周二在亚特兰大的一次辩论中，参议员乔恩·奥索夫因他所说的他不会在2028年做的事情而成为头条新闻，而不是因为他的2026年连任竞选。
In a debate Tuesday in Atlanta, Sen. Jon Ossoff made more headlines for what he said he would not do in 2028 than for his 2026 re-election campaign.
对于这位正在与共和党众议员迈克·柯林斯竞争第二个美国参议员任期的佐治亚州民主党人来说，这种情况早已司空见惯。两人刚在第二次辩论前握手，奥索夫就被问到了一直引发猜测的问题。
Such has long been the case for the Georgia Democrat who is competing against Republican Rep. Mike Collins for a second U.S. Senate term. No sooner had the pair shaken hands before their second debate than Ossoff was asked the question that has consistently stoked speculation.
“奥索夫参议员，你一再表示你不会参加2028年的总统选举，但你的名字仍然不断出现，被视为潜在竞争者，”《亚特兰大宪法报》首席政治记者兼辩论主持人格雷格·布卢斯坦说。“那么，如果你获胜，你现在就能承诺在这里、今晚完成你的完整六年任期吗？”
“Senator Ossoff, you’ve repeatedly said you won’t run for president in 2028, but your name continues to surface as a potential contender,” Greg Bluestein, chief political reporter for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and a debate moderator, said. “So will you pledge right now tonight to serve your full, six-year term if you win?”
奥索夫迅速作出了明确的回应：“我对参加总统选举毫无兴趣。”这句话奥索夫以前已经多次使用过。在多次采访和公开露面中，他一贯否认自己有意在2028年参加白宫竞选的猜测。
Ossoff was quick to deliver an unequivocal response: “I have zero interest in running for president.”That line is one Ossoff has used many times before. Across multiple interviews and public appearances, he has routinely rejected the speculation that he is interested in mounting a bid for the White House in 2028.
“我不会参加总统选举，”奥索夫周二澄清道。“我是在参议院连任竞选。”但奥索夫的一再驳斥对平息猜测作用甚微，而为连任而竞选的候选人暗示他们可能会放弃另一个任期去参加总统选举的情况并不鲜见。如果奥索夫在11月击败柯林斯——而民调普遍表明这是可能的——那么当2028年到来时，他将只担任第二个任期的两年。
“I’m not running for president,” Ossoff clarified Tuesday. “I’m running for re-election to the Senate.”But Ossoff’s repeated rebukes have done little to quell the speculation, and it is far from unheard of for a candidate campaigning for re-election to hint that they would abandon another term to run for president. If Ossoff beats Collins in November — and polling widely indicates that is likely — he would be only two years into his second term when 2028 rolls around.
这位新任参议员在民主党内部被广泛视为冉冉升起的新星。他在国会听证会上对证人的敏锐、有条理的质询经常在社交媒体上走红。
The freshman Senator is widely regarded in Democratic circles as a rising star. His sharp, methodical interrogations of witnesses at congressional hearings often go viral on social media.
在七月国家情报总监杰伊·克莱顿的确认听证会上，奥索夫就克莱顿拒绝回答谁赢得了2020年大选的问题以及他在一系列问题中结结巴巴的情况向他施压，这些问题涉及他是否知道特朗普曾告诉前国家情报总监塔尔西·加巴德参加今年早些时候对佐治亚州富尔顿县选举办公室的FBI突袭。
During Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton’s confirmation hearing in July, Ossoff pressed Clayton over his refusal to answer questions about who won the 2020 election and his stumble during a series of questions about whether he knew Trump had told former DNI chief Tulsi Gabbard to attend an FBI raid of the Fulton County Georgia, election office earlier this year.
“你是在昨天在我的办公室里第一次得知加巴德局长当时在场的吗？”奥索夫问克莱顿，指的是两人前一天的一次私下谈话。这位参议员显得很惊讶。“据我所知，那是我最近第一次想到这件事，”克莱顿回答。
“The first time you learned that Director Gabbard was present at that raid was in my office yesterday?”Ossoff asked Clayton, referring to a private conversation the men had the day before. The senator appeared stunned. “It was the first time that, in my recollection, I’ve thought about it recently,” Clayton answered.
奥索夫的质询主导了听证会后的头条新闻，而克莱顿的回答加深了民主党人的担忧，即特朗普正在发动前所未有的行动，以诋毁并可能窃取中期选举。克莱顿在七月以51比47的党派投票获得确认。
Ossoff’s line of questioning dominated headlines after the hearing, and Clayton’s answer deepened Democrats’ concern that Trump is launching an unprecedented effort to discredit and potentially steal the midterm elections. Clayton was confirmed 51-47 along party lines in July.
在之前的听证会上，奥索夫曾质询加巴德本人，问她为何出现在佐治亚州选举办公室的搜查中。他还曾质询国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯，关于白宫对伊朗战争叙述中的不一致之处，并多次质询前美国邮政总局局长路易斯·德乔伊，关于佐治亚州普遍存在的邮件延迟问题，询问他是否收到奥索夫寄给他的信。在八月接受MS NOW采访时，奥索夫表示他对参选总统“零兴趣”，并且他进行这些质询的目的“不是为了吸引注意力”。
In a previous hearing, Ossoff grilled Gabbard herself over why she was at the search of the Georgia elections office. He has also pressed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth about inconsistencies in the White House’s narrative about the Iran war and peppered Louis DeJoy the former U.S. postmaster general, about widespread mail delays in Georgia, asking him if he had received a letter Ossoff had sent him In an interview with MS NOW in August Ossoff said he has “zero interest” in a presidential run and that his purpose in those interrogations was “not to gain attention.”
相反，他说，这是“为了履行我的职责并做好它”，并表示他在参议院的工作已经在他的家乡佐治亚州产生了具体的立法影响。
Instead, he said, it was “to do my job and do it well,” saying that his work in the Senate has led to tangible, legislative impact in his home state of Georgia.
在2004年的竞选途中，当时尚未当选参议员的巴拉克·奥巴马否定了他会参加白宫竞选的想法。2008年，在他参议员任期的第三年，他当选为美国总统。
On the campaign trail in 2004, then-Senate hopeful Barack Obama rejected the idea that he would make a bid for the White House. In 2008, three years into his Senate term, he was elected president of the United States.
参议员乔恩·奥索夫再次表示，他不会参加2028年总统竞选。MS NOW
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