密歇根州民主党参议员埃莉萨·斯洛特金（Elissa Slotkin）自称是其党内的“温和派”，但她上周在芝加哥大学的言论却暴露出她实际上正是许多左翼人士荒谬地指责特朗普总统所是的：法西斯主义者。
Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., supposedly is a "moderate" in her party, but her comments at the University of Chicago last week show her to be what so many leftists laughably have accused President Trump of being: a fascist.
斯洛特金希望起诉特朗普政府官员，以此吓阻其他人进入政府工作，尤其是年轻人。这既违宪又不美国，斯洛特金应因其叛国性言论接受司法部和参议院伦理委员会的调查。
Slotkin wants Trump officials prosecuted in the hopes of chilling others from working in the administration, especially young people. This is unconstitutional and un-American, and Slotkin should face investigations by the Justice Department and the Senate Ethics Committee for her treacherous statements.
左翼的法律战（lawfare）始于2015年那个历史性夏日，特朗普总统乘坐特朗普大厦电梯下楼之后。此后，我们经历了多年由特别检察官罗伯特·穆勒及其同伙领导的“俄罗斯通串”指控的猎巫行动。随后，在对特朗普的弹劾未果后，左翼人士在2021年1月他离职后继续追究他及其支持者。非暴力的1月6日抗议者曾在华盛顿特区肮脏的监狱中被囚禁多年。
Leftist lawfare began shortly after President Trump’s descent down the Trump Tower escalator that historic summer day in 2015. We went through years of Russia collusion charges, led by the witch hunt of special counsel Robert Mueller and his henchmen. Then, after an unsuccessful impeachment of Trump, leftists pursued him and his supporters after his departure from office in January 2021. Nonviolent Jan. 6 protesters spent years in a filthy D.C. jail.
其他特朗普支持者被切断银行服务。政府仅因他们支持特朗普而审查了数十万美国人的记录。曾经及未来的总统在其马阿拉歌庄园遭到突袭，随后纽约、亚特兰大及联邦政府的检察官对他提出了四项起诉。联邦猎巫行动的领袖、特别检察官杰克·史密斯（Jack Smith）在华盛顿特区及佛罗里达州南区对他提起起诉。特朗普还因纽约州总检察长莱蒂西亚·詹姆斯（Leticia James）发起的另一场猎巫行动而被判处近5亿美元的赔偿金。上诉法院后来推翻了这项荒谬的损害赔偿判决。
Other Trump supporters were debanked. The government viewed records of hundreds of thousands of Americans simply due to their support for Trump. The once and future president endured a raid at his Mar-a-Lago estate, followed by four indictments brought by prosecutors in New York, Atlanta, and the federal government. Special counsel Jack Smith, the leader of the federal witch hunt, brought indictments in D.C. and the Southern District of Florida. Trump also incurred a judgment of nearly half a billion dollars in another witch hunt brought by New York Attorney General Leticia James. An appellate court later threw out that absurd award of damages.
斯洛特金希望共和党的起诉能够威慑年轻人，阻止他们进入特朗普政府工作。现在，斯洛特金希望如果她疯狂的党派上台执政，就让全国再次经历同样的噩梦。多亏了《芝加哥思想者》迈克尔·比克塞尔的出色报道，我们了解到斯洛特金在向芝加哥大学学生透露的计划。斯洛特金明白总统豁免权使特朗普免于起诉，因此她希望追究所谓的“标志性案件”，涉及其在项目中的行为“极其恶劣”的人。
Now, Slotkin wants to put the country through the same nightmare again if her deranged party assumes power. Thanks to excellent reporting by Michael Bicksel of the Chicago Thinker, we know about Slotkin’s plan that she revealed to University of Chicago students. Slotkin understands that presidential immunity insulates Trump from prosecution, so she wishes to pursue "signature cases" involving individuals whose actions on projects are "super egregious."
斯洛特金指的是特朗普政府内部的人员及其为实施其议程所做的工作。“他们不像总统那样拥有豁免权，”斯洛特金说。
Slotkin is referring to people in the Trump administration and their work to implement his agenda. "They have no immunity the way the president does," Slotkin said.
斯洛特金的一个目标例子是参与建造新舞厅的人员——该舞厅取代了破败不堪的东翼。请花一点时间来体会这一点的恐怖。斯洛特金希望人们因她不喜欢白宫将拥有一个新舞厅——而该舞厅甚至可能在他离开白宫前都未完工——而被起诉，甚至可能入狱。
One example of a Slotkin target is those who participated in the construction of the new ballroom that replaced the delapidated East Wing. Take a moment to grasp the horror of this. Slotkin wants people to be prosecuted and potentially jailed because she does not like that the White House will have a new ballroom that may not even be finished by the time he leaves the White House.
斯洛特金在透露她疯狂的欲望时才刚刚热身。她希望这些起诉能够寒心那些已经毕业、希望进入特朗普政府工作的保守派年轻人。
Slotkin was just getting warmed up in revealing her deranged desires. She wants these prosecutions to chill conservative young people who have graduated school and who wish to work in the Trump administration.
法官下令特朗普停止白宫舞厅建设，法律纠纷升级“天啊，这可能会给我带来我不想要的一堆麻烦，”斯洛特金说道，解释她希望年轻保守派人士如何思考和恐惧。她通过补充“我希望这种威慑信息被传达出去”来明确她的目标，丝毫不留疑虑。
"Lord, that might be buying myself a ton of problems that I don’t want," Slotkin stated, explaining what she wants young conservatives to think and fear. She left no doubt about her goal by adding, "I want that deterrence message sent.
不存在因想要冷却对某位候选人或政客的支持而进行的起诉。斯洛特金所举的她期望的迫害例子——关于舞厅建设——说明她的观点有多荒唐。建造舞厅本身并不是犯罪。一个多管闲事的人曾起诉试图阻止它，但最高法院制止了她荒唐的主张。斯洛特金是否也希望起诉那些反对该诉讼的最高法院大法官？她是否也希望起诉那些显然在案件研究中提供帮助的年轻法律助理？这是否是斯洛特金旨在阻止年轻保守派为她所认为是特朗普议程帮凶的最高法院大法官工作的“威慑信息”的一部分？
There is no place for prosecutions motivated by a desire to chill support for a candidate or politician. Slotkin’s example of a desired persecution—for the ballroom construction—illustrates how demented her view is. Constructing a ballroom is not a crime. A busybody sued to block it, but the Supreme Court put a stop to her ridiculous claim. Does Slotkin want the Supreme Court justices who ruled against the suit prosecuted, too? How about their young clerks who surely assisted with research on the case? Is that part of Slotkin’s "deterrence message" designed to discourage young conservatives from working for Supreme Court justices whom this disgrace of a senator considers to be enablers of the Trump agenda?
宾夕法尼亚州社会民主党人表示，他反对监禁，除非是针对“无法无天的MAGA流氓”。参议院伦理委员会应立即对斯洛特金展开调查。她的言论玷污了宪法和参议院。应让每位参议员公开表态，表明他们是否支持斯洛特金的恐怖目标。司法部也应调查斯洛特金是否涉嫌阴谋侵犯权利（18 U.S.C. § 241）以及在法律名义下侵犯权利（18 U.S.C. § 242）。
The Senate Ethics Committee should open an investigation into Slotkin immediately. Her comments defile the Constitution and the Senate. Put every senator on the record as to whether they support Slotkin’s horrific goal. The Justice Department also should investigate Slotkin for conspiracy against rights (18 U.S.C. § 241) and violation of rights under color of law (18 U.S.C. § 242).
我们有必要查明斯洛特金是否不仅仅是在幻想着对大学生说她要起诉她的政治对手，并吓退那些政治立场与她不同的人进入政坛。她在大学校园的言论不再享有宪法言论与辩论条款的保护，就像她如果对特朗普构成暴力威胁一样不受保护。这一基本宪法条款并不赋予国会议员随时说他们想说的话的特权。事实上，在哈钦森诉普罗克斯米尔案（1979）中，最高法院允许针对一名参议员的诽谤诉讼继续进行，尽管该参议员以言论与辩论条款为由提出异议，因为其通讯中 allegedly 存在诽谤性言论。
Let’s find out if Slotkin has done more than fantasize to college students about prosecuting her political opponents and chilling others from entering politics if they happen to be of a different political persuasion than Slotkin. Her comments at a college campus do not enjoy protection under the Constitution’s Speech and Debate Clause any more than if Slotkin had made a threat of violence against Trump. That essential constitutional provision does not provide members of Congress with carte blanche to say whatever they wish whenever they wish. Indeed, in Hutchinson v. Proxmire (1979), the Supreme Court permitted a defamation suit to proceed against a senator over Speech and Debate Clause objections for allegedly defamatory comments that appeared in the senator’s newsletter.
斯洛特金不是唯一一个公开谈论锁押政治对手的疯狂左翼人士。上周，伯尼·桑德斯支持的佛罗里达州美国参议院候选人、民主社会主义者安吉·尼克松驳斥了她的共和党对手、参议员阿什利·穆迪的指控，即她想要废除监狱。
Slotkin is not the only lunatic leftist who has been spouting off about locking up political opponents. Last week, Democratic Socialist Angie Nixon, the Bernie Sanders-backed candidate for the U.S. Senate in Florida, refuted a charge by Sen. Ashley Moody, her Republican opponent, that Nixon wanted to abolish prisons.
根据最新民调，惊人比例的民主党人自称为“民主社会主义者”：有毒政策。尼克松问道：“如果我想把她关进监狱并因她所做的事情惩罚她，我为什么要那样做？”CNN主持人凯西·亨特感到惊讶，并要求尼克松澄清她是否真的想把穆迪关进监狱。她得到了答案。
"Why would I want to do that when I want her locked up and punished in jail for what she has done?" asked Nixon. CNN host Kasie Hunt was taken aback and asked Nixon to clarify if she really wanted Moody locked up. She got her answer.
“你知道……嗯，基本上，是的，因为她所做的事，”尼克松回答。“是的，我绝对希望这种事情发生。是的，我一直表达得非常清楚。”拜登的“武器化”马阿拉歌搜查行动在白宫受到抨击，因为解密文件揭示了FBI的法律疑虑。两周后的选择很明确，也很尖锐。左翼人士并未从2024年惨败中吸取教训。他们想在第一次机会时重启法律战引擎。
"You know, . . . yeah, basically, yes, because of what she did," Nixon replied. "Yes, I absolutely would want that to happen. Yes.I’ve been perfectly clear." The choice in two weeks is clear and stark. Leftists did not learn the lesson of their resounding defeat in 2024. They want to restart the lawfare engine the first chance they get.
他们公开自己令人恐惧、毁灭共和国的目标。这些令人作呕的言论并非断章取义；这些人真的想监禁他们的政治对手。这种行为发生在香蕉共和国；它永远不应成为我们的一部分。
They are open about their terrifying, Republic-destroying goal. These sickening comments are not taken out of context; these people really want to imprison their political opponents. That conduct occurs in banana republics; it can never be allowed to become part of ours.
“如果你能守住它的话，这就是一个共和国，”本杰明·富兰克林在回答制宪者在制宪大会上创建的政府类型时对一位询问者这样说。像斯洛特金和尼克松这样的左翼人士想要毁掉共和国，把它变成一个左翼乌托邦。请相应地在下个月投票。点击此处获取迈克·戴维斯的更多内容。
"A republic, if you can keep it," Benjamin Franklin told an inquirer about the type of government the Framers had created at the Constitutional Convention. Leftists like Slotkin and Nixon want to destroy the Republic and turn it into a leftist utopia. Vote accordingly next month.