民主党参议院候选人詹姆斯·塔拉里科表示，一场“严重的流感”迫使他暂停竞选活动，与此同时，他指责共和党人散布关于他缺席的阴谋论。
Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico said a "nasty case of the flu" forced him to take a break from campaigning, as he criticized Republicans for spreading conspiracies about his absence.
开始了。嗯，所以我想，鉴于过去几天在这里的所有讨论，我将从一个非常简单的问题开始。你今天晚上怎么样？>> 我现在好多了。我得了严重的流感。我想我可能在竞选路上握了太多人的手，但我现在感觉好多了，而且非常兴奋能来到这里。我想感谢你，艾琳。我想感谢CNN主办此次活动，也想感谢所有到场的你们。能回到德克萨斯州沃思堡感觉真好。我的信仰教导我仆人式领导。成为领导者意味着成为仆人。而在德克萨斯州众议院的四个任期里，我一直试图为德克萨斯州中部的选民服务，我也期待在美国参议院继续这样做。我想成为你们的仆人。我正在申请成为你们的参议员。这就是我今晚来这里参加工作面试的原因，我也期待回答你们的问题。>> 所以我还有一个问题要问你，因为网上有很多疯狂的猜测。社交媒体上的每个人都看到了关于流感的消息。所以你能不能就此向人们说明清楚？流感是你缺席的唯一原因吗？是的。还有，当你回顾那九天你不在竞选路上的时候，你现在有什么不同的做法吗？>> 不，我认为当你患上类似流感这样的病时，负责任的做法是待在家里，不要让其他人生病。而我确实能够在家远程工作。但你说得对。我的意思是，决定在家待一周让我的对手和他的阴谋论者们陷入了疯狂。
' >> STARTED. UM, SO I GUESS IN THE CONTEXT OF ALL OF THE TALK OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS HERE, I'LL START WITH A VERY SIMPLE QUESTION. HOW ARE YOU DOING TONIGHT? >> I'M DOING MUCH BETTER. I GOT A NASTY CASE OF THE FLU. I GUESS I'VE BEEN SHAKING TOO MANY HANDS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, BUT I'M FEELING MUCH BETTER AND SO EXCITED TO BE HERE. I WANT TO THANK YOU, ERIN. I WANT TO THANK CNN FOR HOSTING US, AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR BEING HERE. IT FEELS SO GOOD TO BE BACK IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS. MY MY FAITH TEACHES ME SERVANT LEADERSHIP. THE IDEA THAT BEING A LEADER MEANS BEING A SERVANT. AND OVER FOUR TERMS IN THE TEXAS HOUSE, I'VE TRIED TO SERVE MY CONSTITUENTS IN CENTRAL TEXAS, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING THAT IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE. I WANT TO BE YOUR SERVANT. I'M APPLYING TO BE YOUR SENATOR. THAT'S WHY I SHOWED UP HERE FOR THE JOB INTERVIEW TONIGHT, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS. >> SO I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION FOR YOU ON THIS, BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF WILD SPECULATION. ANYBODY ON SOCIAL MEDIA HAS SEEN IT RIGHT ABOUT ABOUT THE FLU. SO CAN YOU JUST CLEAR IT UP FOR PEOPLE? WAS THE FLU THE ONLY REASON YOU WERE OUT? YES. AND IS THERE ANYTHING YOU DO DIFFERENTLY NOW WHEN YOU LOOK BACK AT THE NINE DAYS THAT YOU WEREN'T ON THE TRAIL? >> NO, I THINK THE RESPONSIBLE THING TO DO WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THE FLU IS TO STAY AT HOME AND NOT GET OTHER PEOPLE SICK. AND I WAS ABLE TO WORK REMOTELY FROM HOME. BUT YOU'RE RIGHT. I MEAN, THAT DECISION TO STAY HOME FOR A WEEK SENT MY OPPONENT AND HIS CONSPIRACY THEORISTS SPIRALING.
我打开社交媒体，得知我显然已经退出了竞赛，飞到了俄亥俄州的一家精神病院，我已经死了。呃，这太疯狂了。我的意思是，这些虚假说法在网上获得了数百万次观看。而这是我所说的“愤怒经济”的一个例子。
I OPENED UP SOCIAL MEDIA AND LEARNED THAT I APPARENTLY HAD DROPPED OUT OF THE RACE, HAD FLOWN TO A MENTAL HOSPITAL IN OHIO THAT I HAD DIED. UH, THIS IS CRAZY. I MEAN, THESE FALSE CLAIMS GOT MILLIONS OF VIEWS ONLINE. AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT I CALL THE RAGE ECONOMY.
阴谋论者可以在互联网上发布他们想发布的任何内容。他们获得点击量。拥有这些平台的亿万富翁们变得更富有。我们所有人都变得愤怒，但没有人生活变得更好。阴谋论不会把食物放在餐桌上。它们不会给油箱加油。它们实际上不会改善我们的社区，也不会改善我们的
CONSPIRACY THEORISTS CAN POST ANYTHING THEY WANT ON THE INTERNET. THEY GET CLICKS. THE BILLIONAIRES WHO OWN THESE PLATFORMS GET RICH. WE ALL GET ANGRY, AND NOBODY'S LIFE GETS ANY BETTER. CONSPIRACY THEORIES DON'T PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE. THEY DON'T PUT GAS IN THE TANK. THEY DON'T ACTUALLY IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITIES OR IMPROVE OUR