特朗普政府在移民执法和外国游说方面的新争议并未让民主党人在中期选举前最后三周转移他们对可负担性的关注焦点。
New controversies concerning the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement and foreign lobbying aren’t steering Democrats away from their focus on affordability in the final three weeks before the midterms.
“亿万富翁过得更好，但显然住在这里的巴克斯县普通人并没有，因此人们对这种情况感到厌倦，”巴克斯县专员鲍勃·哈维说，他正竞选以夺下代表宾夕法尼亚州的共和党众议员布莱恩·菲茨帕特里克的席位，该地区是全国摇摆最厉害的选区之一。
“Billionaires are better off, but certainly the average people living here in Bucks County are not, and so people are tired of it,” said Bob Harvie, a Bucks County commissioner running to unseat Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., in one of the swingiest districts in the country.
哈维试图将菲茨帕特里克与特朗普和全国共和党人联系起来，尽管这位现任议员在国会一直保持独立派系，包括投反对共和党国内政策巨型法案的票。
Harvie is trying to link Fitzpatrick to Trump and national Republicans, though the incumbent has maintained an independent streak in Congress, including by voting against Republicans’ domestic policy megabill.
就在上周纽约发生ICE枪击事件之后，哈维说：“人们看到的是一个确实在混乱中运作的政府，这正是唐纳德·特朗普的专长，而布莱恩·菲茨帕特里克坐在那里看着这一切发生。”菲茨帕特里克的竞选团队未对置评请求作出回应。
Following last week’s ICE shooting in New York, Harvie said, “what people see is a government that really is run through chaos, which is what Donald Trump specializes in, and Brian Fitzpatrick sits and watches it happen.”Fitzpatrick’s campaign did not respond to a request for comment.
民主党人此前曾试图击败菲茨帕特里克但未成功，他是少数几位代表2024年被卡马拉·哈里斯赢得的选区的众议院共和党人之一。但民主党人希望全国范围内对共和党的不利风能帮助他们翻转这个席位；他们还认为哈维具有关键优势，因为他的资金比之前的挑战者更充足，并且可以依托对宾夕法尼亚州州长乔什·夏皮罗的支持。
Democrats have previously come up short in trying to defeat Fitzpatrick, who is one of the few House Republicans representing a district won by Kamala Harris in 2024. But Democrats hope national headwinds against Republicans will flip the seat; they also see Harvie as having a key advantage, given he’s better funded than previous challengers and can draft off support for Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro.
“我认为肯定有人对菲茨帕特里克的表演感到厌倦。他们意识到你知道他其实并不独立，”哈维说。“他基本上只是在做唐纳德·特朗普需要他做的事情。”
“I think there are definitely people who are tired of Fitzpatrick’s act. They realize that you know he’s not independent,” said Harvie. “He basically does what Donald Trump needs him to do.”
作为党领导层支持的表现，众议院少数党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯周末与哈维同台亮相。哈维表示他将支持杰弗里斯明年担任议长：“我期待着在这个党的领导岗位上有一个人，他将推动我们前进，并聚焦于人们关心的议题。”
In a show of support from party leadership, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared with Harvie over the weekend. Harvie said he’d support Jeffries for speaker next year: “I’m looking forward to having somebody in the leadership role for this party who’s going to move us forward and focus on the issues that matter to people.”