总统唐纳德·特朗普与参议员罗杰·马歇尔在堪萨斯州的竞选活动已被取消，萨利纳机场管理局的凯西·温赫斯特向《华盛顿太阳报》证实了这一消息。
President Donald Trump’s Kansas campaign event with Sen. Roger Marshall has been canceled, Kasey Windhorst of the Salina Airport Authority confirmed to The Washington Sun.
温赫斯特表示，原定于周六举行的活动将包括特朗普中午的演讲。目前，在包括得克萨斯州、堪萨斯州、艾奥瓦州、纽约州、宾夕法尼亚州和密歇根州在内的多个州，计划在选举日前举行近二十场电话集会。
The Saturday event would have included a noon speech from Trump, Windhorst said. Nearly two dozen tele-rallies are now planned before Election Day, in states including Texas, Kansas, Iowa, New York, Pennsylvania and Michigan.
一名白宫官员驳斥了这一变动意味着堪萨斯州出现麻烦的说法，称对总统时间的需求已超出其旅行行程安排。“每位候选人都希望总统来他们的选区为他们竞选。我们还没离开俄亥俄州，他们就要求我们回来。举办电话集会让他能在一切趋紧的情况下全方位覆盖。选举日前将举行超过20场电话集会，”一名白宫官员向《太阳报》表示。
A White House official pushed back on the idea that the change signals trouble in Kansas, saying demand for the president’s time has outpaced his travel schedule. “Every candidate wanted POTUS to come to their districts to campaign for them. We hadn’t even left Ohio and they were asking us to come back. Standing up telerallies allows him to hit EVERYWHERE with everything tightening. There will be over 20 telerallies before Election Day,” a White House official told The Sun.
一名熟悉相关运作的共和党消息人士给出了同样的解释，称候选人的需求“巨大”，竞选团队正在“调整为电话集会，以最大限度地扩大他的影响力，并尽可能与更多选民沟通。”马歇尔的竞选团队未立即回应关于活动取消原因的提问。
A GOP source familiar with the operation offered the same explanation, saying demand from candidates has been “huge” and the campaign is “adjusting to a tele-rally to maximize his reach and communicate with as many voters as possible.”Marshall’s campaign didn’t immediately respond to questions about why the event was canceled.
这本应是特朗普为马歇尔进行的第二次堪萨斯州之行，此前他一直在进行紧张的中期选举冲刺，主要前往他在2024年以较大优势获胜的州。
It would have been Trump’s second trip to Kansas for Marshall, amid a busy midterm blitz that’s taken the president largely to states he won comfortably in 2024.
特朗普两年前以超过16个百分点的优势赢得堪萨斯州，马歇尔则在2020年以11个百分点的优势赢得首个任期。自1932年以来，民主党在堪萨斯州未赢得过任何参议院选举。
Trump carried Kansas by more than 16 points two years ago, and Marshall won his first term in 2020 by 11. Democrats have not won a Senate race in Kansas since 1932.
马歇尔本月早些时候表示，通往参议院多数席位的道路“穿过堪萨斯州”。
Marshall said earlier this month that the path to the Senate majority “runs through Kansas.”