参议员苏珊·柯林斯周日抨击参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默和民主党，称她所描述的针对她和其他共和党候选人的虚假攻击广告浪潮，称她从未见过一场有“如此多彻头彻尾谎言”的竞选活动。她在周日接受福克斯新闻采访时发表上述言论，距离缅因州选举日仅两天，她正在该州与民主党对手特洛伊·杰克逊进行一场备受关注的连任竞选。根据最新的福克斯新闻民调，两位候选人支持率均为49%，势均力敌。
Sen. Susan Collins on Sunday blasted Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and the Democratic Party over what she described as a wave of false attack ads targeting her and other Republican candidates, saying she has never seen a campaign with "so many outright lies." She made the remarks during an interview with Fox News on Sunday, just two days before Election Day in Maine, where she is seeking reelection in a closely watched race against Democratic rival Troy Jackson. According to the latest Fox News poll, the two candidates are tied at 49%.
柯林斯指责民主党遵循“查克·舒默的剧本”，指向她称几乎与针对其他共和党议员的攻击广告一模一样的攻击广告。
Collins accused Democrats of following "Chuck Schumer's playbook," pointing to attack ads she said were nearly identical to those targeting other Republican lawmakers.
“针对我的一则极其荒谬、完全虚假的广告涉及杰弗里·爱泼斯坦。结果，在与两位处于艰难竞选中的同事交谈后，发现他们也遭遇了几乎一模一样的广告攻击。所以这是查克·舒默剧本的一部分，”她说。
"One of the outrageous, completely false ads against me had to do with Jeffrey Epstein. And it turns out, in talking to two of my colleagues who are in tough races, that they had virtually identical ads run against them. So this is part of Chuck Schumer's playbook," she said.
“我和对手之间有很多不同之处，但我从未见过一场有如此多彻头彻尾谎言的竞选活动。这非常令人沮丧，”她补充道。
"There are a lot of differences between my opponent and me, but I've never seen a campaign with so many outright lies. It's very frustrating," she added.
柯林斯进一步指责民主党试图将焦点从地方问题转移到具有分裂性的全国性政治斗争上。
Collins further accused Democrats of trying to shift the focus away from local issues and toward divisive national political battles.
“这当然是我的对手、查克·舒默及其盟友试图将这场竞选全国化的尝试，”她说。
"It's certainly an attempt by my opponent and Chuck Schumer and their allies to nationalize this race," she said.
参议院控制权悬而未决——民主党的胜算之路穿过特朗普的地盘。谈到自己的竞选活动，柯林斯将自己描绘为一位愿意跨党派合作的两党立法者，并认为参议院需要更多中间派人士，因为温和派越来越多地离开华盛顿。
SENATE CONTROL IS A COIN FLIP — AND DEMOCRATS’ PATH RUNS THROUGH TRUMP COUNTRY Turning to her own campaign, Collins portrayed herself as a bipartisan lawmaker willing to work across party lines, arguing that the Senate needs more centrists as moderates increasingly leave Washington.
“不幸的是，许多人已经放弃并退休，或者决定不再参选。这就是我再次参选的原因之一，”她说。“我们需要更多愿意跨党派合作的人。这非常重要，”她说。
"Unfortunately, a lot of them have given up and retired or decided they just didn't want to run again. And that's one reason I am running again," she said. "We need more people who are willing to work across party lines. That is really important," she said.
她还形容自己是“两党中最独立的参议员”，并以她的投票记录为例，称她的决定基于她认为正确的事情，而非取决于白宫由谁入主，或总统唐纳德·特朗普支持什么。
She also described herself as the "most independent senator on either side of the aisle," pointing to her voting record and saying her decisions are based on what she believes is right, rather than who occupies the White House or what President Donald Trump supports.
“外面有个虚假的说法，称我有95%的时间投票支持特朗普总统。这仅基于30%的投票样本。如果看90%的投票这一更广泛的样本，这一比例会显著下降到大约72%。而且我投了138次反对总统政策的票，”她说。
"There's this phony figure out there that I voted with President Trump 95% of the time. That's based on a sample of only 30% of the votes. If you look at a broader sample of 90% of the vote, that drops significantly to like 72%.
杰克逊此前曾对福克斯新闻表示，他相信自己有“不错的机会”击败柯林斯，而这位资深共和党参议员则强调选民支持强劲，并表示她对连任前景比以往任何时候都更加乐观。
And I voted against the president's policies 138 times," she said. While Jackson previously told Fox News that he believes he has a "good shot" at defeating Collins, the longtime Republican senator touted strong voter support and said she is more optimistic than ever about her reelection chances.
“我在全州各地走访社区时得到的热烈回应让我感到非常乐观，”她说。
"I'm feeling very optimistic based on the great response I get in visiting communities all over the state," she said.