在维韦克·拉马斯瓦米在俄亥俄州州长竞选中投放攻击艾米·阿克顿的恶劣广告后，唐纳德·特朗普积极为其辩护。这向MAGA发出了支持该广告的指令。但现在，共和党人向Axios泄露了一份内部民调，显示该广告正以令人丢脸的方式适得其反。据该民调，该广告让选民更有可能选择阿克顿而非拉马斯瓦米，而不是相反。
After Vivek Ramaswamy ran that vile ad attacking Amy Acton in the Ohio gubernatorial race, Donald Trump aggressively defended it. That sent out a command to MAGA to get behind the ad. But now Republicans just leaked an internal poll to Axios showing that the ad is backfiring in humiliating fashion. According to the poll, the ad is making voters more likely to pick Acton over Ramaswamy rather than less.
此外，共和党人还告诉Axios，他们担心这可能会损害该党在俄亥俄州参议院竞选中的前景。这很引人注目，因为如果民主党赢得那场竞选，他们赢得参议院的可能性就大得多。因此，特朗普对该广告的支持最终可能会帮助将参议院拱手让给民主党。哎呀！我们采访了《新共和国》高级编辑、关于这场广告灾难撰写了一篇好文章的亚历克斯·谢泼德。
On top of that, Republicans also tell Axios they fear this could hurt the party in the Ohio Senate race too. That’s striking, because if Democrats win that contest, they’re a lot more likely to win the Senate. So Trump’s backing of this ad could end up helping to tip the Senate to Democrats. Oops! We talked to New Republic senior editor Alex Shephard, author of a good piece on the ad fiasco.
我们讨论了广告引发的反弹如何让特朗普-MAGA措手不及，这一事件如何表明特朗普式政治正在失去动力，以及为什么参议院选举地图对民主党来说非常有利。
We discuss how the backlash to the ad caught Trump-MAGA off guard, how this saga shows Trumpian politics to be running out of gas, and why the Senate map looks very promising for Democrats.
播客：随着特朗普对维韦克·拉马斯瓦米恶劣广告的支持在共和党人面前适得其反，这篇关于这场灾难文章的作者解释了这如何揭示MAGA政治已彻底穷途末路。
PODCAST As Trump’s backing for Vivek Ramaswamy’s vile ad blows up in the GOP’s face, the author of a piece on this fiasco explains how it reveals MAGA politics to be thoroughly spent.
俄亥俄州共和党州长候选人维韦克·拉马斯瓦米，10月18日在俄亥俄州格林维尔。Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy in Greenville, Ohio, on October 18 Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images