堪萨斯州参议员候选人亚当·汉密尔顿（民主党）表示，他“很高兴”特朗普总统在距离中期选举对决仅剩两周之际，为他的对手、现任参议员罗杰·马歇尔助选。
Kansas Senate candidate Adam Hamilton (D) he was “glad” President Trump campaigned with his opponent, incumbent Sen. Roger Marshall, just two weeks out from their midterm election face-off.
周一，汉密尔顿出席CNN节目《主打新闻》——恰逢特朗普当天在堪萨斯州帕克城为马歇尔造势，主持人杰克·塔珀询问了他对总统在该州助选活动的看法。
Appearing on CNN’s “The Lead” Monday — the same day Trump stumped for Marshall in Park City, Kansas, host Jake Tapper asked Hamilton about the president’s campaigning efforts in his state.
“说实话，我把这当成一种极大的赞誉。我认为这表明共和党觉得有必要派遣全国权力最大的人来试图挽救罗杰·马歇尔，而我觉得这只会损害他，”汉密尔顿说。“所以我为他来到这里感到高兴。”
“Well, I took it as a big compliment. I took it as a statement that the Republican Party felt they needed to send the most powerful man in the country to try to save Roger Marshall, and I think it’s only going to hurt him,” Hamilton said. “So I’m glad he’s here.”
汉密尔顿补充说，如果他当选，他将“作为一名民主党人，但也是一位独立思考的民主党人，希望能跨越党派分歧开展工作。”随着特朗普——已将自己定位为共和党在11月中期选举前的门面人物——面临下滑的支持率，这位现任议员与他的民主党挑战者陷入了一场出人意料的激烈竞争。
Hamilton added that, if he were to be elected, he was “going to be a Democrat, but an independent-minded Democrat who wants to work across the aisle.”The incumbent and his Democratic challenger are locked in a surprisingly competitive election as the president — who has positioned himself as the face off the GOP ahead of November’s midterms — faces declining approval ratings.
在与加拿大的贸易冲突以及在伊朗的持续战争之际，公众对特朗普的支持率已跌至其政治生涯的最低点。周一发布的路透社/益普索民调显示，总统的支持率为31%，比两周前的民调下降1个百分点，创下其两个任期以来的新低。66%的受访者表示不认可他的工作表现。
The public’s approval of Trump has dipped to a political career low amid his trade conflict with Canada and his ongoing war in Iran. A Monday Reuters/Ipsos poll showed the president with a 31 percent approval rating, down 1 point from its polling two weeks ago and the lowest point in both of his terms. Sixty-six percent of respondents also reported they did not approve of his job performance.
选举分析机构“库克政治报告”于10月将堪萨斯州参议员竞选的评级调整为“势均力敌”，《国会山报》的非党派选举预测合作伙伴“决策台总部”则给马歇尔留任的几率评为64%。
Cook Political Report, an election handicapper, shifted the Kansas Senate race to a “toss up” in October, while Decision Desk HQ, The Hill’s nonpartisan election forecasting partner, gives Marshall a 64 percent chance of holding onto his seat.
最近，这位参议员在一些问题上公开与特朗普划清界限——例如总统此前扬言要禁止加拿大飞机制造商庞巴迪，后者是堪萨斯州的主要雇主之一。
Recently, the senator has publicly broken off from Trump on some issues — such as the president’s previous threats to ban a Canadian plane maker, Bombardier, which is a major employer in Kansas.
在堪萨斯州的集会上，总统暗示他将收回这些威胁，称他将帮助“一家特定的航空公司把事情理顺”。“如果他们在堪萨斯州，我们不会伤害他们。所以我们会照顾那些人和那些工作岗位，”他接着说。
At his Kansas rally, the president hinted he would walk back these threats, saying he was going to help “a certain air company get themselves straightened away.”“We’re not hurting them if they’re in Kansas. So we’ll take care of those people and the jobs,” he continued.