前美国总统奥巴马在俄亥俄州和密歇根州为民主党候选人艾米·阿克顿和阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德助选。他的介入加剧了关于人身攻击、宗教偏见和政治体面的争议。
Obama campaigned for Amy Acton and Abdul El-Sayed in Ohio and Michigan. His intervention sharpened disputes over personal attacks, religious prejudice and political decency.
据印度新闻社报道，前美国总统巴拉克·奥巴马在关键摇摆州俄亥俄州和密歇根州为民主党候选人助选时，批评总统唐纳德·特朗普及其共和党盟友表现出残忍和不体面。
Former US President Barack Obama criticised President Donald Trump and his Republican allies over what he described as cruelty and indecency as he campaigned for Democratic candidates in the key states of Ohio and Michigan, Press Trust of India reported.
奥巴马旨在动员民主党选民，为11月3日的中期选举造势，该选举将有助于决定美国政治的权力平衡。他为俄亥俄州州长候选人艾米·阿克顿博士和密歇根州参议员候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德辩护，抵御来自其共和党对手的攻击。
Obama sought to mobilise Democratic voters ahead of the November 3 midterm elections, which will help determine the balance of power in US politics. He defended Ohio gubernatorial candidate Dr Amy Acton and Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed against attacks from their Republican opponents.
在俄亥俄州，奥巴马针对共和党州长候选人维韦克·拉马斯瓦米发起攻击，后者的竞选活动动用了阿克顿疏远的生母。特朗普和副总统J·D·万斯为该竞选活动辩护，尽管俄亥俄州共和党领袖，包括州长迈克·德怀恩，已呼吁撤下该广告。
In Ohio, Obama targeted Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy over a campaign featuring Acton's estranged birth mother. Trump and Vice-President J D Vance have defended the , although Republican leaders in Ohio, including Governor Mike DeWine, have called for its withdrawal.
奥巴马谈到拉马斯瓦米时说：“最近几天，我们看到他没有不敢跨越的底线，没有不愿堕落的深度。”他指出，阿克顿“动人地讲述了她痛苦的童年及其经历的一切：虐待、忽视和无家可归”。
“In recent days, we have seen there is no line he will not cross, no low he will not sink to,” Obama said of Ramaswamy. He noted that Acton had “spoken movingly about her painful childhood and all she has experienced: abuse, neglect and homelessness”.
该广告邀请了阿克顿的生母唐娜·阿瑟出镜，称女儿是“骗子”，并暗示她有心理健康问题。
The features Acton's birth mother, Donna Arthur, calling her “a liar” and suggesting that she has mental health issues.
阿克顿在新冠疫情期间担任俄亥俄州卫生厅厅长，曾公开谈论自己童年时期面临无家可归和虐待的经历。阿瑟在继父、也是其丈夫的克莱迪斯·阿瑟因涉嫌强奸阿克顿被起诉后，失去了子女监护权。
Acton, who served as Ohio's health director during the COVID-19 pandemic, has spoken publicly about facing homelessness and abuse as a child. Arthur lost custody of her children after their stepfather, Cledith Arthur, who was also her husband, was charged with rape involving Acton.
据称虐待发生在1976年12月至1978年4月之间。克莱迪斯·阿瑟未出庭受审，成为逃犯。唐娜·阿瑟与其维持婚姻关系，直到他于2004年去世。
The alleged abuse took place between December 1976 and April 1978. Cledith Arthur failed to appear in court and became a fugitive. Donna Arthur remained married to him until his death in 2004.
在竞选集会上，阿克顿在奥巴马发言之前直接对拉马斯瓦米发言。“我的对手选择故意利用我的童年经历来挽救他摇摇欲坠的竞选活动，但这行不通，”她说。“体面依然重要。”
Speaking before Obama at the campaign event, Acton addressed Ramaswamy directly. “My opponent has chosen to exploit, intentionally, my childhood to save his stumbling campaign, but it is not going to work,” she said. “Decency still matters.”
她补充道：“拉马斯瓦米先生，你不仅脱离群众，而且只为自己着想，你对我州构成了危险。显然，没有什么卑鄙手段是你不屑使用的。”周六在佛罗里达州投票的特朗普为拉马斯瓦米辩护。“这是一种耻辱，”他说。“母亲说艾米·阿克顿是个骗子，毫无用处。你知道吗？我认为你找不到比这更好的证明了。”特朗普补充说，如果他自己的母亲说过他的坏话，早就引起广泛关注了。
She added: “Mr Ramaswamy, you are not just out of touch, you are out for yourself and you are a danger to my state. Apparently there is no low to which you will not stoop.”Trump, who cast his ballot in Florida on Saturday, defended the Ramaswamy . “This is a disgrace,” he said. “The mother said that Amy Acton is a liar, and she is no good. And you know what? I do not think you can get a better reference on that.”Trump added that if his own mother had said anything bad about him, it would have received widespread attention.
尽管俄亥俄州已成为更可靠的共和党州，但今年竞争依然激烈。特朗普和万斯近几周到访该州，为参议员乔恩·赫斯特德和拉马斯瓦米助选。围绕此事的争议进一步加剧了竞争的激烈程度。
Although Ohio has become a more reliable Republican state, it has been closely contested this year. Trump and Vance have visited the state in recent weeks to campaign for Senator Jon Husted and Ramaswamy. The controversy over the has further intensified the contest.
在密歇根州，备受关注的参议员和州长选举正在进行中，奥巴马为前公共卫生官员埃尔-赛义德辩护，后者的对手是共和党前众议员迈克·罗杰斯。
In Michigan, where closely watched elections for the Senate and governor are under way, Obama defended El-Sayed, a former public health official running against Republican former representative Mike Rogers.
奥巴马谴责批评者，暗示他们利用埃尔-赛义德的名字或穆斯林信仰攻击他。“我们看过这出戏了。我曾是主角，”奥巴马在底特律一座座无虚席的高中体育馆里说。“我有长版出生证明为证。”他补充道：“阿卜杜尔地地道道是密歇根人。”这位前总统驳回了埃尔-赛义德是激进分子的指控，称“阿卜杜尔与我价值观一致。”他也承认，埃尔-赛义德曾在他2012年连任后批评他未兑现所有进步竞选承诺。
Obama condemned critics who, he suggested, were using El-Sayed's name or Muslim faith to attack him. “We have seen this movie before. I starred in it,” Obama told a packed high school gymnasium in Detroit. “I have got a long-form birth certificate to prove it.”He added: “Abdul is as Michigan as it gets.”The former president rejected claims that El-Sayed was a radical, saying, “Abdul shares my values.”He also acknowledged that El-Sayed had criticised him after his 2012 re-election for not fulfilling all his progressive campaign promises.
El-Sayed曾写道，奥巴马“并非正确的选择——他只是不是错误的那个”。针对批评，奥巴马表示：“这些人中的一些人说，你知道，Abdul不喜欢你担任总统时做的一些事。你知道还有谁不同意我做的每件事吗？米歇尔·奥巴马。米歇尔·奥巴马，一天大约五次。”民主党人希望奥巴马在底特律的露面——该市四分之三的人口为黑人——能增强El-Sayed在黑人选民中的支持。
El-Sayed had written that Obama “was not the right choice — he just wasn't the wrong one”. Responding to the criticism, Obama said: “Some of these folks say, well, you know, Abdul did not like some of the things you did as president. You know who else does not agree with everything I do? Michelle Obama. Michelle Obama, about five times a day.”Democrats hope Obama's appearance in Detroit, where three-quarters of the population is Black, will strengthen El-Sayed's support among Black voters.
在初选中，他的对手Haley Stevens在包含底特律的韦恩县以约六个百分点的优势获胜。前副总统卡马拉·哈里斯——首位担任该职务的黑人和南亚裔人士——曾于9月为El-Sayed助选。
In the primary election, his opponent Haley Stevens won Wayne County, which includes Detroit, by about six percentage points. Former vice-president Kamala Harris, the first Black and South Asian person to hold that office, campaigned for El-Sayed in September.
据印度新闻社报道，底特律居民Chunnika Hodges周六为El-Sayed拉票时表示，一些黑人选民支持Rogers，因为他们相信多年投票给民主党后几乎没有任何改变。她还说，其他人对El-Sayed的进步派政策持谨慎态度。
According to PTI, Detroit resident Chunnika Hodges, who canvassed for El-Sayed on Saturday, said some Black voters were supporting Rogers because they believed little had changed after years of voting for Democrats. She said others were wary of El-Sayed's progressive policies.
“我们不倾向保守，但我们在社区内看到了这一点，”Hodges说。“有保守派黑人，也有保守派民主党人。”65岁的奥巴马在竞选活动中也长篇大论地批评了特朗普。他指责这位共和党总统及其家族存在大范围腐败，并表示特朗普未能降低成本，却专注于建造新的白宫舞厅和南草坪直升机停机坪。
“We do not lean to the conservative, but we have seen that within our community,” Hodges said. “There are conservative Blacks, conservative Democrats.”Obama, 65, also criticised Trump at length during his campaign appearances. He accused the Republican president and his family of widespread corruption and said Trump had failed to lower costs while focusing on building a new White House ballroom and a helipad on the South Lawn.
“我不知道你们有没有注意到，但他似乎非常专注于家庭装修，”奥巴马说。“他应该去上HGTV（家庭与园艺电视台）的节目。”他补充道：“到处都是金色。他把白宫弄得像萨达姆·侯赛因开了一家芝士蛋糕工厂。”
“I do not know if you have noticed, but he seems very focused on home renovation,” Obama said. “He should be on HGTV.”He added: “There is gold everywhere. He has got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory.”
奥巴马承认，特朗普还将继续担任总统两年，直到任期结束，但表示选民不必留任他的盟友。“我们不必忍受一个软弱无能的国会，以及那些对职场民众表现出无法无天、粗心大意、残酷无情和漠不关心的共和党州长，”他说。“在经历了两年的混乱、残酷、腐败和无能之后……你们有机会说‘够了，到此为止’。”奥巴马计划下周在佐治亚州主持一场集会，参议员乔恩·奥索夫和州长候选人凯莎·兰斯·博特姆斯将出席。特朗普也定于周六在佐治亚州发表讲话。
Obama acknowledged that Trump would remain president for another two years, until his term ended, but said voters did not have to retain his allies. “We are not stuck with a spineless Congress and Republican governors who are handling lawlessness and carelessness and cruelty and indifference for working people,” he said. “After two years of chaos and cruelty and corruption and incompetence ... you get a chance to say enough is enough.”Obama is scheduled to lead a rally in Georgia next week with Senator Jon Ossoff and gubernatorial candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms. Trump is also due to speak in Georgia on Saturday.
奥巴马在俄亥俄州和密歇根州的竞选活动集中于为民主党候选人阿克顿和埃尔-赛义德辩护，批评针对他们的攻击，并敦促选民在11月3日的中期选举中反对特朗普支持的共和党人。
Obama's campaign appearances in Ohio and Michigan centred on defending Democratic candidates Acton and El-Sayed, criticising attacks against them and urging voters to oppose Trump-backed Republicans in the November 3 midterm elections.