为什么重要：共和党承诺要降低汽油价格。但伊朗战争导致价格飙升，自特朗普总统上任以来已上涨37% • 共和党人称这是暂时的。但选民能够接受的程度有其限度。
One issue is breaking through even among the most loyal Republican supporters: gas prices Why it matters: Republicans promised to slash gas prices. But the Iran war sent them soaring, up 37% since President Trump took office • Republicans call it temporary. But there are limits to what voters will accept.
- 在与众议院多数党鞭汤姆·埃默（R-明尼苏达州）和多数党领袖史蒂夫·斯卡利斯（R-路易斯安那州）最近的竞选之旅中，汽油价格是Axios记者参加的活动中被提出最频繁的问题。
• On recent campaign trips with House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) and Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), gas prices were the most frequent concern raised at events attended by Axios.
- 这些并不是充满摇摆选民的房间。他们是共和党捐赠者、活动人士和支持者，他们出来是为了帮助共和党在11月的选举中获胜。
• These weren't rooms full of undecided voters. They were GOP donors, activists and supporters who had turned out to help Republicans win in November. Zoom in:
深入探究：斯卡利斯在内华达州为共和党候选人马蒂·奥唐纳德的竞选活动中遇到的第一个问题就是关于高汽油价格。
The first question Scalise fielded at a campaign event for Republican Marty O'Donnell in Nevada was about high gas prices.
- “大家总是担心汽油价格，”与会者说，询问共和党是否能做更多来推动特朗普扩大国内能源生产的努力。
• "Everyone's always worried about gas prices," the attendee said, asking whether Republicans could do more to promote Trump's efforts to expand domestic energy production.
- 另一位与会者指出，在最近一次旅行中，加利福尼亚州和俄勒冈州的汽油价格存在差异，并询问国会是否可以介入以缓解州级限制。
• Another attendee pointed to the gas-price difference between California and Oregon on a recent trip, and asked whether Congress could intervene to ease state restrictions.
- 斯卡利斯承认伊朗战争对汽油价格的影响 — — 并表示战争结束后价格就会下降 — — 但他把美国更容易受到成本上升影响的责任归咎于民主党的能源政策。
• Scalise acknowledged the impact of the Iran war on gas prices — and said they'd fall once it's resolved — but blamed Democratic energy policies for making the U.S. more vulnerable to rising costs.
埃默在最近穿越北卡罗来纳州和弗吉尼亚州的竞选之旅中也遇到了类似的担忧。
Emmer faced similar concerns during a recent campaign trip through North Carolina and Virginia.
- “四美元的汽油，五美元的柴油，六美元的柴油，完全无法接受，”埃默在北卡罗来纳州的一次筹款活动上对支持者说。“但这还不足以让我投票给共产党人。”
• "Four-dollar gas, five-dollar diesel, six-dollar diesel, totally unacceptable," Emmer told supporters at a North Carolina fundraiser. "But it ain't enough to make me vote for communists." • "[Democrats] are talking about affordability.
- “[民主党人] 正在谈论可负担性。这就是问题所在。我们需要对汽油和柴油价格大幅上涨这一事实保持敏感，仅仅是因为人们正在挣扎，”他在接受Axios采访时告诉记者。
That's the problem. We need to be sensitive to the fact that gas and diesel are way up. Just sensitive to it because people are struggling," he told Axios in an interview.
全景视角：共和党候选人也感受到了压力。
The big picture: Republican candidates are feeling the pressure too.
- 据Axios获得的音频显示，德克萨斯州共和党参议员候选人肯·帕克斯顿私下将伊朗战争和油价归咎于其竞选困境。
• Texas Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton privately blamed the Iran war and gas prices for his campaign struggles, according to audio obtained by Axios.
- “是战争，是油价，是柴油，”帕克斯顿上月在一次闭门募款活动中对捐款人表示，称可负担性“远远是我们最大的问题。”
• "It's the war, it's gas prices, it's diesel," Paxton told donors at a closed-door fundraiser last month, calling affordability "by far our biggest problem."
要点：“我不认为洗脑有效，”众议院共和党党团主席丽莎·麦克莱恩（R-密歇根州）上月在接受Axios采访时表示。“我认为如果你站在选民的立场上与他们进行诚实的对话……这对他们来说相当耳目一新。”
The bottom line: "I don't think gaslighting works," House GOP conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) told Axios in an interview last month. "I think if you meet voters where they're at and you have an honest conversation with them ... that's pretty refreshing to them."