唐纳德·特朗普总统在为参议员乔恩·赫斯特造势前批准了灾难援助。民主党人表示,总统再次将联邦援助政治化。
President Donald Trump approved disaster aid before rallying for Sen. Jon Husted. Democrats say the president is again politicizing federal help.
唐纳德·特朗普总统上周在俄亥俄州竞选集会前夕,批准了数百万美元的灾难援助,而包括五份在俄亥俄州之前提交的申请在内的其他15份灾难援助申请仍在等待处理。
President Donald Trump approved millions of dollars in disaster aid for Ohio last week ahead of his campaign rally there, as 15 other disaster requests waited, including five submitted before Ohio’s.
特朗普在竞选活动前一天授权提供援助,当时他正在一场激烈的选举战中为这位共和党参议员造势,并告诉俄亥俄州范达利亚市欢呼的人群,他是应共和党俄亥俄州参议员乔恩·赫斯特的要求批准这笔资金的。
Trump authorized the aid the day before he campaigned for the Republican senator in a tight election battle and told a cheering Vandalia, Ohio, crowd that he approved the money at Republican Ohio Sen. Jon Husted‘s request.
“昨天,我还应乔恩[赫斯特]和伯尼[莫雷诺]以及所有人的要求签署了一项特别灾难救济声明,”特朗普在10月3日的集会上说道,指的是俄亥俄州的另一位共和党参议员。
“Yesterday, I also signed a special disaster relief declaration at the request of Jon [Husted] and Bernie [Moreno] and everybody,” Trump said at the Oct. 3 rally, referring to Ohio’s other Republican senator.
他还批评了俄亥俄州州长民主党候选人艾米·阿克顿,她的对手是共和党人维韦克·拉马斯瓦米。“我可能不会帮她,”特朗普说。“我想她讨厌我。”
He also criticized Amy Acton, the Democratic candidate for Ohio governor facing Republican Vivek Ramaswamy. “I’m not gonna help her probably,” Trump said. “She hates me, I guess.”