美国众议院议长迈克·约翰逊（Mike Johnson，共和党-路易斯安那州）承诺将和平移交选举后的权力，称担心总统唐纳德·特朗普和国会共和党人若民主党赢得国会控制权会质疑结果的说法“荒谬”。
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson R-La., committed to a peaceful post-election transfer of power, calling concerns that President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans could contest the results if Democrats win control of Congress "absurd." "We're going to follow the Constitution. The Constitution says when a state certifies the election of members of Congress, then they're administered the oath. That's what I'll be doing on Jan. 3 to everybody who's there," Johnson said Tuesday during a campaign stop with New York Republican Rep.
“我们将遵循宪法。宪法规定，当一个州认证国会议员的选举结果后，他们就会宣誓就职。1月3日，凡是到场的人我都会这样做，”约翰逊周二在与纽约州共和党众议员迈克·劳勒（Mike Lawler）的一次竞选造势活动中，回应MS NOW的提问时表示，距离11月3日的中期选举还有一周。“我可能不喜欢其中一些结果，但这就是我们的制度。任何人若暗示情况并非如此，都是荒谬的。”
Mike Lawler one week before the Nov. 3 midterm election in response to a question from MS NOW. "I may not like some of those outcomes, but that's our system. And for anybody to suggest otherwise is absurd." Democrats and voting rights advocates are bracing for potential challenges if control of the House flips, as is widely projected to happen or control changes in the Senate, which is more closely contested Republicans have a majority in both chambers of Congress.
民主党人和投票权倡导者正在为可能出现的挑战做准备，如果众议院控制权易手——这被广泛预测将会发生——或者参议院控制权发生变化，后者竞争更为激烈。共和党目前掌控国会两院的多数席位。
Trump, who has continued to falsely claim that widespread fraud cost him the 2020 election has fueled those fears by calling to "nationalize" elections earlier this year and repeatedly questioning the security of mail voting, while also suggesting noncitizens could vote in large enough numbers to skew results. His administration sued California earlier this month in a fight over noncitizens voting.
特朗普持续虚假声称大规模舞弊导致他输掉2020年大选，今年早些时候呼吁“将选举国家化”，并反复质疑邮寄投票的安全性，同时暗示非公民可能以足以扭曲结果的数量投票，从而加剧了这些担忧。他的政府本月早些时候起诉加利福尼亚州，争夺非公民投票问题。
Trump must sit for deposition in BBC lawsuit by Dec. 11, judge orders Virginia state Sen. Lucas, a Trump critic, charged in marijuana racketeering case California's Proposition 40: What voters need to know about billionaire wealth tax battle The Department of Justice also sued Alaska last week to block the certification of its results in the event of voter confusion. GOP Sen.
法官下令特朗普必须在12月11日前接受英国广播公司（BBC）诉讼的证词调查；弗吉尼亚州参议员卢卡斯（Lucas），一名特朗普批评者，因大麻敲诈勒索案被起诉；加利福尼亚州第40号提案：选民需了解的亿万富翁财富税之争；司法部上周也起诉阿拉斯加州，以防止选民混淆的情况下认证其选举结果。共和党参议员丹·沙利文（Dan Sullivan）将与丹尼尔·J·沙利文（Daniel J. Sullivan）同名出现在选票上，后者是一名退休教师，共和党方面称他上榜仅是作为搅局候选人。
Dan Sullivan will appear on the ballot beside Daniel J. Sullivan, a retired teacher whom Republicans have said is on the ballot only as a spoiler candidate.
约翰逊在2020年大选后曾是特朗普在国会推翻选举结果的关键盟友，周二表示，关于和平移交权力的问题“有点愚蠢”。“当然我们会和平移交权力。但不会发生移交，因为我们将保住多数党地位，我将继续担任众议院议长，我将稳稳掌舵，”约翰逊对记者说。
Johnson, who in the wake of the 2020 election was a key congressional ally of Trump's in his quest to overturn results, on Tuesday said questions about a peaceful transfer were "a little silly." "Of course we'll have a peaceful transfer of power. But it will not be transferring, because we are going to keep the majority and I'm going to be the speaker of the House and I will keep steady hands at the wheel," Johnson told reporters.