明尼苏达州州长蒂姆·沃尔兹在周四的一次采访中向其党发出警告，认为如果民主党在11月及以后的选举中获胜但未能实现重大结构性改革，将会引发反弹。
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz issued a warning to his party in an interview Thursday, arguing there would be backlash if Democrats win elections in November and beyond but fail to make significant structural changes.
在接受《杠杆》创始人大卫·西罗塔的采访时，沃尔兹被问及民主党是否存在许诺宏大但最终未能兑现的问题。
During an interview with "The Lever" founder David Sirota, Walz was asked if the Democratic Party had an issue offering up big promises but ultimately failing to deliver.
“是的，百分之百。百分之百，”沃尔兹说。“我一直说，正如我所说，我们赢得这些选举不是为了积累政治资本以赢得下一场选举，而是为了改善人们的生活。我们在这方面太慢了。而其中一些原因是结构性的，”他指出前参议员乔·曼钦认为参议院的阻挠议事制度必须保持原样。
"Yes, a hundred percent. It’s a hundred percent," Walz said. "I always use the line, as I said, we win these elections not to bank the political capital to win the next one but to improve lives. We’re too slow about it. And some of that is structural," He pointed to former Sen. Joe Manchin's position that the filibuster must remain in place in the Senate.
“看，我和乔·曼钦是朋友，但作为一种制度，不惜一切代价坚持阻挠议事制度，而它实际上对人们生活中的重要事项产生了真实影响，而且不这样做，实际上就是把权力交到了共和党手中。我认为我们反应不够及时，然后就会陷入‘但我们投了你的票，你却什么也没做’的境地，”沃尔兹说。
"Look, I’m friends with Joe Manchin, but the desire to hold onto the filibuster at all costs as an institution when it had real impacts on people’s lives of real important things, and by not doing that, it played right into the hands of the Republicans. I think we’re not responsive, and then we fall into that 'But we voted for you, and you didn’t get anything done,'" Walz said.
曼钦一直坚定支持阻挠议事制度。2022年，他和当时的参议员克斯滕·西内玛投票反对改变参议院推进大多数立法所需的60票门槛，反对其他希望修改规则以通过投票立法的民主党人。
Manchin has been consistent in his support for the filibuster. In 2022, he and then-Sen. Kyrsten Sinema voted against changing the Senate's 60-vote threshold for advancing most legislation, opposing other Democrats who sought to change the rules to pass voting legislation.
沃尔兹的支持率暴跌至历史最低点，落后于特朗普， amid 大规模欺诈丑闻：‘我对此感到厌倦’沃尔兹，2024年民主党副总统候选人，警告称存在“真正的危险”。“我认为真正的危险在于此。如果没有重大的结构性改革——无论是不平等，你知道的，收入不平等或机会不平等——就会产生反弹，因为，我说过：我进入政坛是因为我说我们永远找不到比乔治·布什更糟糕的总统。而我认为现在，如果你认为这就是事情变坏的顶峰，我劝你重新考虑这一点。”
WALZ APPROVAL RATING CRATERS TO LOWEST LEVEL EVER AND TRAILS TRUMP AMID MASSIVE FRAUD SCANDAL: 'TIRED OF IT' Walz, the 2024 Democratic vice presidential nominee, warned of a "real danger." "Here’s where I think the real danger is. If there is not significant structural change — whether it’s inequities, you know, income inequities or opportunities — the backlash, because, I said this: I got into politics because I said we’ll never find a worse president than George Bush. And I think now, if you think that this is the pinnacle of how bad things can get, I would caution you to rethink that.
“尤其是如果民主党人这样做，公众会出来投票支持我们，但孩子们仍然负担不起大学教育，也负担不起住房。这将成为一个问题。”他随后预测，民主党人将在2028年重新夺回众议院、参议院，最终夺回总统职位。
"And especially if Democrats do all of this, the public turns out, they vote for us and kids still can’t afford a college education, can’t afford housing. That’s going to be a problem." He then predicted that Democrats would regain control of the House, Senate and eventually the presidency in 2028.
明尼苏达州立法者在沃尔兹在最后一次年度演讲中吹嘘其欺诈记录后，对其“遗产”进行猛烈抨击： “荒谬” 前进党首席执行官林赛·德拉思对福克斯新闻数字版表示：“我们不应该主张废除冗长辩论，以此推动纯党派投票，而不努力推动跨党派共识立法。阻碍国会向美国人民提供实际解决方案的，是一个惩罚跨党派合作的两党制。”
MN LAWMAKERS UNLOAD ON WALZ'S 'LEGACY' AFTER HE TOUTS FRAUD RECORD IN FINAL ANNUAL ADDRESS: 'RIDICULOUS' Lindsey Drath, CEO of the Forward Party, told Fox News Digital, "We shouldn't advocate for abolishing the filibuster to drive home party-line votes with no effort to advance cross-partisan consensus law making. What hampers Congress' ability to deliver material solutions to the American people is a two-party system that penalizes working across the aisle. "This circular dynamic, whereby Democrats or Republicans enter into a narrow majority, only to focus on maintaining power, accumulates a kind of figurative debt against the challenges facing the American people," she said.
“这种循环动态——民主党人或共和党人获得微弱多数，随后只专注于维持权力——会在美国人民面临的挑战上累积一种比喻性的债务，”她说。“这种动态使我们的民选官员远离为实际问题寻找真正解决方案，而转向他们为了维持权力所能采取的任何高度两极化的手段。”
"This dynamic pushes our elected officials away from working on real solutions for actual problems and toward whatever hyper polarized means by which they can to hold on to power. "This is why a fulcrum strategy is key," Drath continued. "The Senate today passes almost nothing on a bipartisan basis, not because the problems aren't solvable, but because neither party has any incentive to negotiate. Every compromise is a political cost.
“这就是为什么支点策略至关重要，”德拉思继续说道。“今天的参议院几乎没有两党通过的法案，不是因为问题无法解决，而是因为两党都没有谈判的动机。每一次妥协都是一种政治成本。如果有人跨过党派鸿沟，他们就会受到自己党派的攻击。这种情况被描述为：每一笔交易都是在国内政治上的损失。动机在于阻碍、姿态和等待下一次选举。”
If someone crosses the aisle, they are attacked by their party. It is framed as every deal made is a loss to play at home. The incentive is to obstruct, posture and wait for the next election. "The fulcrum strategy is that you don't need a majority to change the Senate," she added.
“支点策略在于，你不需要多数席位就能改变参议院，”她补充道。“你只需要一小撮人。它利用一小群独立人士在国会中制衡权力，剥夺任何一方的绝对多数。考虑到本周期预计国会将势均力敌，这非常相关且切实可行。这将意味着，在任何法案通过之前，两党都必须与中间的那几个人进行谈判。想要争取他们选票的党派，必须拿出真材实料、真正造福民众的东西。”沃尔兹于1月宣布，在先前表明不竞选第三届州长后，他将不再寻求任何民选职位。
"You need only a handful. It uses a small bloc of independents to balance power in Congress and take away full majority from either side. With an expected closely divided Congress this cycle, this is very relevant and real. It would mean both parties would have to negotiate with those few in the middle before anything passes. The party that wants their vote has to offer something real, something that actually serves the people." Walz announced in January that he would not seek elected office again after previously announcing he wouldn't run for a third term as governor.
他在9月接受采访时回顾了担任州长的任期，包括他对明尼苏达州社会服务项目大规模欺诈案的处理。
He reflected on his tenure as governor in a September interview, including his handling of widespread fraud involving Minnesota social services programs.
“欺诈——本该更早制止，”沃尔兹告诉《明尼苏达星条旗报》。“我们没能制止。我接受这一点。我认为对此确实需要问责。而其中一部分就是，是的，这在我，我将退居一旁。”州长表示，州政府“立即”采取行动应对欺诈，随后暗示联邦检方估算的90亿美元欺诈真实成本被夸大了。沃尔兹还将欺诈损失与特朗普总统白宫舞厅的成本相比，暗示后者更昂贵。
"Fraud — should have stopped it sooner," Walz told The Minnesota Star Tribune. "We didn’t stop them. I accept that. I think there does need to be accountability with that. And part of it is that, yep, that’s with me, I’ll step aside." The governor said the state "immediately" took action to address the fraud and then suggested that the true cost of the fraud, estimated at $9 billion by federal prosecutors, has been overstated. Walz also compared the fraud losses to the cost of President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom, which he suggested was more expensive.
“我本该对那些机构更严厉一些，但我要告诉你们，就大局而言，所有已被起诉的欺诈案件，顺便说一句，以及可能存在的所有欺诈案件，加起来都不如白宫舞厅昂贵，”沃尔兹说。
"I should have been down on those agencies a little more, but I will tell you this, in the scheme of things, all the fraud that's been prosecuted, by the way, and all the fraud that's probably out there is less than the ballroom at the White House," Walz said.
“所以，这能让人看清比例。这不代表它是对的。不代表它是对的。”
"So, it puts it into perspective. It doesn't make it right. Doesn't make it right.