约翰逊计划在“极不可能的情况下”继续担任共和党领袖，即使共和党失去众议院控制权。众议院议长迈克·约翰逊（R-路易斯安那州）表示，他计划在“极不可能的情况下”继续担任共和党党团领袖，即使共和党失去众议院控制权。
Johnson planning to remain GOP leader in ‘unlikely scenario’ Republicans lose House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said he plans to remain as the leader of the Republican conference in the “unlikely scenario” that the GOP loses control of the House.
“我希望在我的国家里，以我最高和最好的方式服事上帝，我觉得在这个人生阶段，我正在做我被呼召要做的事情，因此我打算以议长的身份继续领导，”约翰逊在接受CBS新闻记者罗伯特·科斯塔独家采访时说。“天佑美国，我不认为这会发生，所以我不花时间去思考它。”
“I want to be of my highest and best use to God in my country, and I feel like at this stage of life, I’m doing what I’m called to do, and so I intend to lead as Speaker,” Johnson told CBS News’s Robert Costa in an exclusive interview. “Heaven forbid, I don’t think it’s going to happen, so I don’t spend any time thinking about it.”
他补充道：“但在我们失去多数席位的极不可能情况下，我预计我的同事会要求我继续领导这个党团，即使我们出现分裂政府。”约翰逊的言论是在几天前他接受福克斯新闻采访时提出的言论之后不久作出的——在那次采访中，他提到如果共和党在中期选举中失利，他可能会返回路易斯安那州。“这太可笑了，”议长在被问及他言论引发的猜测时对CBS说。
He added, “But in the unlikely scenario where we lost the majority, I would expect my colleagues would ask me to continue leading this conference, even if we have divided government.”Johnson’s remarks come just a few days after he floated the possibility of returning to Louisiana if Republicans lose the midterms in an interview with Fox News. “It’s just hilarious,” the Speaker told CBS, when asked about the speculation that his remark quickly sparked.
“我试图对他们说的是，在我一生中，我的首要目标是以最高和最好的方式服事上帝和我的国家，这始终是我想象的，”这位路易斯安那州的共和党人继续说道。“我试图表达的观点是，如果上帝有不同的安排，那么我们就会遵循那个安排。但我相信，我将在未来至少两年内继续担任众议院议长。”
“What I was trying to say to them is that throughout my whole life, my number one objective is to be of my highest and best use to God and to my country, and that’s always what I’ve thought,” the Louisiana Republican continued. “And I was trying to make the point that if God has a different design, then we’ll follow that. But what I believe is, I’m going to be the Speaker of the House for at least two more years.”
当被问及一些议长在其党失去多数席位后离开国会的事实时，他对CBS说：“我将继续以最高和最好的方式在国家中服事上帝，我相信，就我们此刻坐在这里而言，那就是众议院议长。”“而且如果我们失去多数席位，我不认为我目前所担任的这个职位会改变。我认为我会一直留在那里，”约翰逊补充道。
Asked about the fact that some Speakers left Congress after their party lost control, he told CBS, “I’m going to continue to serve my highest best use to God in country, and I believe right now, as we’re sitting here, that’s the Speaker of the House.”“And if we lost the majority, I don’t think that that position that I have would change. I think I would stay right there,” Johnson added.
一些共和党议员和助理此前曾告诉《国会山报》，如果该党在中期选举中遭受重大损失，可能会出现支持除约翰逊以外的人担任领导人的推动。
Some GOP lawmakers and aides previously told The Hill that there could be a potential push to support someone other than Johnson as leader if the party suffers major losses in the midterms.
众议院少数党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯（民主党-纽约州）上周表示，约翰逊“最终将不得不就接下来的事情作出决定”。“我可以说，美国人民即将让迈克·约翰逊和众议院的共和党多数派下台，甚至可能还包括参议院，”杰弗里斯说。
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said last week that Johnson will “ultimately have to make a decision about what comes next.”“I can say that the American people are about to retire Mike Johnson and the Republican majority in the House and possibly even in the Senate,” Jeffries said.
《国会山报》的合作伙伴Decision Desk HQ目前预测，民主党赢得国会下院控制权的概率为76%。
Decision Desk HQ, a partner of The Hill, currently gives Democrats a 76 percent chance of winning control of the lower chamber of Congress.