罗杰·马歇尔与亚当·汉密尔顿在堪萨斯州参议院选举的最终辩论中激烈交锋周三晚上，共和党参议员罗杰·马歇尔与民主党候选人亚当·汉密尔顿在一场充满争议的辩论中展开了正面交锋。民调显示，在距离选举日还有不到两周的时间里，这场竞选在保守派占优势的堪萨斯州仍处于胶着状态。
Roger Marshall and Adam Hamilton face off in fiery final Kansas Senate debate Republican Sen. Roger Marshall and Democrat Adam Hamilton went head to head in a contentious debate Wednesday night, as polls show a toss-up race in ruby-red Kansas with less than two weeks until Election Day. Marshall and Hamilton traded criticism and attacks over the Iran war, immigration enforcement, healthcare and tariff policy, as well as other controversies that have popped up during their unexpected battleground campaign.
在辩论中，两人就伊朗战争、移民政策、医疗保健体系以及关税政策等议题展开了激烈的批评与攻击。此外，他们还讨论了在竞选过程中出现的其他争议性问题。
Hamilton, a megachurch pastor and first-time candidate, presented himself as an “independent-minded Democrat.”
汉密尔顿是一位大型教堂的牧师，也是首次参加选举的候选人；他自称是一名“思想独立的民主党人”：“我并不支持社会主义政党，我站在中间立场，会努力为所有堪萨斯州的居民——无论是共和党人、独立选民还是民主党人——服务。”
“I’m not somebody who favors the Socialist Party,” he said. “I’m somebody who stands in the middle. I’m going to try to work for all Kansans, Republicans, independents, and Democrats.”
马歇尔多次警告观众不要相信汉密尔顿的话，并将其描述为参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默的盟友。在整个长达一小时的辩论中，马歇尔共17次提到了这位纽约出身的民主党人。
Marshall warned viewers not to buy it, repeatedly casting Hamilton as an ally of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. Marshall mentioned the New York Democrat 17 times throughout the hour-long debate.
“我的对手会不择手段地说谎，只为登上那个职位并将控制权交给查克·舒默，”马歇尔说道。不过汉密尔顿承诺：如果自己当选，他不会支持舒默成为党领袖。
“My opponent’s going to say anything he can to lie to get into that office and give control to Chuck Schumer,” Marshall said, though Hamilton has promised he will not support Schumer for party leader if elected.
在论坛开场时，两位候选人均面临关于拖累其竞选活动的争议的提问。
At the opening of the forum, both candidates faced questions about controversies weighing down their campaigns.
马歇尔反驳了关于他在行医期间曾因未付医疗账单起诉数百名患者的报道，称这些指控是“赤裸裸的谎言”。
Marshall pushed back on reports that he sued hundreds of patients over unpaid medical bills when he was a practicing doctor, calling the allegations “blatant lies.”
汉密尔顿被追问其教会是否妥善处理了儿童性虐待举报。他否认曾放行涉嫌施虐者返回教会营地，但他表示：“我本应核实确保他不再返回。那是我的失误。”
Hamilton was pressed on whether his church properly handled reports of child sex abuse. He deniedg off on the accused perpetrator returning to the church camp, but he said, “I should have checked to make sure that he wasn’t going back. That was a mistake on my part.”
整晚马歇尔为唐纳德·特朗普总统的大部分议程进行了辩护，包括特朗普最近与俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京达成的解除对俄罗斯柴油出口制裁的协议。这位共和党参议员还为特朗普对美国盟友征收的关税进行了辩护。
Marshall defended most of President Donald Trump’s agenda throughout the night, including his recent deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin to lift sanctions on Russian diesel exports. The Republican senator also defended Trump’s tariffs on U.S. allies.
“关税正在发挥作用，”马歇尔说，并补充称关税政策正带来“制造业复兴”，因为工作岗位正回流美国。
“The tariffs are working,” Marshall said, adding that tariff policy is leading to “manufacturing renaissance” because jobs are coming back to the US.
汉密尔顿反驳称，关税正在疏远美国的贸易伙伴和盟友。“这正在制造不稳定、混乱和腐败，”他说。
Hamilton countered that tariffs are alienating trading partners and allies of the U.S. “This is creating instability, chaos, and corruption,” he said.
汉密尔顿猛烈抨击马歇尔“一次又一次”支持对伊朗开战，而这位首任参议员表示，他希望看到冲突“尽快结束”。马歇尔将高油价归咎于乌克兰。
Hamilton slammed Marshall for supporting the war in Iran “again and again,” while the first-term senator said he wants to see the conflict end “as soon as possible.”Marshall placed the blame for high gas prices on Ukraine.
“柴油成本高企的真正问题，首先是乌克兰战争，因此柴油产量下降，”马歇尔说。“但除此之外，为什么我们要依赖柴油进口？这是因为我对手支持的‘绿色新政’政策。”
“The real problem with the cost of diesel, in particular, number one, is the Ukraine war, and because of that, diesel production has gone down,” Marshall said. “But beyond that, why are we dependent upon diesel imports? It’s because of the Green New Deal policy that my opponent supports.”
当被要求说出一个他与特朗普的分歧点时，马歇尔指向了一系列针对堪萨斯州西南部肉类加工厂的移民与海关执法局（ICE）突击搜捕行动。马歇尔表示，他曾致电国土安全部长马克韦恩·马林，告知该行动“不太妥当”，并公开敦促ICE改进与地方执法部门的协调工作。马歇尔将他与特朗普的关系比作他与妻子的关系。
Asked to name one point of disagreement between himself and Trump, Marshall pointed to a flurry of ICE raids targeting meatpacking plants in southwest Kansas. Marshall said he called Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to tell him the action was not “quite right,” and he publicly urged ICE to do a better job coordinating with local law enforcement. Marshall compared his relationship with Trump to his relationship with his wife.
“就像跟我妻子一样，我可以跟她意见不合。现在，我妻子永远是对的，而特朗普总统并不总是对的，”他说。“但我确实认为我们——我有这样一种关系，可以拿起电话跟他讨论他正在考虑的事情的利弊，这很棒。”共和党正在向这场竞选倾注资源，以防止汉密尔顿成为近一个世纪以来堪萨斯州首位民主党参议员。特朗普周一在威奇托附近举行集会为马歇尔造势，而一个主要的共和党超级政治行动委员会发起了一项耗资1400万美元的负面广告攻势，瞄准汉密尔顿。
“Just like with my wife, I can disagree with her. Now, my wife is always right, and President Trump is not always right,” he said. “But I do think that we — it’s great that I have a relationship that I can pick up the phone and discuss with him the pros and cons of what he’s contemplating.”Republicans are pouring resources into the race to keep Hamilton from becoming the first Democratic senator from Kansas in nearly a century. Trump headlined a rally near Wichita on Monday to drum up support for Marshall, while a top Republican super PAC launched a $14 million negative ad blitz targeting Hamilton.
“我不想这么说——你们有点偏向紫色了，”特朗普周一对集会人群说。“我们将让罗杰·马歇尔连任，他是最伟大的之一，我们将彻底击败共产主义者、圣战分子和腐败的反美疯子。”周三马歇尔与汉密尔顿的会面是他们第二次也是最后一次辩论。在上个月堪萨斯州博览会举行的首场辩论中，马歇尔全程遭到现场观众的嘘声和呼喊声。本文最初发表于
“I hate to say it — you’re sort of tending toward the purple,” Trump told his rally crowd on Monday. “We’re going to re-elect Roger Marshall, one of the greatest, and we’re going to defeat the communists, the jihadists, and the corrupt anti-American lunatics once and for all.”Wednesday’s meeting between Marshall and Hamilton was their second and final debate. Marshall was met with boos and chants from a live audience throughout their first debate last month at the Kansas State Fair. This article was originally published on