众议院议长迈克·约翰逊（共和党，路易斯安那州）表示，如果共和党在下个月的中期选举中失去众议院多数席位，他可能会考虑一个出人意料的职业转变——离开政坛，在家乡路易斯安那州什里夫波特市开一家草坪养护公司。
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) floated an unexpected career change if Republicans lose their House majority in next month’s midterm elections, saying he would be willing to leave politics behind and start a lawn business in his hometown of Shreveport, Louisiana.
福克斯新闻记者艾莎·哈斯尼在社交媒体上详细描述了与约翰逊的对话，并引述这位众议院议长的话称：“天哪，如果我们失去了多数席位或者发生什么别的事，我也不知道自己人生的下一站会是什么。”
Fox News correspondent Aishah Hasnie detailed her exchange with Johnson on social media, quoting the House speaker as saying, “Heaven forbid, if we lose this majority or whatever, I don’t know what my next chapter of life is.”
他进一步解释说：“如果上帝触动我们的心，告诉我们应该回到我的家乡什里夫波特，开一家草坪养护公司，我也会以同样的热情去做。我的意思是，我只是想以最高、最好的方式服务……上帝和我的国家。”她的采访是周四播出的《美国报道》节目中的一个环节。
“If God moves on our hearts and says we should, you know, go back to my hometown of Shreveport and start a lawn business, I’ll do that with equal fervor,” he elaborated. “I mean, I just want to be of my highest and best use… to God and to my country.”Her interview was part of a segment that aired on Thursday’s edition of America Reports.
哈斯尼解释说：“议长现在毫无保留地坦率表达。他目前正在全力进行竞选活动，五天之内要跑七个州，为候选人拉票，据他所说，有时每晚只能睡三个小时。”
“The Speaker is putting it all out there,” Hasnie explained. “He is on a campaign blitz right now. Seven states in five days, stumping for candidates, sometimes only getting three hours of sleep a night, he tells me.”
她还指出，约翰逊已经筹集了1.56亿美元，“是任何一位议长在一个选举周期中筹集最多的金额”，但福克斯新闻的权力排名仍显示民主党在众议院各选区中处于领先地位。
Noting that Johnson has raised $156 million, the “most by any speaker in an election cycle,” the Fox News correspondent continued, “Fox News power rankings are still showing that Democrats are leading in House races.”
随后，节目播出了两人之间的另一段对话。哈斯尼问道：“如果你们失去众议院多数席位，那会是谁的错？”
The broadcast then cut to another exchange between the two, in which Hasnie asked, “If you lose the House, whose fault is that?”
约翰逊反驳道：“如果我们失去众议院，那一定是因为民众被误导了。罗纳德·里根曾经说过：‘你可以信任美国人民。’”哈斯尼紧接着追问：“那责任不会落在你身上吗？”
“If we lose the House, it will be because the people were misled,” Johnson argued. “Ronald Reagan used to say, ‘You can trust the American people.'”“It doesn’t fall on your shoulders?”Hasnie followed up.
这位众议院议长回应道：“我不知道责任会怎么落到我身上。我的意思是，我一直在不停地奔波。”
“I don’t know how it could be,” the House speaker responded. “I mean, I’m travelling non-stop.”
针对约翰逊提出的“草坪养护公司”这一话题引发的热议，约翰逊办公室的发言人兰斯·特罗弗在社交媒体上写道：“华盛顿特区所有人都因为议长敢畅想自己未来可能从事草坪养护行业而大肆猜测，这真是太好笑了。”
In response to the buzz created by Johnson’s floated “lawn business,” Lance Trover, a spokesperson for Johnson’s office, wrote on social media:
倒不是说我真觉得他会做得不好，但让这件事盖过今天上午公布的巨额筹款数字，或者他为了维持多数派席位而安排的疯狂行程，看起来无异于试图强行推动一个刻意编造的故事。
All the DC speculation about the Speaker because he dared to speculate about his potential future in the lawn care business is hilarious.
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Not that I believe he’d be bad at it, but allowing it to overshadow the massive fundraising numbers announced this morning or the insane travel schedule he’s doing to keep the majority seems to be nothing short of trying to drive a contrived narrative.