参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默（民主党-纽约州）周二在一封致同僚的“亲爱的同僚”信中警告民主党同僚，参议院共和党候选人在大选日前最后三周拥有“巨大”的资金优势，可能会用最后时刻的“海啸”式支出淹没民主党赢得参议院控制权的机会。
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) warned his Democratic colleagues that Senate Republican candidates have an “enormous” financial advantage heading into the final three weeks before Election Day and could drown Democrats’ chances of winning the Senate in a “tsunami” of last-minute spending.
舒默在信中警告，“参议院控制权之争”可能取决于一场“前所未有的共和党资金海啸”能否击败民主党候选人在有利政治气候中拥有的优势。舒默辩称，民主党在全国关键参议院竞选中通过强调物价负担能力问题，并指出特朗普执政下物价上涨和政府腐败指控，正在“赢得舆论战”。但他警告称，民主党的信息可能会完全被特朗普的超级政治行动委员会和世界首富埃隆·马斯克向参议院竞选倾注的数亿美元所淹没。
Schumer warned in a “Dear Colleague” letter circulated Tuesday that the “battle for control of the Senate” may depend on whether an “unprecedented tsunami of Republican money” can defeat the advantage Democratic candidates have running in a favorable political climate. Schumer argued Democrats are “winning the argument” in key Senate races across the country by emphasizing the issue of affordability and pointing to rising prices and allegations of government corruption under Trump. But he warned that Democratic message may get completely drowned out by the hundreds of millions of dollars that Trump’s super PAC and Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest person, are pouring into Senate races.
舒默写道：“我们拥有强有力的候选人、清晰的信息，以及提供真实机会的政治气候。但共和党拥有一项他们自己的巨大优势。资金。”
“We have strong candidates, a clear message, and a political climate that offers real opportunities. But Republicans have one enormous advantage of their own. Money,” Schumer wrote to colleagues.
舒默指出，特朗普可能从其超级政治行动委员会“让美国再次伟大公司”（MAGA Inc.）斥资4亿至5亿美元支持共和党候选人，而马斯克已向中期选举注资近3亿美元助力共和党。他表示，其他“大额捐赠者”也在向参议院竞选注入“前所未有”的巨额资金。
Schumer noted that Trump could spend between $400 million and $500 million from his super PAC, MAGA Inc., to support Republican candidates and that Musk has funneled close to $300 million into the midterm races to help Republicans. He said that other “megadonors” are also pouring money into Senate races in amounts “unlike we’ve ever seen before.”
他写道：“这就是压倒这场选举的巨大力量。这是我们任何人都无法低估的挑战。”
“That's the enormous force bearing down on this election. And it's a challenge none of us can afford to underestimate,” he wrote.
据福克斯新闻报道的AdImpact数据，本选举周期迄今，共和党竞选团队、委员会及盟友团体的支出比民主党对应方多出约4亿美元。
Republican campaigns, committees and allied groups have outspent their Democratic counterparts by about $400 million so far this election cycle, according to data from AdImpact reported by Fox News.
然而，民主党在2024年总统大选中拥有巨大的资金优势，当时副总统卡马拉·哈里斯及其民主党盟友在政治广告上的支出约为特朗普及其盟友的两倍。尽管民主党在支出上占优，特朗普仍以明显优势击败哈里斯，共和党两年前重新夺回参议院控制权。舒默告诉同僚，今年对民主党的好消息是，特朗普的不受欢迎程度以及选民对高物价的愤怒正拖累共和党候选人。
Yet, Democrats had a big spending advantage in the 2024 presidential election, when then-Vice President Kamala Harris and her Democratic allies spent approximately twice as much as Trump and his allies on political ads. Despite the Democratic spending advantage, Trump still soundly defeated Harris and Republicans recaptured control of the Senate two years ago. Schumer told colleagues, however, the good news for Democrats this year is that Trump’s unpopularity and voters’ anger over high costs are weighing on Republican candidates.
他指出，一些民调显示，只有30%的美国人认可特朗普的工作表现，78%的美国人将物价上涨归咎于特朗普。“过去两年，我们党团每天都在努力，确保美国人民明白，参议院共和党人应对他们正在承担的费用和感受到的痛苦负责，”他写道。
He noted that some polls show that only 30 percent of Americans approve of Trump’s job performance and 78 percent of Americans blame Trump for rising costs. “Over the last two years, our caucus has worked every day to make sure the American people understand that Senate Republicans are responsible for the costs they are paying and the pain they are feeling,” he wrote.