南卡罗来纳州两位前州长、共和党人大卫·比斯利和民主党人吉姆·霍奇斯罕见地联合背书，支持民主党人安妮·安德鲁斯竞选联邦参议员。
Two South Carolina former governors, David Beasley and Jim Hodges, a Republican and Democrat respectively, have come together for a rare joint endorsement for Democrat Annie Andrews’s Senate bid.
安德鲁斯是一名儿科医生，她试图翻转该席位。现任参议员达琳·格雷厄姆是已故参议员林赛·格雷厄姆的妹妹，并获得特朗普背书。这场竞选在一向稳固的红州中变得出人意料地激烈。
Andrews, a pediatrician, is looking to flip the seat, currently held by Darline Graham, the Trump-endorsed sister of the late senator Lindsey Graham, in what has become an unexpectedly competitive race for the usually reliably red state.
比斯利在两位前州长的联合背书视频中说：“这个国家分裂太严重，政治言辞已经完全失控。”霍奇斯接着说：“这就是我们联手支持安妮·安德鲁斯的原因。”
“This country is too divided, and the political rhetoric has gotten way, way out of hand,” says Beasley in the former governors’ joint endorsement video. “That’s why we’re coming together to support Annie Andrews,” says Hodges.
这两位曾在选举中对决的前州长承认，虽然他们并非在所有问题上都意见一致，但一致认为安德鲁斯是将南卡罗来纳州利益置于首位的最佳人选。
The two former governors, who once faced off against each other, acknowledged that while they don’t agree on everything, they agree on Andrews as the best candidate to put South Carolina first.
比斯利说：“安妮明白，领导力不是让人们更愤怒。而是让事情变得更好。”霍奇斯补充道：“她愿意把民众置于政治之上。”
“Annie understands that leadership isn’t about making people angrier. Well, it’s about making things better,” says Beasley. “She’s willing to put people ahead of politics,” adds Hodges.
比斯利还表示：“我们可能分别以不同党派身份担任过你们的州长。但我们一致认为，南卡罗来纳州不应只得到更多同样的政治斗争。”上周，比斯利——这位曾于1995至1999年担任“棕榈州”州长、后在连任竞选中败给霍奇斯的“由民主党转为共和党”人士——在查尔斯顿的《邮报与信使报》撰文，哀叹唐纳德·特朗普领导下的共和党现状。
Beasley adds: “We may have served as your governor from different political parties. But we agree South Carolina deserves better than more of the same political fighting.”Last week, Beasley, a Democrat-turned-Republican who served as governor of the Palmetto State from 1995 to 1999 before losing re-election to Hodges, wrote an opinion piece for the Charleston-based Post and Courier paper, lamenting the state of the party under Donald Trump.
他写道：“当今共和党发生的一切令人心碎。党内太多人默许通过打压他人、挑动人与人、社区与社区对立来取胜……我还没看到作为共和党领袖的唐纳德·特朗普总统，对任何他有分歧的人或群体表现出一丝同情，甚至连基本的尊重都没有。”
“What has happened in the Republican Party today is just heartbreaking,” he wrote. “Too many in the party have gone along with winning by tearing others down and pitting people and communities against one another … I have yet to see President Donald Trump, as leader of the Republican Party, show compassion or even respect to someone or some group that he disagrees with.
“这种恶毒的言论具有毒害性，而且不可否认地正在毒害美国人的心智与灵魂。”他补充道：“这已不是我所熟知的那个政党，也不是我自认为属于的那个政党。”
“The vitriol is toxic, and it is undeniably feeding into the hearts, minds and souls of Americans.”It is “not the party that I knew, and it is not the party that I consider myself a member of”, he added.
近期民调显示，格雷厄姆仍领先于安德鲁斯，但非党派的“库克政治报告”已将该州的竞选倾向由“倾向共和党”调整为“共和党优势”，方向转向民主党。
Recent polling has indicated that Graham still holds a lead over Andrews, though the nonpartisan Cook Political Report has moved the state in the Democrats’ direction, from “Likely Republican” to “Lean Republican”.
在今年的中期选举中，知名共和党人跨党派支持民主党人的现象并非仅此一例。在向来是共和党铁票仓的堪萨斯州，两位前共和党州长比尔·格雷夫斯和迈克·海登背书民主党候选人亚当·汉密尔顿，支持他挑战共和党现任参议员罗杰·马歇尔。
And it isn’t the only time in this year’s midterms that prominent Republicans have crossed party lines and backed Democrats. In usually deep-red Kansas, two former Republican governors, Bill Graves and Mike Hayden, endorsed the Democratic candidate, Adam Hamilton, in his bid to unseat the Republican incumbent, senator Roger Marshall.
在德克萨斯州，这个另一个意外成为参议院战场的州份，民主党提名人詹姆斯·塔拉里科获得了20多位共和党领袖以及布什家族成员的公开背书，对手是共和党的肯·帕克斯顿。在佐治亚州、蒙大拿州、佛罗里达州、弗吉尼亚州、伊利诺伊州和南达科他州，也出现了共和党人为民主党人跨党派背书的情况。
In Texas, another unexpected Senate battleground, the Democratic nominee, James Talarico, has received public endorsements from more than 20 Republican leaders, as well as members of the Bush family, over Republican Ken Paxton. There have also been cross-party endorsements from Republicans for Democrats in Georgia, Montana, Florida, Virginia, Illinois and South Dakota.