纽约布朗克斯讯——共和党纽约州长候选人布鲁斯·布莱克曼正在争取失望的民主党选民，试图击败州长凯西·霍楚尔。他押注于选民对负担能力、犯罪以及该党左倾转向的不满，能帮助他在传统民主党选民中取得突破。
BRONX, N.Y. – Republican New York gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman is courting disaffected Democrats as he seeks to unseat Gov. Kathy Hochul, betting that frustration over affordability, crime and the party's leftward shift could help him make inroads with traditionally Democratic voters.
“他们不是民主党人。他们是社会主义者和共产主义者，”前民主党布朗克斯区众议员斯蒂芬·考夫曼对福克斯新闻数字版表示。“他们根本不是民主党人，也不是温和派。”考夫曼在布朗克斯区的“克罗斯城餐厅”集会上与布莱克曼并肩站立，发表了这番尖锐批评，现场多名选民表达了对民主党领导层的类似不满，并表示将支持这位共和党候选人。
"They're not Democrats. They're socialists and communists," former Democratic Bronx Assemblyman Stephen Kaufman told Fox News Digital. "They're just not Democrats, they're not moderates." Kaufman delivered the blistering criticism while rallying alongside Blakeman at the Crosstown Diner in the Bronx, where several voters expressed similar frustrations with Democratic leadership and said they were backing the Republican candidate.
“每次我出去见选民，都会有另一位民主党人走上前说：‘布鲁斯，我是终身民主党人。我这辈子从未投过共和党的票。我们要投你的票，’”布莱克曼对福克斯新闻数字版表示。
"Every time I go out and meet the people, another Democrat comes up to me and says, 'Bruce, I'm a lifelong Democrat. I've never voted Republican in my life. We're voting for you,'" Blakeman told Fox News Digital.
考夫曼指责“美国民主社会主义者”组织对民主党的影响力日益增强，警告称民主党“正迅速变成一个充满仇恨的大本营”，不再欢迎温和派的声音。
Kaufman accused the Democratic Socialists of America of gaining increasing influence over the party, warning that Democrats are "rapidly becoming a house of hatred" that no longer welcomes moderate voices.
多名接受福克斯新闻数字版采访的布朗克斯选民呼应了这些担忧，指出生活成本上升、公共安全以及民主党日益进步的方向，是他们感到在政治上被抛弃的原因。
Several Bronx voters who spoke with Fox News Digital echoed those concerns, pointing to rising costs, public safety and the Democratic Party's increasingly progressive direction as reasons they feel politically abandoned. "It's not your Democratic Party anymore.
“这已不是你们的民主党了。这已不是你们祖父那代的民主党了。它已变成了民主社会主义者，也就是共产党，”居住在布朗克斯区特罗格斯内克社区的丽莎说。
It's not your grandfather's Democratic Party. It's become the Democratic Socialist, a.k.a. Communist Party," Lisa, a resident of the Bronx's Throggs Neck neighborhood, said.
“这里的社会主义者字面上说，如果我们只拥有一栋独栋住宅或四户住宅，就是在‘囤积土地’，我们是个问题……凯西全力支持并保持沉默。她没有为房主辩护，”另一位来自布朗克斯区的男子补充道。
"The socialists here literally said we’re land-hoarding if we only have a single-family home or a four-family home and that we were a problem… Kathy was all in support and quiet about it. She didn’t defend the homeowners," another man from the Bronx added.
一位登记在册的民主党人表示，该党未能解决工薪家庭的需求，正在推动他的政治决定。
One registered Democrat said the party's failure to address the needs of working families was driving his political decisions.
“我是一名注册民主党人。问我是不是按党派路线投票，”他说。“我投给对我、我的社区、我的邻里有影响的人。我投给谁能帮助中产阶级。”布莱克曼辩称，对霍楚尔领导力日益增长的不满，为共和党在一个长期由民主党主导的州创造了机会。
"I'm a registered Democrat. Ask me if I vote that way," he said. "I vote to what affects me, my community, the people I live with. I vote who's going to help the middle class." Blakeman argued that growing frustration with Hochul's leadership has created an opening for Republicans in a state long dominated by Democrats.
“凯西·霍楚尔加税了。她把公用事业费率上调了48次。像无现金保释这样的项目，让罪犯更容易在我们社区作案。所以现在我有了证据。我有她的成绩单，全是F，”布莱克曼说。考夫曼表示，霍楚尔拥抱并迎合本党更左翼的派别。
"Kathy Hochul has raised taxes. She's raised utility rates 48 times. Programs like cashless bail make it easier for criminals to operate in our neighborhoods. So now I have the evidences. I have her report card and it's straight F's," said Blakeman.
“电费飙升。她任内已上调了42次。她不允许修建天然气管道。她关闭了公用事业电厂。她所做的一切就是越来越向左转。这不代表本社区的人，”他说。
Kaufman said that Hochul has embraced and catered towards the further left of her party. "The electricity rates have skyrocketed. She's had 42 increases over time.
“她每次遇到问题，都跑去向硬左派告状。她完全被他们控制，”考夫曼补充道。
She wouldn't permit building of gas lines. She's closed utility plants. All she does is move harder and harder to the left.
与此同时，布莱克曼告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，他将采取截然不同的做法，承诺减税、降低公用事业账单，并让社区更安全。
Which don't represent people in this neighborhood," he said. "Every time she has a problem, she goes crying to the hard left. She's totally controlled by them," Kaufman added.
“我将减税。我将降低公用事业账单。我将让社区更安全，就像我在担任县长时在自己的县里做到的那样，”布莱克曼说。
Blakeman, meanwhile, told Fox News Digital he would take the opposite approach, pledging to cut taxes and utility bills while making communities safer. "I will cut taxes.
布莱克曼指出了他担任拿骚县县长的记录，称他“五年没加税一分钱”，反而减税1.5亿美元。
I will cut utility bills. And I will make for safer communities just like I did in my own county as county executive," Blakeman said.
“我拿我的记录跟她比，”他说，并辩称自己将“为他们减税、降低公用事业账单，并让社区更安全。”民主党内部的社会主义派系已从边缘走向拥有实权的位置，尤其是在纽约，民主社会主义者佐赫兰·马姆达尼当选市长，而民主社会主义者支持的候选人在国会初选中接连击败民主党现任议员。
Blakeman pointed to his record as Nassau County executive, saying he has "not raised taxes a penny in five years" and has instead cut taxes by $150 million. "I’ll take my record, compare it to hers," he said, arguing he would "cut their taxes, cut the utility bills and make safer communities." The socialist wing of the Democratic Party has moved from the margins to positions of real political power, particularly in New York, where democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani became mayor and DSA-backed candidates went on to topple Democratic incumbents in congressional primaries.
该运动在纽约州以外也取得了胜利，在科罗拉多州，获得美国民主社会主义者（DSA）背书的梅拉特·基罗斯击败了资深民主党众议员戴安娜·德盖特；在华盛顿特区，自称民主社会主义者的简妮丝·刘易斯·乔治赢得了民主党市长提名。福克斯新闻数字频道已联系霍楚尔办公室请求置评。
The movement has also scored victories beyond New York, with DSA-backed Melat Kiros defeating longtime Democratic Rep. Diana DeGette in Colorado and self-described democratic socialist Janeese Lewis George capturing the Democratic mayoral nomination in Washington, D.C. Fox News Digital reached out to Hochul's office for comment.