特朗普政府的在线账户正在传播一张照片，照片中是一个雕刻着墨西哥宽边帽图案的南瓜，背景是假的万圣节主题背景，主角是一名显然被指控涉嫌食品援助欺诈的黑人男子。这些社交媒体帖子遭到批评人士的猛烈抨击，被指责为煽动性言论。
The Trump administration’s online accounts are circulating images of a pumpkin carved with a sombrero design and a fake Halloween-themed background around a black man apparently accused of food assistance fraud, in social media posts slammed by critics as inflammatory rhetoric.
在距离中期选举仅剩几天之际，这些帖子与政府旨在展示其强硬移民执法的大规模行动不谋而合，同时也突显了政府为替纳税人省钱而打击欺诈的努力，此时医疗成本上升和其他经济压力已使负担能力成为选民最关切的问题。
Only days before the midterm election, the posts coincide with the government’s sweeping campaign to show its aggressive immigration enforcement and highlight efforts to crack down on fraud to save taxpayers money when rising healthcare costs and other economic stressors have made affordability a top voter concern.
农业部长布鲁克·罗林斯于周六在社交媒体上发布了一张照片，照片中的黑人男子站在一堆疑似美国货币的钞票前，标题为“SNAP欺诈者”，这显然是指前身为食品券的补充营养援助计划。他高举着一张看起来正在燃烧的钞票。
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins posted on Saturday on social media a photo of the black man standing in front of stacks of what appear to be US currency with the headline, SNAP FRAUDSTER, an apparent reference to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programme, formerly known as food stamps. He is holding aloft what appears to be a bill set aflame.
照片配文写道：“有些服装带有价格标签。这一套则伴随着牢狱之灾。”其背景是假的“精神万圣节”服装包装。
“Some costumes come with a price tag. This one comes with a prison sentence,” it says to the backdrop of fake spirit Halloween costume packaging.
白宫周四在社交媒体上发布的另一张照片显示，一个南瓜上雕刻着墨西哥宽边帽的形状，并配有“诡异时节到了”的字样。
Another photo posted by the White House on social media on Thursday showed a pumpkin with the shape of a sombrero carved across it and the words “Spooky szn is here”.
罗林斯于2024年11月被特朗普提名担任美国农业部长，她发布的这条帖子似乎截取自一个名为“肖蒂·德雷德”的社交媒体账户在2025年9月发布的一篇网帖。
The post by Rollins, who was nominated by Trump to serve as the US secretary of agriculture in November 2024, appears to be taken from an online post from September 2025 by a social media account under the name Shawty Dred.
本月早些时候，被美国司法部认定为社交媒体红人、又名“肖蒂·德雷德”的梅赛德斯·雷沙德·纽因涉嫌在佐治亚州欺诈获取超过400万美元的Snap福利而在联邦指控下被捕。
Earlier this month, Mercedes Reshard New, identified by the Justice Department as a social media personality also known as “Shawty Dred”, was arrested on federal charges for fraudulently obtaining more than US$4 million in Snap benefits in Georgia.
这并非白宫首次被指控在官方政府社交媒体账户上发布煽动性图片。
It is not the first time the White House has been accused of posting inflammatory images on official government social media accounts.
就在一年多前，在政府关门期间，白宫重新发布了由唐纳德·特朗普转发的一段深度伪造视频，视频中众议院民主党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯戴着假胡子和墨西哥宽边帽，以此指责民主党人是在为非法移民而不是美国公民谋取利益。
Just over a year ago, during the government shutdown, the White House revived a deepfake video posted by Donald Trump of House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries in a fake moustache and sombrero to accuse the Democrats of acting on behalf of illegal immigrants instead of US citizens.
杰弗里斯将该模因描述为具有偏执色彩。他们白宫简报室里反复播放这段视频，尽管副总统J·D·万斯曾承诺，一旦民主党人同意结束政府关门，“墨西哥宽边帽模因将停止”。
Jeffries described the meme as bigoted. They played it on repeat in the White House briefing room, though Vice-President J.D. Vance promised that the “sombrero memes will stop” when Democrats agreed to end the shutdown.
美国全国有色人种协进会没有回复寻求置评的电子邮件，白宫和罗林斯也没有回复。
The NAACP did not respond to an email seeking comment, nor did the White House or Rollins.
最近几周，特朗普政府加剧了其反移民言论和欺诈指控，其中包括针对美国众议员伊尔汉·奥马尔的指控，联邦特工于本月早些时候搜查了她位于华盛顿特区的住所。联邦当局正在调查其家族移民文件中的潜在欺诈行为。出生于索马里的奥马尔是美国归化公民。
The Trump administration in recent weeks has ratcheted up its anti-immigrant rhetoric and accusations of fraud, including against US Representative Ilhan Omar, whose Washington DC home was searched by federal agents earlier this month. Federal authorities are investigating potential fraud in her family’s immigration paperwork. Omar, who was born in Somalia, is a naturalised US citizen.
它还采取了一系列与欺诈指控相关的惩罚性措施，这些措施主要针对民主党人执政的州，包括加利福尼亚州和明尼苏达州，这些州的州长指责联邦政府出于政治原因将他们的州作为打击目标。
It also has taken a series of punitive steps linked to allegations of fraud in mostly Democratic-led states, including California and Minnesota, whose governors accused the federal government of targeting their states for political reasons.
联邦检察官在10月21日的新闻发布会上表示，网红纽在2020年1月至2026年7月期间，利用被盗身份控制了350多个欺诈性的Snap账户。他涉嫌为其公司“肖蒂·德雷德”申请成为授权的Snap零售商，并使用EBT借记卡从这些账户中提取了大约400万美元。
Federal prosecutors said in a news release on October 21 that the influencer, New, controlled more than 350 fraudulent Snap accounts under stolen identities between January 2020 and July 2026. He allegedly applied for his company, Shawty Dred, to become an authorised Snap retailer and used EBT debit cards to extract about US$4 million from the accounts.
联邦检察官称，纽的社交媒体账户拥有超过200万粉丝，一直在炫耀其奢侈的生活方式。帖子显示他乘坐私人飞机出行，在“超级豪宅”前与劳斯莱斯汽车合影，并手捧成捆的巨额现金。
New’s social media account, which has more than 2 million followers, has flaunted his extravagant lifestyle, federal prosecutors said. Posts depict him flying on private jets, posing with Rolls-Royce vehicles in front of his “super mansion” and handling massive stacks of cash.
联邦调查局亚特兰大分局负责特工马洛·格雷厄姆在新闻发布会上表示：“纽（即被称为‘肖蒂·德雷德’的社交媒体红人）涉嫌用这些现金过着奢侈的生活，而不是用这些钱去养活需要帮助的家庭。”
“Instead of this money feeding families in need, New, the social media personality known as ‘Shawty Dred’, allegedly used the cash to bankroll a life of luxury,” Special Agent in Charge of FBI Atlanta Marlo Graham said in the release.
纽于10月7日被联邦大陪审团起诉，面临数十项邮件欺诈和严重身份盗窃罪名，以及一项Snap欺诈罪和一项使用接入设备进行非法交易的罪名。他于10月13日被捕，目前仍被关押在联邦羁押所中。
New was indicted by a federal grand jury on October 7 on dozens of counts of mail fraud and aggravated identity theft, and one count each of Snap fraud and illegal transactions with access devices. He was arrested on October 13 and remains in federal custody.
富尔顿县监狱记录显示，纽曾多次因涉嫌身份盗窃、保险欺诈、金融交易卡欺诈、伪造和简单殴打等罪名被捕。
According to Fulton county jail records, New has been arrested multiple times on suspicion of crimes including identity theft, insurance fraud, financial transaction card fraud, forgery and simple assault.