伯纳黛特·格林·普拉森蒂亚从未料到会发生这样的事。这位亚利桑那州的国会候选人表示，她已经当了“27年、行驶了四百万英里”的卡车司机，并且一直能够照顾好自己。
Bernadette Greene Placentia never saw it coming. The Arizona congressional candidate said she’s been a truck driver for “27 years across four million miles” and has managed to take care of herself.
然而，这一切在8月14日发生了改变。她说，她当时在凤凰城郊区的凌晨2点左右修理竞选标语时，遭到了残忍的袭击和性侵犯——这本来是她和丈夫经常在深夜进行的活动，目的是为了避开亚利桑那州夏季的炙热高温。
That changed on Aug. 14, when she said she was brutally attacked and sexually assaulted while fixing campaign signs around 2 a.m. in a Phoenix suburb, something she and her husband routinely did late at night to avoid the scorching Arizona summer heat.
事件的细节令人震惊。她当时独自一人，正走回她的车旁，却被人击倒。当她醒来时，一个男人正从她身上离开，而她“感觉到另一个人的重量”。
The details are horrifying. She was alone, walking back to her car, when she was knocked out. When she woke, a man was getting off her and she “felt the weight” of another one.
这位民主党候选人试图击败共和党众议员阿贝·哈马德赫的这一说法在亚利桑那州引起了强烈反响——尽管并非所有人都相信她。她说，她收到了大量的“支持”、“爱”和“同情”，但也有人对她的叙述提出质疑。
That account of the Democrat vying to unseat Republican Rep. Abe Hamadeh shook Arizonans — though not everyone. She said there’s seen an outpouring of “support,” “love” and “compassion,” while others have questioned her account.
司法部正考虑因其在国会山袭击事件中的证词而起诉卡西迪·哈钦森。时间：2026年10月9日。亚利桑那州参议员鲁本·加列戈（D-Ariz.）作出了强烈回应。
DOJ looking to indict Cassidy Hutchinson over testimony on Capitol attack October 9, 2026 Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., responded forcefully.
“我们不能容忍任何形式的政治或性暴力，”他在一份声明中说。哈马德赫则呼吁逮捕并起诉袭击者。
“We cannot tolerate political or sexual violence in any form,’’ he said in a statement Hamadeh called for the attackers to be arrested and prosecuted.
“任何美国人都不应在自己的社区里成为犯罪的受害者，”这位首次当选的众议员说道，他代表的是共和党的坚定堡垒——第8选区，覆盖了凤凰城大都会区的北部和西部地区。
“No American should become a victim of a crime in their own community,” said the first-term congressman, who represents the Republican stronghold of District 8, covering the northern and western parts of metropolitan Phoenix.
我们目前尚不清楚这次袭击是否出于政治动机。马里科帕县治安官办公室证实正在调查这些指控，但暂不发表评论。但我们可以肯定的是，修理竞选标语本不该让格林·普拉森蒂亚面临人身危险。
We don’t know whether the attack was politically motivated. The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that it is investigating the allegations but isn’t commenting. But we do know that fixing campaign signs shouldn’t have put Greene Placentia in physical danger.
她告诉《凤凰城新时报》——该媒体首次发表了她的叙述——她听到其中一名攻击者“嘟囔着类似‘-ic b—-’的话”，她后来将其理解为可能是指“民主党的b—-”。和许多遭受性侵的女性一样，她说自己感到羞耻、愤怒和尴尬。而她恰好是一名政治候选人，一位参与美国民主进程的女性。
She told the Phoenix New Times, which first published her account that she heard one of the attackers “mumble something like, “-ic b—-,” which she later interpreted as possibly meaning “Democratic b—-.” Like so many others who’ve been sexually attacked, she said she felt ashamed, angry and embarrassed. And she happens to be a political candidate, a woman participating in American democracy.
格林·普兰西娅承认她对袭击的记忆模糊，并且她没有将这次袭击描述为出于政治动机，因为她不知道。那些攻击者可能只是在毫不知情的情况下冲向她。
Greene Placentia acknowledged that her recollection of the attack is fuzzy, and she hasn’t characterized the attack as politically motivated because she doesn’t know. Those attackers might have just lunged at her without a clue who she was.
她说她不想告诉任何人，甚至不告诉她的丈夫——她丈夫通常会陪她夜间去修理竞选标语。她没有去医院，直到几周后才向当局报案。她还告诉ABC新闻，由于没有报告这起强奸案，她开始觉得自己像个“伪君子”，于是再也无法保持沉默。
She said she didn’t want to tell anyone, not even her husband, whom she said normally accompanied her to fix campaign signs at night. She didn’t go to the hospital and only reported it to authorities weeks later. And she told ABC News that she began to feel like a “hypocrite” for not reporting the rape and, thus, couldn’t remain silent anymore.
这种最初的反应是可以理解的。和许多遭受性侵的女性一样，她说自己感到羞耻、愤怒和尴尬。而她恰好是一名政治候选人，一位参与美国民主进程的女性。我们知道，历史上无数女性曾遭受性侵，有时甚至作为政治暴力的手段。
That initial behavior is understandable. Like so many others who’ve been sexually attacked, she said she felt ashamed, angry and embarrassed. And she happens to be a political candidate, a woman participating in American democracy. We know women throughout history have endured sexual attacks, sometimes as acts of political violence.
这则震撼人心的故事在亚利桑那州政治分裂加深之际爆发——亚利桑那是一个摇摆州，政治毒性根深蒂固。格林·普兰西娅表示，她得到的支持倾诉让她深受感动。然而，在亚利桑那州的知名共和党人中，她的政治对手因公开回应而显得格外突出。
This bombshell story has exploded at a time of deep political division in Arizona, a battleground state where political toxicity runs deep. Greene Placentia said the outpouring of support has been deeply moving. Yet among prominent Arizona Republicans, her political opponent stands out for responding publicly.
至于亚利桑那州其他共和党政客？据我所知，他们基本保持沉默。他们对一位称自己遭受残忍袭击的女性表现出很少的公开同情。
How about the rest of Arizona’s Republican politicos? Largely silent, as far as I can tell. They’ve shown little public empathy for a woman who said she endured a brutal attack.
她的故事改变了，但她的理解也改变了：康奈尔强奸案正在进行新的调查。这种沉默说明了当今政治的许多问题。它告诉我们，亚利桑那州人像全国其他地区一样，仍然深陷部落主义，深度分裂。
‘Her story changed, but her understanding changed’: New investigation underway in Cornell rape case That silence says a great deal about today’s politics. It tells us that Arizonans, like the rest of the country, remain deeply tribal and deeply divided.
格林·普兰西娅的叙述让我们有些人感到困惑，并质疑像她这样的普通人是否感到安全，足以参与美国的民主进程。但目前，我们只能希望格林·普兰西娅能找到平静、安全和正义。
Greene Placentia’s account left some of us spinning and questioning whether ordinary people like her feel safe enough to participate in America’s democratic process. But for now, let’s just hope Greene Placentia finds peace, safety and justice.
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