美国众议员罗伯特·加西亚（民主党-加利福尼亚州）呼吁阿拉斯加州官员调查最近的报道。报道称，民主党参议员候选人玛丽·佩尔托拉的竞选团队招募了她的中期选举对手小丹尼尔·J·沙利文，以对抗现任参议员丹·沙利文（共和党-阿拉斯加州）的连任竞选。
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif) called on Alaskan officials to investigate recent reports alleging Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola’s campaign recruited her midterm opponent, Daniel J. Sullivan, Jr., to counter incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan’s (R-Alaska) reelection bid.
“共和党人和唐纳德·特朗普当然不应该在公平选举过程问题上教训任何人。我认为阿拉斯加州应该履行自己的职责，”众议院监督委员会首席议员加西亚周四在CNN节目中表示。
“Republicans and Donald Trump should certainly not be lecturing anybody on a fair election process. I think the state of Alaska should do its job,” Garcia, ranking member of the House Oversight committee, said during a Thursday CNN appearance.
“他们应当在出现任何问题指控时展开调查。这些调查应该在州一级进行。这一点毋庸置疑。”加西亚是在《纽约时报》周三报道之后发表上述言论的。该报道称，佩尔托拉的助手和外部民主党人招募了另一位丹·沙利文参加阿拉斯加参议员竞选，以稀释共和党的选票。曾任众议员的佩尔托拉否认了这些指控。“我认为应该展开调查，”这位议员继续说道。
“They should investigate any time there is accusations of any kind of issue. Those should be done at the state level. There’s no question.”Garcia’s remarks come after The New York Times reported Wednesday Peltola aides and outside Democrats recruited another Dan Sullivan for Alaska’s Senate race in an effort to dilute the GOP’s vote. Peltola, a former House lawmaker, denied the allegations. “I think there should be an investigation,” the lawmaker continued.
这位加州民主党人还指出，该委员会主席、任期将满的共和党肯塔基州众议员詹姆斯·科默还有“几个月的”任期，“当然可以举行他想要的任何听证会”。科默周四就此展开调查，计划于11月5日和6日举行听证会。他已要求佩尔托拉的前竞选经理埃莉萨·里奥斯和《纽约时报》称也参与其中的民主党工作人员杰里德·库尔茨两人出席。
The California Democrat went on to note that term-limited Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), the committee’s chair, still has “a couple more months” in office and “can certainly bring up any hearing he wants.”Comer launched a probe Thursday into the matter, planning hearings for Nov. 5 and 6. He has called both Elisa Rios, Peltola’s former campaign manager, and Jerid Kurtz, a Democratic operative the Times alleged was also involved in the operation, to appear.
“我认为重要的是，参与此事的人似乎今年夏天都被佩尔托拉竞选团队解雇了。我认为阿拉斯加州应在调查中发挥主导作用，”加西亚说。
“I think what’s important is it appears that whoever was involved in this was fired by the Peltola campaign over the summer. I think the state of Alaska should take any lead in investigations,” Garcia said.
这位议员还表示，他相信“这不会在选举日成为一个大问题”。“人们明白丹·沙利文是谁，也明白玛丽·佩尔托拉是谁。我想我们周二就会看到结果，”他总结道。
The lawmaker added he believed “that this isn’t going to be a big issue on election day.”“People understand who Dan Sullivan is. They understand who Mary Peltola is. I think we’ll see that on Tuesday,” he concluded.
共和党策略师此前对《国会山报》表示，佩尔托拉被指控的“选票堆叠”行为并不违法。这是民主党和共和党竞选活动中常见的做法，在阿拉斯加不同寻常的无党派、前四名投票制度中尤其如此。
The “ballot stacking” of which Peltola is accused is not illegal, GOP strategists previously told The Hill. It is a common practice for Democratic and Republican campaigns, especially in Alaska’s unusual nonpartisan, top four voting system.
尽管如此，特朗普总统在社交媒体上坚持认为，鉴于这些指控，佩尔托拉不应被允许竞选参议员，并呼吁对相关人员提起诉讼。
Despite this, President Trump has insisted on social media Peltola should not be allowed to run for Senate due to the allegations and called for prosecution against those involved.
“民主党人作弊了！他们找到一个叫丹·沙利文的人，把他放在选票上，然后向法院撒谎，说他们对此一无所知。那是伪证。她不应该被允许参选，那个假丹·沙利文也不应该！”他在Truth Social上写道。
“The Democrats cheated! They found a man named Dan Sullivan, put him on the Ballot, then lied to the Court, and said they didn’t know anything about it. That’s perjury. She shouldn’t be allowed to run, and neither should the FAKE Dan Sullivan!” he wrote on Truth Social.