在选举前几天，明尼苏达州选民正就犯罪、物价和社区未来进行投票，民主党众议员伊尔汗·奥马尔（Ilhan Omar）不得不决定要站在谁身边。她选择了极左派主播哈桑·皮克（Hasan Piker）。此人曾说“美国活该遭遇9·11袭击”。他称哈马斯比以色列“强一千倍”，并表示会“每一次都”投哈马斯的票。他称正统犹太人为“近亲繁殖者”，对哈马斯对待妇女和同性恋者的做法置若罔闻，称这是他不关心的内政，还在今夏警告说，如果美国犹太人继续支持以色列，总会“有人出来采取行动”。
Days before an election, with Minnesotans voting on crime, prices and the future of their neighborhoods, Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar had to decide who she would stand beside. She chose the far-left streamer, Hasan Piker. This is a man who said "America deserved 9/11." He called Hamas "a thousand times better" than Israel and said he would vote for Hamas "every single time." He called Orthodox Jews "inbred," waved off Hamas’s treatment of women and gay people as domestic policy he doesn’t care about, and warned this summer that if American Jews keep supporting Israel, someone "is going to come around and take action."
奥马尔全都知道。所有人都知道。在周一晚间、也就是10月26日，她在明尼阿波利斯出席了一场名为“我现在是主持人！”的现场对谈暨问答活动之前，明尼苏达和达科他犹太社区关系委员会称她决定参与是“背叛明尼苏达州的犹太人”。她的选区包括圣路易斯公园，该地长期以来一直是该州犹太人生活的中心。她自己党内的犹太人核心小组表示，皮克这种仇恨言论在明尼苏达没有立足之地。
Omar knew all of it. Everyone did. Before Monday night, when she appeared for a live conversation and Q&A event in Minneapolis titled "I'm the Host Now!", the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas called her decision to participate "a betrayal of Jewish Minnesotans." Her district includes St. Louis Park, long the center of Jewish life in this state. Her own party’s Jewish caucus said Piker’s brand of hate has no place in Minnesota.
参议员艾米·克罗布查（Amy Klobuchar）称其言论鲁莽且不可接受。众议员安吉·克雷格（Angie Craig）、众议员贝蒂·麦科勒姆（Betty McCollum）、明尼阿波利斯市长雅各布·弗雷（Jacob Frey）和州参议员罗恩·拉茨（Ron Latz）均公开发声批评。民主党领袖曾私下敦促她取消行程。奥马尔的回答？她的竞选团队称民主党是个“大帐篷”——随后她照常于10月26日登台亮相。
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, called his statements reckless and unacceptable. Rep. Angie Craig, Rep. Betty McCollum, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, and state Sen. Ron Latz all spoke out. Democratic leaders privately urged her to cancel. Omar’s answer? Her campaign said the Democratic Party is a "big tent" — and she walked out on stage on Oct. 26, anyway.
伊尔汗·奥马尔有多年时间向明尼苏达展示她是什么样的代表。上周一，她亲自给出了答案。活动现场，皮克称共和党人为“恐怖分子”。奥马尔称共和党为“恋童癖保护党”。必须弄清这究竟是什么。这不是对手研究人员挖出的旧片段，也不是十年前的一句失言。这是一个深思熟虑的决定，是在她自己党派和自己犹太裔选民的反对声中做出的，是在一场为动员选票而设的活动上做出的，该活动由州参议员主办。
Ilhan Omar has had years to show Minnesota what kind of representative she is. Last Monday, she answered the question herself. Once there, Piker called Republicans "terrorists." Omar called the GOP the "pedophile protection party." Let’s be clear about what this was. Not an old clip dug up by an opposition researcher. Not a careless remark from a decade ago. It was a deliberate decision, made over the objections of her own party and her own Jewish constituents, at an event built to turn out votes, hosted by state Sen. Omar Fateh, a member of the Twin Cities Democratic Socialists of America.
明尼阿波利斯-圣保罗双城民主社会主义者成员奥马尔·法特赫。奥马尔众议员并非误入歧途。她精打细算，认为爆满的观众席比她所代表的犹太家庭的信任更有价值。这不是判断失误，这就是她的判断。而且这说得通。这位众议员曾因传播反犹太主义陈词滥调而不得不道歉，她把全国一半人视为敌人，却称之为勇气。
Rep. Omar didn’t stumble into this. She calculated that a sold-out crowd was worth more than the trust of the Jewish families she represents. That isn’t a lapse in judgment. It is her judgment. And it fits. This is a congresswoman who has already had to apologize for trafficking in antisemitic tropes, who treats half the country as an enemy and calls it courage.
我在明尼苏达州巡警队服役了30年。在执法工作中，你会明白，一个人的品格体现在被警告之后的所作所为：信任谁、容忍什么、是改弦易辙还是一意孤行。奥马尔被警告过，她却选择一意孤行。明尼苏达州第五国会选区值得更好的代表。这里居住着担心暴力犯罪、杂货账单、房租，以及子女是否能拥有与他们同等机会的家庭。
I spent 30 years with the Minnesota State Patrol. In law enforcement, you learn that character shows in what someone does after they’ve been warned: whom they trust, what they tolerate, whether they change course or double down. Omar was warned. She doubled down. Minnesota’s Fifth District deserves better. The district is home to families worried about violent crime, grocery bills, rent and whether their kids will have the opportunities they did.
这里也是移民的家园，他们来到这里是因为他们相信美国；也是明尼苏达州犹太人的家园，他们绝不该不得不担心自己的联邦众议员是否认真对待针对他们的威胁。在州巡警队任职期间，我从未在赶赴车祸现场前询问过任何人的党派。公共服务意味着服务所有人——包括那些没投你票的人。我是共和党人，对此不加掩饰。
It is also home to immigrants who came here because they believe in America and to Jewish Minnesotans who should never have to wonder whether their own congresswoman takes threats against them seriously. During my time with the State Patrol, I never asked anyone’s party before responding to a crash. Public service means serving everyone — including the people who didn’t vote for you. I’m a Republican, and I won’t pretend otherwise.
我认为边境必须保持安全，暴力罪犯和欺诈者必须受到追责，家庭需要摆脱生活成本高企的困扰，警察值得支持而非鄙视。我认为美国值得捍卫。但我不认为与我意见相左的人是恐怖分子。你可以为原则而坚决斗争，而不必把数百万同胞称为敌人——也不必与一个宣称其祖国活该遭袭击的人共用麦克风。伊尔汗·奥马尔有多年时间向明尼苏达州展示她是什么样的代表。上周一，她亲自给出了答案。
I believe the border must remain secure, violent criminals and fraudsters must be held accountable, families need relief from the cost of living, and police officers deserve support, not contempt. I believe America is worth defending. But I don’t believe the people who disagree with me are terrorists. You can fight hard for your principles without calling millions of your fellow citizens enemies — and without sharing a microphone with a man who says his country deserved to be attacked. Ilhan Omar has had years to show Minnesota what kind of representative she is. Last Monday, she answered the question herself. .
我们可以选择公共安全而非政治作秀，选择问责而非借口，选择尊重邻里而非无休止的分裂。伊尔汗·奥马尔已做出了她的选择。11月3日，第五选区将由我们来做出选择。
We can choose public safety over political theater, accountability over excuses, and respect for our neighbors over endless division. Ilhan Omar made her choice. On Nov. 3, the Fifth District gets to make ours.