一名共和党议员表示，选举日的“惨败”将让这位总统“更多地寻求我们的帮助，而不是我们寻求他的帮助”。如果该党在周二失去国会参众两院中的一个或全部两个，唐纳德·特朗普对国会共和党人的绝对掌控将面临前所未有的考验。
A Election Day “shellacking,” one GOP lawmaker said, will have the president “looking for our help more than we’d be looking for his.”Donald Trump will have his ironclad grip on congressional Republicans tested like never before if the party loses one or both chambers Tuesday.
如果民主党夺回众议院或参议院，特朗普似乎已经在准备将责任归咎于他人。但在国会大厦内，共和党议员正在思考，如果该党被赶出权力宝座，这位总统迫使他们顺从其意愿的能力是否会减弱。
Trump already appears to be gearing up to blame others if Democrats retake the House or the Senate. But within the halls of the Capitol, GOP lawmakers are contemplating whether the president’s ability to bend them to his whims will diminish if the party is swept out of power.
当被问及这位总统在中期选举后会有多大影响力时，众议员劳埃德·斯默克（共和党-宾夕法尼亚州）回答说：“我们走着瞧。”在此之前，他赞扬了特朗普的政绩以及为共和党候选人奔走竞选的意愿。
“We’ll see,” Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-Pa.) said when asked how much influence the president will have after the midterms, before praising Trump’s record and willingness to hit the campaign trail on behalf of Republican candidates.
在接受采访的15位关于特朗普影响力未来的共和党议员中，许多人为能在选举前坦诚交谈而获得了匿名，他们表示相信，他通过“真实社交”发帖和深夜电话来决定结果的日子可能即将结束。
Granted anonymity to speak frankly before the election, many of the 15 GOP lawmakers interviewed about the future of Trump’s influence said they believe his days of dictating outcomes with Truth Social posts and late-night phone calls could be coming to an end.