前总统巴拉克·奥巴马的助手们讨论了缅因州民主党内部因该党在参议院选举中遭遇困境而出现的分歧，他们正与现任共和党参议员苏珊·柯林斯展开激烈角逐。其中一人警告民主党人：“别再为那些破事纠结了。”在民主党人更换最初候选人格雷厄姆·普拉特纳（因其被控性侵犯）之后，缅因州的参议院选举已引起全国关注。他的继任者特洛伊·杰克逊也面临着自己的争议。
Former aides to President Barack Obama discussed divisions among Maine Democrats over the party's troubled U.S. Senate race against incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins, with one warning Democrats to "get over your s---." Maine's Senate race has drawn national attention after Democrats replaced their initial candidate, Graham Platner, following sexual assault allegations against him. His replacement, Troy Jackson, has faced controversies of his own.
尽管如此，作为“Pod Save America”节目主持人的前上司，奥巴马最近发布了一段支持视频，敦促缅因州选民不要放弃投票。节目主持人们讨论了奥巴马为何会选择传递这一信息。
Even so, Obama, the former boss of the "Pod Save America" hosts, recently released an endorsement video urging Maine voters not to sit out the election. The hosts discussed why Obama might have chosen that message.
奥巴马的前战略顾问丹·菲弗告诉他的共同主持人：“确实如此，而且这对我们两人来说都有些令人费解——缅因州似乎有相当多的人不喜欢特洛伊·杰克逊，其中甚至包括一些民主党人。”
Former Obama strategist Dan Pfeiffer told his co-hosts that "It is true, and we have — this has been sort of mysterious to both of us — that there are a significant number of people in Maine who seem not to like Troy Jackson, including some Democrats."
那位在普拉特纳被控性侵犯后抛弃他的民主党人，如今却急于争取他的选民。“是啊，”奥巴马的前演讲稿撰写人乔恩·法夫罗附和道，“这正是我最担心的事情。”
DEM WHO ABANDONED PLATNER AFTER SEX ASSAULT CLAIM NOW SCRAMBLES FOR HIS VOTERS "Yeah," former Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau agreed. "That’s my biggest worry."
菲弗对民主党人之间的内斗给出了自己的看法：“因此，我认为，一方面，有些曾支持普拉特纳的人可能不喜欢他离开，也不喜欢我们走到这一步的过程；另一方面，有些曾支持米尔斯的人则对这一切都不满意，而米尔斯和杰克逊彼此也不喜欢。直到大约两周前，米尔斯都尚未支持杰克逊，而杰克逊也并未请求他的支持。”他补充道：“大家别再为那些破事纠结了，让我们努力赢得这场选举吧。”
Pfeiffer offered his assessment of the feuds between Democrats, saying, "And, so I think a little whether there are people who supported Platner who didn't like Platner being gone or the process by which we got here, or people who were supporting Mills who don't like any of this and Mills and Jackson do not like each other. And as of like, two weeks ago, Mills had not endorsed Jackson and Jackson had not asked for the endorsement." "Everyone get over your s--- and let's try to win this race," he added.
“我认为，或许存在某种担忧或恐惧：那些因这一过程的发展而对杰克逊不抱热情的人，可能会选择袖手旁观。因此，奥巴马的视频中才会出现‘进来吧，加入这场斗争’这样的话语，”菲弗说道。“我不知道这是否真的令人担忧，但如果我要为这句话的存在找一个理由，那应该就是如此。”
"I think there is some sense or fear, maybe, that some of the people who are not enthusiastic about Jackson for some reason because of how this process played out may sit out and so just like ‘get in here, get in the fight,’" Pfeiffer said of Obama’s video. "I don't know if that's a real concern or not, but if I was trying to find a reason why that line would be in there, that would be it."
“是的，我想对所有缅因州的民主党人说，我知道这一路走来并不容易，但看看密歇根州吧，”法夫罗说。“他们经历了一场极其分裂的初选，而格蕾琴·惠特默本周还和阿卜杜勒·[埃尔-赛义德]一起出现在公众面前。”他接着说，“海莉·史蒂文斯也一直在发表积极的言论。”他还指出，密歇根州的民主党人在最初分裂之后，如今正逐渐团结起来。
"Yeah, I would say to all the Maine Democrats out there, I know it's been a rough one, but look to Michigan," Favreau said. "They had an extremely divisive primary, and you had Gretchen Whitmer, was out there with Abdul [El-Sayed] this week." "Haley Stevens has been saying great things," he continued, noting Democrats in Michigan have been coming together after initially being divided.
“而且我真的希望——我认为特洛伊·杰克逊或许能从更多缅因州的民主党人以及全国民主党人的支持中受益，因为，你知道的，缅因州正是那种想要转向民主党的州，”法夫罗补充道。“他们想要——那些选民想要一个由民主党控制的参议院。这就是他们的诉求。”
"And I really wish — I do think that Troy Jackson would probably benefit from more Maine Democrats and national Democrats kind of, you know, because, like, Maine is the kind of state that, again, it wants to go Democratic," Favreau added. "They want — those voters want a Democratic Senate. That's what they're telling."
“即便是《纽约时报》的民调显示柯林斯领先，但大多数人仍然希望参议院由民主党掌控，”他说。“所以，我觉得那里的民主党人只需要被提醒一下：这位才是我们的人，这张选票才能为我们赢得民主党的参议院，而不是共和党的参议院。”
"Even The New York Times poll that showed Collins ahead, you had people most people wanting a Democratic Senate," he said. "So, like I feel like the Democrats there just have to be reminded that like this is our guy and this is our ticket to a Democratic Senate and not a Republican Senate."
“缅因州民主党人推举特洛伊·杰克逊接替普拉特纳，而参议院改组则再次引发质疑。”民主党策略师朱利安·埃普斯坦对福克斯新闻数字频道表示：“这些社会主义革命者似乎都因这样或那样的原因显得有些古怪。这里失踪一段时间，那里纹个纳粹纹身，拒绝谴责恐怖分子。再加上民主党内部对集中式、指令控制型经济决策的推崇，以及对一个已经彻底破产且濒临全面崩溃的福利国家的进一步扩张——这种崩溃模式正与欧洲当前的困境如出一辙。”
MAINE DEMOCRATS CROWN TROY JACKSON AS PLATNER REPLACEMENT AS FRESH SCRUTINY CLOUDS SENATE RESET Democratic strategist Julian Epstein told Fox News Digital, "Socialist revolutionaries all seem to be a little bit weird for one reason or another. Going MIA here, a Nazi tattoo there, refusing to denounce terrorists. Marry this with the mainstreaming in the Democratic Party of this lust for the centralized, command and control economic decision-making and the further expansion of a welfare state that is completely broke and headed towards a kind of complete breakdown that mimics Europe's current dysfunction." "The political and consultant class doesn't seem to care about these things," he continued.
“政治和咨询界似乎并不关心这些问题，”他继续说道。“他们总能找到理由来合理化这一切。对他们而言，这与其说是原则问题，不如说是权力问题。如果这些革命性候选人无法获胜，就意味着左翼及其官僚机器将失去更多的权力和金钱。如今看来，一切都只是为了不惜一切代价攫取权力。华盛顿的利益集团总能以奇特的方式扭曲人们的价值观。”
"They always find a way to rationalize. To them, it's less about principle and more about power. If these revolutionary candidates don't win, it means less power and money for the left and its apparatchiks. It seems like it's just about power at any cost these days. The Beltway money barge has a strange way of warping the sensibilities."
“”曼哈顿研究所对外事务副总裁杰西·阿姆表示，奥巴马政府时期的老同事们正在努力应对这一局面。
Jesse Arm, vice president of external affairs at the Manhattan Institute, said the Obama administration alumni were coping.
“‘Pod Save America’那帮兄弟只是在努力应对困境，”他告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。“苏珊·柯林斯的表现超出预期，因为缅因州的选民知道她是一位理智的温和派，敢于明辨是非。”他还补充道：“柯林斯在整个职业生涯中都是一位独立的特立独行者，缅因州的选民对此非常欣赏。”
"The ‘Pod Save America’ bros are just struggling to cope," he told Fox News Digital. "Susan Collins is overperforming because Maine voters know she’s a sensible moderate who calls balls and strikes." "Collins has been an independent maverick throughout her career, and Maine voters appreciate that about her," he added.