在周四纽约州总检察长竞选辩论中，当被问及她钦佩哪位前州总检察长时，纽约州民主党总检察长莱蒂西亚·詹姆斯沉默了几秒钟。
New York Democratic Attorney General Letitia James went silent for several seconds when asked to name a former state attorney general she admired during Thursday's New York attorney general race debate.
“滴答滴答，”主持人之一、Spectrum News 1 的埃罗尔·路易斯对詹姆斯说道，这番话引得这位总检察长笑了起来。
"Tick tock," Errol Louis of Spectrum News 1, one of the moderators said to James, prompting laughter from the Attorney General.
纽约州总检察长竞选的背景是詹姆斯与总统唐纳德·特朗普之间持续不断的争端。特朗普称詹姆斯“完全是个彻头彻尾的灾难”，并指责她在八月份支持詹姆斯的共和党对手萨里塔·科马蒂雷迪时，对自己发动了“猎巫行动”。
The attorney general's race in New York comes against the backdrop of James' ongoing dispute with President Donald Trump, who called James "a Complete and Total Disaster" and accused her of leading a "WITCH Hunt" against him in his endorsement of James' Republican challenger, Saritha Komatireddy, in August.
莱蒂西亚·詹姆斯的“黑马”对手以其人之道还治其人之身，用一份包含 52 项指控的尖锐竞选“起诉书”反击她詹姆斯的沉默立即招致科马蒂雷迪的批评。科马蒂雷迪曾是一名联邦检察官，也曾担任缉毒局办公室主任。她在演讲台上打趣说，詹姆斯“只钦佩自己”。
LETITIA JAMES' UNDERDOG RIVAL TURNS AG'S OWN PLAYBOOK AGAINST HER WITH SCATHING 52-COUNT CAMPAIGN 'INDICTMENT' The pause from James drew immediate criticism from Komatireddy, a former federal prosecutor and chief of staff for the Drug Enforcement Administration, who quipped from the podium that James "only admires herself."
保守派传播策略家史蒂夫·格斯特在 X 上写道：“这对蒂什·詹姆斯来说是个毁灭性的时刻。‘她只钦佩自己’这句话将成为辩论史上经典的犀利一击。”
"An absolutely devastating moment for Tish James," conservative communications strategist Steve Guest wrote on X. "'She only admires herself' is a debate zinger for the ages."
“不、不、不、不，我们也钦佩他人，”詹姆斯说，“我钦佩历任总检察长，因为这是一份艰难的工作，你必须挺身而出。”当被问及同样的问题时，科马蒂雷迪提到了丹尼斯·瓦科，他曾在 1995 年至 1998 年担任该州总检察长。和科马蒂雷迪一样，他也是一名前联邦检察官。
"No, no, no, no, we admire others," James said. "I admire all of the past attorney generals because it is a difficult job and you've got to stand up." When asked the same question, Komatireddy named Dennis Vacco, who served as the state's attorney general from 1995 to 1998. Like Komatireddy, he was also a former federal prosecutor.
詹姆斯随后表示，她还钦佩前民主党总检察长鲍勃·艾布拉姆斯，后者任职时间为 1979 年至 1993 年。
James then said that she admired former Democratic Attorney General Bob Abrams, who served from 1979 to 1993.
这场交锋发生在周四辩论的最后时刻，也引发了批评者对詹姆斯是否了解其他纽约州总检察长的质疑。
The exchange, which came in the final moments of Thursday's debate, led critics to question whether James knew of other New York attorneys general.
“这真是一个极具揭示性的时刻，”伦斯勒县行政长官史蒂夫·麦克劳克林在X上写道。“詹姆斯完全反应不过来，原因有两个：A：她蠢得像块石头；B：她根本不知道历任司法部长是谁，因为她根本没在好好干这个活儿，过去也从未干过。”
"Very telling moment," Steve McLaughlin, Rensselaer County executive, wrote on X. "James went completely blank because she's A: dumb as a rock B: has no idea who any former AG is because she's not doing the job and never has been."
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“她就是个传声筒，”麦克劳克林继续说道，“对州政府毫无了解。”另一位推特用户则写道：“莱蒂西亚·詹姆斯甚至不知道‘司法部长’的复数形式。”
"She's a mouthpiece," McLaughlin continued. "Zero institutional knowledge." "Letitia James doesn't know the plural form of 'Attorney General,'" another Twitter user wrote.
科马蒂雷迪的发言人妮可·基普里洛夫在辩论舞台上呼应了这位候选人的言论。
Nicole Kiprilov, a spokesperson for Komatireddy, echoed the candidate's comment on the debate stage.
“莱蒂西亚·詹姆斯连一位她钦佩的历任司法部长都叫不上来，因为她太忙于崇拜自己了。她把司法部长办公室变成了自己的政治舞台，却忽视了州民的安全，”基普里洛夫在一份向福克斯新闻数字版发表的声明中说道。“纽约人需要一位真正的检察官，而不是像她这样的笑话！”但詹姆斯的竞选团队反驳了科马蒂雷迪对詹姆斯及其办公室运作方式的描述。
"Letitia James can’t name a single former Attorney General she admires because she’s too busy admiring herself. She’s turned the Attorney General’s office into her own political stage and ignored the safety of the state," Kiprilov said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "New Yorkers deserve a real prosecutor, not a joke like her!" But James' campaign pushed back on Komatireddy's characterization of James and how she runs her office.
“司法部长莱蒂西亚·詹姆斯在辩论中大部分时间都在向对手解释司法部长办公室的实际运作方式，并且她还很乐意提到前任司法部长鲍勃·艾布拉姆斯，称其为她尊敬的人，”詹姆斯的一名发言人在一份向福克斯新闻数字版发表的声明中表示。
"Attorney General Letitia James spent much of the debate teaching her opponent how the Office of the Attorney General actually works, and she was happy to name former Attorney General Bob Abrams as someone she respects," a spokesperson for James said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
。纽约州民主党州长凯西·霍丘尔任命詹姆斯为特别调查员，调查2024年10月发生在康奈尔大学的一起涉嫌团伙强奸案后，她的司法部长办公室便成为全国关注的焦点。此次再度受到关注，是由于被指控的受害者“简·多”最近对大学、被指控的施暴者、她的姐妹会以及一家据称在她未成年时向其售酒的酒吧提起了诉讼。
SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER James' attorney general's office has been thrust into the national spotlight after New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed James as special investigator to examine an alleged gang rape that occurred at Cornell University in October 2024. The renewed attention comes in response to a recent lawsuit filed by the alleged victim, Jane Doe, against the university, the alleged perpetrators, her sorority and a bar that allegedly served her alcohol while she was underage.
但詹姆斯曾面临一名被告律师的呼吁，要求她因在詹姆斯被任命为特别调查员之前发布支持简·杜的社交媒体帖子而回避此案。
But James has faced calls from an attorney for one of the defendants to recuse herself from the case over social media posts showing support for Jane Doe before James was appointed special investigator.