斯科特·鲍尔 麦迪逊，威斯康星州 —— 支持唐纳德·特朗普总统试图推翻其在该关键摇摆州2020年大选失利的威斯康星州州长共和党候选人周三表示，他这样做是因为对脸书创始人马克·扎克伯格提供的选举资金感到担忧。
SCOTT BAUER MADISON, Wis. — The Republican candidate for Wisconsin governor who supported President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn his 2020 loss in the battleground state said Wednesday he did it because of concerns with election funding from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.
“其中一个原因是‘扎克伯格之钱’，”美国众议员汤姆·蒂芬尼在一场辩论中说，使用了该笔资金反对者创造的一个术语。
“One of the reasons that I did that is ‘ Zuckerbucks ,’” U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany said in a debate, using a term coined by opponents of the money.
蒂芬尼还表示，他反对认证威斯康星州的选举结果，因为密尔沃基县和戴恩县的书记官建议选民，他们可以因新冠疫情声称“长期卧床”，从而在无需出示带照片身份证的情况下获得缺席选票。
Tiffany also said he opposed certifying Wisconsin’s election results because clerks in Milwaukee and Dane counties advised voters they could claim to be “indefinitely confined” due to the COVID-19 pandemic and receive absentee ballots without showing a photo ID.
威斯康星州全州200多个社区从扎克伯格资助的“科技与公民生活中心”获得了约1000万美元拨款，以帮助在疫情期间举行选举。
More than 200 communities across Wisconsin received about $10 million in grants from the Zuckerberg-funded Center for Tech and Civic Life to help run elections during the pandemic.
“这就是我提出异议的原因，因为威斯康星州的人民，他们不想要那样，”蒂芬尼说。
“That’s why I objected, because the people of the state of Wisconsin, they did not want that,” Tiffany said.
这场辩论交锋是特朗普关于选举舞弊的虚假指控及其试图阻止乔·拜登就职，如何继续在美国政坛产生连锁反应的一个例证。
The debate exchange was an example of how Trump’s false claims about election fraud and his attempt to prevent Joe Biden from taking office continue to ripple through American politics.
蒂芬尼的对手、民主党人大卫·克劳利表示，蒂芬尼对其2020年行为的解释不充分。
Tiffany’s opponent, Democrat David Crowley, said Tiffany’s explanation of his actions in 2020 was inadequate.
“他没有说我们的选举发生了任何邪恶的事情，”克劳利说。“他没有说整个过程中发生了任何事情。他只是不喜欢资金的花费方式。”克劳利说，蒂芬尼无法让人信任他会认证2028年总统大选的结果。
“He didn’t say anything nefarious was going on with our elections,” Crowley said. “He didn’t say anything happened throughout the process. He just didn’t like the fact of how money was being spent.”Crowley said Tiffany can’t be trusted to certify the results of the 2028 presidential election.
但蒂芬尼表示，“无论谁获胜，我都将在2028年认证选举结果。”2024年，威斯康星州选民批准了一项由共和党支持的宪法修正案，禁止使用私人拨款资金来举办选举。
But Tiffany said, “I will certify the election in 2028 regardless of who the winner is.”In 2024, Wisconsin voters approved a constitutional amendment backed by Republicans that bans the use of private grant money to run elections.
特朗普曾试图取消密尔沃基县和戴恩县22万张缺席选票的资格，但未获成功，蒂芙尼支持这一举措。获得特朗普背书的蒂芙尼，还曾投票反对计算宾夕法尼亚州和亚利桑那州的选举人票。
Trump unsuccessfully tried to disqualify 220,000 absentee ballots from Milwaukee and Dane counties, a move Tiffany supported. Tiffany, who is endorsed by Trump, also voted against counting electoral votes in Pennsylvania and Arizona.
过去七届总统大选中，有五届在威斯康星州的胜负差距不足一个百分点。特朗普在2024年和2016年获胜，但在2020年落败。
Five of the past seven presidential elections in Wisconsin have been decided by less than a percentage point. Trump won in 2024 and 2016, but lost in 2020.