即将退休的参议员蒂娜·史密斯（民主党-明尼苏达州）表示，特朗普总统正在为MAGA盟友“窃取”参议院选举“奠定基础”，此前特朗普称联邦政府将密切关注该州。
Retiring Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) says that President Trump is “laying the groundwork” for MAGA allies to “steal” the Senate election after Trump said the federal government would be keep an eye on the state.
史密斯在社交平台上发文称：“如果他所支持的候选人不能获胜，他就在公然为窃取选举奠定基础……明尼苏达州不会对一个我们已经三次拒绝（很快将是第四次）的人发出的隐晦威胁善罢甘休。”这位参议员此番言论是对特朗普警告的回应，特朗普称其政府正在“密切关注”共和党人米歇尔·塔福亚与民主党人佩吉·弗拉纳根之间角逐史密斯席位的选举中的选民欺诈问题。
“He’s blatantly laying the groundwork to steal an election if his chosen candidate doesn’t win… Minnesota will not take kindly to thinly veiled threats from a guy we’ve rejected three times (soon to be four),” Smith posted on social platform The senator made the comment in response to Trump’s warning that his administration is “watching closely” for voter fraud in the race between Republican Michele Tafoya and Democrat Peggy Flanagan to fill Smith’s seat.
“让我们大家在明尼苏达州都支持米歇尔·塔福亚。她竞选得非常出色。不要允许他们在选举结束后玩弄选票，”总统周一在Truth Social上发文称。“联邦政府将密切关注。”“她唯一可能失败的方式，就是他们在选票陆续到达时耍花招作弊，”他补充道。
“Let’s all get behind Michele Tafoya in Minnesota. She’s running a great race. Don’t allow them to play with the Votes after the race is over,” the president posted to Truth Social on Monday. “The Federal Government will be watching closely.”“The only way she can lose is if they cheat by playing games with the Ballots as they come in,” he added.
特朗普在毫无证据的情况下声称，如果选票被正确计票，他本会在2016年、2020年和2024年的总统选举中赢得明尼苏达州。
Trump claimed without evidence he would have won Minnesota in the 2016, 2020 and 2024 presidential races if votes had been counted properly.
“我们不能允许那种情况发生，因为我赢了明尼苏达州三次，但他们没有把胜利给我，而明尼苏达州自1972年理查德·尼克松拿下奖杯以来就再也没有被‘赢下’过，”总统继续说道，他指的是共和党总统候选人最后一次拿下这个北星之州。
“We can’t allow that to happen, because I won Minnesota three times, but they didn’t give me the Victories, and Minnesota hasn’t been ‘won’ since 1972, when Richard Nixon claimed the trophy,” the president continued, referring to the last time a Republican candidate carried the North Star State in a presidential election.
近期民调显示，塔福亚与副州长弗拉纳根之间的参议院选情已经收紧，此前共和党人批评民主党州长汤姆·沃尔兹对明尼苏达州社会服务项目中普遍存在的欺诈行为处理不力，这些欺诈骗取了数亿美元的纳税人资金。
Recent polls show the Senate race between Tafoya and Flanagan, the lieutenant governor, has tightened amid Republican criticisms over Democratic Gov. Tom Walz’s handling of widespread fraud within Minnesota’s social services programs that bilked hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars.
陶福亚在最近的一则广告中自称是“支持选择权的共和党人”，并表示“不怕与我的党对抗”，她抨击弗拉纳根是一位“把政治放在首位、让骗子偷走你的钱”的政客。另一则来自这位共和党候选人的广告指责这位民主党人和沃尔兹在明尼苏达州营造了一种“腐败文化”。
Tafoya in a recent ad describes herself as “pro-choice Republican” who’s “not afraid to stand up to my party” and slams Flanagan as a politician who “put politics first and let fraudsters steal your money.”Another spot from the GOP hopeful accuses the Democrat and Waltz of creating a “culture of corruption” in Minnesota.
弗拉纳根的竞选主题是可负担性，她投放的广告宣扬“全民医保”以及“结束特朗普对亿万富翁的减税”。她在最近的一则广告中表示，自己“竞选参议员是为了帮助人们负担得起生活”，并警告说陶福亚将成为“又一位特朗普的参议员”。根据RealClearPolling.com的最新民调平均数据，弗拉纳根领先陶福亚3.5个百分点。
Flanagan is running on affordability and has run ads touting “Medicare for All” and “to end Trump’s tax breaks for billionaires.”She said in one recent ad that she is “running for Senate to help people afford their lives” and warned that Tafoya would be “another senator for Trump.”Recent polls show Flanagan leading Tafoya by an average of 3.5 percentage points, according to RealClearPolling.com.