田纳西州的布伦特·泰勒加入了今年竞选活动因色情短信丑闻而受重创的政治候选人名单。
Tennessee’s Brent Taylor has joined the list of political candidates whose campaigns have been rocked sexting scandals this year.
泰勒获得了唐纳德·特朗普的背书，他正在一个众议院选区竞选，该选区是田纳西州白人共和党人——奉总统之命——通过杰利蝾螈式改划选区的方式划分出来的，似乎切分了该州唯一一个黑人占多数的选区，以确保该选区将由一名白人共和党人代表。
Taylor, who has been endorsed by Donald Trump, is running in a House district that white Tennessee Republicans — acting on the president’s behest — gerrymandered in ways that carved up the state’s only majority-Black district seemingly ensuring that the district would be represented by a white Republican.
说到底，泰勒或许确实能轻松击败他知名的进步派对手、同为州参议员的贾斯汀·皮尔逊。但泰勒承认曾发送未经请求的裸照，这给他的竞选活动添了乱。
And when all is said and done, Taylor may indeed cruise to victory over his well-known progressive opponent, fellow state Sen. Justin Pearson. But Taylor’s acknowledged history of sending unsolicited nudes has thrown a wrench into his campaign.
本周，泰勒因对一篇曝光报道的回应而遭到嘲讽和猛烈抨击——他将那些裸照（其中一些显然是他50多岁时发送的）描述为“年少时的轻率之举”。据《纳什维尔场景报》报道，多名消息人士称他们收到或看到过泰勒的裸照，泰勒正在田纳西州第9国会选区竞选美国国会议员。泰勒向《场景报》承认他过去曾发送裸照，但将其斥为错误，并称他的妻子金伯利已经原谅了他。
Taylor faced mockery and fierce rebuke this week for responding to an exposé by describing the nude photos — some of which he apparently sent in his 50s — as “youthful indiscretions.”According to the Nashville Scene Multiple sources say they had received or seen nude photos from Taylor, who is running for U.S. Congress in Tennessee’s 9th Congressional District. Taylor acknowledged to the Scene that he had sent nude photos in the past but dismissed them as mistakes that have since been forgiven by his wife Kimberly.
当被问及发送裸照短信的历史时，泰勒对《场景报》说：“我快60岁了，我那些年少时的轻率之举早就过了保质期。不管你以为自己掌握了什么故事，我妻子都清楚得很，我们很久以前就已经解决了。我的上帝和我的妻子都原谅了我，我认为其他人也应该这样做。”正如该媒体所指出的，这些很难说是“年少时的轻率之举”：一名要求匿名的人士——因担心遭到报复——称，他们最近在2021年收到过泰勒未经请求发送的裸照，当时他尚未当选州参议员。第二位目击消息人士独立证实了泰勒发送的裸照。当时，泰勒53岁。
“As I near 60 years old, the expiration date has come and gone on any of my youthful indiscretions,” Taylor tells the Scene when asked about a history of texting nude pictures. “Whatever story you think you’ve got, my wife is well aware of and we’ve worked through it a long time ago. My god and my wife have forgiven me, and I would consider everyone else doing the same.”As the outlet noted, these were hardly “youthful indiscretions”: One individual — who requested anonymity, citing fear of retaliation — says they received an unsolicited nude picture from Taylor as recently as 2021, before he was elected to the state Senate. A second eyewitness source independently confirmed the nude photos sent by Taylor. At that time, Taylor was 53.
尽管其行为显然具有暴露性质，泰勒——他曾公开反对政治中的性骚扰——却拒绝透露自己发送过多少次未经请求的裸照。而皮尔逊正抓住这一丑闻不放：得知布伦特·泰勒向多名女性发送未经请求的裸照的行为模式，我感到不安。
Despite his evidently revealing nature, Taylor — who has spoken out against sexual harassment in politics declined to say how many times he has sent unsolicited nudes. And Pearson is pouncing on the scandal: I'm disturbed to learn of Brent Taylor’s pattern of sending unsolicited nude photos to multiple women.
他尽管这种行为近期才发生、发生在他五十多岁时、且当时他担任政府公职，却将其轻描淡写为“年轻时的失检”，这实在荒谬。
The fact that he would dismiss his behavior as “youthful indiscretions" despite it happening recently, in his fifties, & while he held government office is ridiculous.
更多内容 2026年10月27日 需要重申的是，泰勒仍然带着通过杰利蝾螈（不公正划分选区）为他制造的优势进入选举日。但他的竞选活动正提供更多素材，用以指出MAGA运动的虚伪——该运动声称提倡基督教价值观，却赞美并纵容以性掠夺闻名的男性，例如特朗普。这位田纳西州共和党人在这个选举季给了自由派一份大礼：“我的对手在即将够格领取Denny’s老年菜单的门口发送未经请求的裸照”，这是针对一个本不该靠近国会席位的人的一记绝妙结语。
More October 27, 2026 To reiterate, Taylor is still headed into Election Day with the advantage manufactured for him through gerrymandering. But his campaign is providing yet more fodder to point out the hypocrisy of a MAGA movement that claims to promote Christian values but celebrates and enables men known for sex predation, such as Trump The Tennessee Republican has given liberals a gift this election season: “My opponent was sending unsolicited nudes while on the doorstep of qualifying for the Denny’s senior menu” is one hell of a closing argument against someone who shouldn’t be anywhere near a congressional seat.
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