特朗普总统周三抨击参议院民主党人和前众议员玛丽·佩尔托拉（民主党-阿拉斯加）的竞选团队，此前有指控称双方合作安插一名搅局候选人上选票，试图在阿拉斯加参议院选举中助本党一臂之力。“这是最高级别的选民欺诈，”特朗普在俄亥俄州奇利科西为共和党州长候选人维韦克·拉马斯瓦米和共和党参议员乔恩·赫斯特德举行集会助选时表示，两人均将在下周二面临胶着的战局。“那是他们的拿手好戏——作弊，”总统补充道。
President Trump criticized Senate Democrats and former Rep. Mary Peltola’s (D-Alaska) campaign on Wednesday amid allegations that the two worked together to put a spoiler candidate on the ballot in an effort to boost their party in the Alaska Senate race. “This is voter fraud at the highest level,” Trump said while rallying in Chillicothe, Ohio, for GOP gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy and Republican Sen. Jon Husted, both of whom are locked in tight battles next Tuesday. “That's what they're good at – cheating,” the president added.
《纽约时报》周三早些时候报道称，佩尔托拉竞选团队的操盘手和参议院民主党人的竞选机构据称参与了招募搅局候选人参加阿拉斯加参议院竞选的行动，其中包括让“不宣称党派”的候选人丹·J·沙利文出现在参议院选票上，以此分流原本投给共和党现任议员的选票。佩尔托拉竞选团队和民主党参议员竞选委员会（DSCC）均发表声明，否认参与此类计划。
The New York Times reported earlier on Wednesday that operatives of Peltola’s campaign and the Senate Democrats’ campaign arm were allegedly involved in recruiting spoiler candidates to the Alaska Senate race, including the “undeclared” candidate Dan J. Sullivan appearing on the Senate ballot, as a way to siphon votes away from the GOP incumbent. Both Peltola’s campaign and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) issued statements saying they had no involvement in such a scheme.
“玛丽参选是因为阿拉斯加人值得一位为降低他们的成本、把阿拉斯加利益放在首位而战的捍卫者，任何华盛顿政客的推文或威胁都无法阻挡她投身这场斗争，”佩尔托拉竞选团队发言人在给《国会山报》的声明中表示。“阿拉斯加人支持玛丽竞选团队与任一沙利文竞选团队均无牵连。”
“Mary got in this race because Alaskans deserve a champion who is fighting to lower their costs and put Alaska first, and no tweet or threat from any DC politician will keep her away from that fight,” a Peltola campaign spokesperson told The Hill in a statement. “The Alaskans for Mary campaign has no involvement with either Sullivan campaign.”
民主党参议员竞选委员会也在另一份声明中单独表示，他们“未参与”沙利文搅局行动。
The DSCC also separately said in a statement they had “no involvement” in the spoiler Sullivan effort.
招募搅局候选人并非新鲜事，这是两党在该州之前均曾合法使用过的策略。然而，包括参议员丽莎·穆尔科斯基（共和党-阿拉斯加）在内的共和党人——她过去曾支持佩尔托拉——批评民主党人涉嫌干预阿拉斯加参议院选举，尤其是考虑到民主党人已将“对民主的威胁”作为针对共和党的核心竞选信息。
Recruiting spoiler candidates is not a new phenomenon as it’s a tactic that’s been legally used by both parties in the state before. However, Republicans, including Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), who's been support of Peltola in the past, criticized Democrats for allegedly meddling in the Alaska Senate race – particularly as they’ve made threats to democracy a core message of theirs against the GOP.
特朗普周三早些时候呼吁将佩尔托拉和搅局候选人都从选票上移除并予以起诉。
Trump earlier on Wednesday called for both Peltola and the spoiler candidate to be removed from the ballot and prosecuted.