign in deep red territory in a desperate attempt to shore up support ahead of the midterms,” Ramiro Sarmiento, a spokesperson for the organization, said in a statement.
参议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党参议员舒默周一晚谴责特朗普的言论，称其对安德鲁斯的攻击“卑鄙无耻”。“安妮·安德鲁斯是一位母亲和儿科医生，始终将社区利益放在首位——她正是南卡罗来纳州在参议院所需要的代表，”舒默在X平台上表示。
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., condemned Trump’s words Monday night, calling his attacks on Andrews “despicable.”“Annie Andrews is a mom and pediatrician who’s always put her community first — and she’s exactly who South Carolina needs representing them in the Senate,” Schumer said on X. Andrews, a physician, has previously said she does not support gender-affirming surgery for minors or transgender athletes’ participating in women’s sports.
安德鲁斯是一名医生，她此前曾表示，她不支持对参加女子运动的未成年人或跨性别运动员进行性别确认手术。林赛·格雷厄姆（Lindsey Graham）七月去世后，州长亨利·麦克马斯特（Henry McMaster）任命她填补已故兄弟的席位，格雷厄姆正在竞选保住自己的席位。格雷厄姆在与众议员拉尔夫·诺曼的决选中以近5个百分点的优势赢得了共和党初选。
Graham is running to keep her seat after Gov. Henry McMaster appointed her to fill her late brother’s seat after Lindsey Graham died in July. Graham won the Republican primary in a runoff against Rep. Ralph Norman by nearly 5 percentage points.
她在很大程度上依赖特朗普的支持来向南卡罗来纳州阐述自己的观点。尽管南卡罗来纳州近三十年来没有选出民主党参议员，但无党派的库克政治报告上个月将竞选评级转向民主党，将其从“坚定的共和党人”改为“可能的共和党人”。
She has leaned heavily on Trump’s endorsement to make her case to South Carolina. While South Carolina has not elected a Democratic senator in nearly three decades, the nonpartisan Cook Political Report shifted its rating of the race toward Democrats last month, moving it from “Solid Republican” to “Likely Republican.”