共和党人和民主党人在中期选举前亮出收官论点，密歇根州背书风波搅动参议院选情底特律/华盛顿 11月2日——周一，民主党人试图控制密歇根州美国参议院选战中的一道裂痕，此前他们自己阵营中的一人跨过党派界线，为共和党候选人背书；与此同时，两党都在中期选举前做最后冲刺，这场选举将决定国会的控制权。
美国众议员海莉·史蒂文斯在密歇根州民主党参议院初选中经过激烈角逐败给阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德，她公开支持共和党候选人迈克·罗杰斯，并与他一同出现在底特律的一座教堂，这可能加剧这个被视为民主党重夺美国参议院希望之关键的州内的分歧。
Republicans, Democrats set midterm closing arguments as Michigan endorsement roils Senate race DETROIT/WASHINGTON Nov 2 - Democrats sought on Monday to contain a rift in Michigan's US Senate race after one of their own crossed party lines to endorse the Republican candidate, as both parties made final pitches before midterm elections that will decide control of Congress US Representative Haley Stevens, who lost the Michigan Democrats' Senate primary to Abdul El-Sayed in a bitterly contested race, publicly backed Republican candidate Mike Rogers and appeared with him at a Detroit church, threatening to worsen divisions in a state viewed as crucial to Democratic hopes of retaking the US Senate.
这一出人意料的举动提振了总统唐纳德·特朗普所属共和党人在周二中期选举前的士气，尽管一名联邦法官驳回了美国司法部的一项诉讼，该诉讼寻求在共和党现任参议员丹·S·沙利文于这个摇摆州以微弱劣势落败时阻止认证阿拉斯加州的选举结果。
The unexpected move lifted the mood of President Donald Trump's Republicans before Tuesday's midterms even as a federal judge dismissed a US Justice Department lawsuit seeking to block certification of election results in Alaska if Republican incumbent Senator Dan S. Sullivan narrowly loses in the battleground state.
在密歇根州，史蒂文斯决定为共和党人罗杰斯背书令党内领导人感到意外，一些成员，如众议员黛比·丁格尔，表示这给民主党人造成了“干扰”。
In Michigan, Stevens' decision to endorse Republican Rogers surprised party leaders, with some members, such as Representative Debbie Dingell, saying that it created a "distraction" for Democrats.
史蒂文斯在发布到社交媒体的一段视频中说：“我不属于阿卜杜勒的竞选阵营。”密歇根州的裂痕 史蒂文斯为罗杰斯背书当天，她原本安排与埃尔-赛义德一同露面，以展示党内团结。但这一计划中的活动告吹，原因是史蒂文斯呼吁埃尔-赛义德谴责一个外部组织的广告，她称该广告将食品杂货价格高企归咎于以色列。
Stevens said in a video posted to social media: "I don't belong in Abdul's campaign." MICHIGAN RIFT Stevens' endorsement of Rogers came on the day she was scheduled to appear with El-Sayed in a show of party unity. But the planned event unraveled after Stevens called on El-Sayed to condemn an outside group's ad that she said blames Israel for high grocery prices.
“那则广告非常伤人，”史蒂文斯周日晚间对CNN表示。“有那么多民主党人想为我们的民主党提名人投票，他们却被告知：‘嘿，这是个你不属于其中的党，或者这是个你不属于其中的竞选活动。’”一位知情人士透露，埃尔-赛义德的竞选团队最近请求史蒂文斯在选举日前不参加其活动，以免“分散对竞选核心议题的关注”。
"That ad was very painful," Stevens told CNN on Sunday night. "There are so many Democrats who want to vote for our Democratic nominee, and they're just being told, 'Hey, this is a party you don't belong in, or this is a campaign you don't belong in.'" El-Sayed's campaign recently asked Stevens to skip his events through Election Day so as "not to distract from the central issues of the campaign," a person familiar with the matter said.
共和党试图利用史蒂文斯的举动。“当你看到一个政党，至少是该党的一部分，偏离到他们一直在向一群人喷吐的那种恶毒仇恨时，就会变得危险，”罗杰斯说。
Republicans sought to capitalize on Stevens' move. "When you see a party, and at least a sliver of the party, veering off into the virulent hate that they have been spewing toward a group of people, it gets dangerous," Rogers said.
出生于密歇根州的埃及裔美国穆斯林埃尔-赛义德，一直是特朗普和其他共和党人的攻击目标，他们反复质疑他对美国的忠诚，并毫无根据地称他是恐怖分子同情者，声称他一旦当选将招致针对美国人的袭击。埃尔-赛义德称关于他对美国忠诚度的质问“可耻”。这些攻击符合部分共和党人在中期选举前的更广泛模式：使用煽动性言论针对阿拉伯裔美国人、穆斯林和跨性别者，并将民主党描绘成共产党人和危险的激进分子。
El-Sayed, an Egyptian-American Muslim born in Michigan, has been targeted by Trump and other Republicans who have repeatedly questioned his loyalty to the United States and baselessly called him a terrorist sympathizer whose election would invite attacks on Americans. El-Sayed has called questions about his loyalty to the United States “shameful.”The attacks fit a broader pattern of inflammatory rhetoric from some Republicans targeting Arab Americans, Muslims and transgender people and portraying Democrats as communists and dangerous radicals ahead of the midterms.
史蒂文斯的母亲玛丽亚·马尔科特表示，女儿决定背书罗杰斯，是因为她所形容的埃尔-赛义德的危险政治言论，部分原因指向他过去与哈桑·皮克尔同台露面，后者是一位左翼主播，因其关于以色列和美国犹太人的言论受到批评。
Stevens' mother, Maria Marcotte, said her daughter decided to endorse Rogers because of what she described as dangerous political rhetoric from El-Sayed, pointing in part to his past appearances with Hasan Piker, a left-wing streamer who has been criticized for his comments about Israel and American Jews.
“她真的到了一个地步，觉得她的选民、她关心的人、她认识并热爱的人，对某些言论感到恐惧和惊恐，”马尔科特在位于伯明翰家中门廊上接受路透社采访时说，伯明翰是底特律北部的一个郊区。
"She's really reached a point where she felt like her constituents, the people that she cares about, and the people she knows and loves are scared and frightened by some rhetoric that's coming out," Marcotte said in an interview with Reuters from the porch of her home in Birmingham, a northern Detroit suburb.
El-Sayed竞选团队的一位发言人表示，在Stevens背书Rogers后的四小时内，该团队筹集了120万美元，使其成为自8月民主党初选以来竞选团队筹款额第二高的一天。
A spokesperson for El-Sayed's campaign said it raised $1.2 million in the four hours after Stevens endorsed Rogers, making it the campaign's second-best fundraising day since the Democratic primary election in August.
《纽约时报》/锡耶纳学院于周日发布并部分在周日进行的一项民调显示，El-Sayed以53%对42%领先Rogers。
A New York Times/Siena poll released and partly conducted on Sunday showed El-Sayed with a 53% to 42% lead over Rogers.
据CNN和《国会山报》报道，多名Stevens的国会办公室工作人员因该背书而辞职，同时一些选民表达了不满。
A number of Stevens' congressional staff resigned over the endorsement, according to reports from CNN and the Hill, while some voters expressed disdain.
“Haley Stevens是个叛徒，”72岁的Pamela Johnson在底特律郊区Warren投完El-Sayed的票后说道。
"Haley Stevens is a traitor," said Pamela Johnson, 72, after casting her ballot for El-Sayed in Warren, a Detroit suburb.
阿拉斯加干预受挫 同样在周日，特朗普政府试图干预阿拉斯加参议院竞选的努力受挫，一名联邦法官驳回了美国司法部提起的诉讼，该诉讼寻求在共和党现任参议员Dan S. Sullivan以微弱劣势落败时，阻止选举结果认证。
ALASKA INTERVENTION FALTERS Also on Sunday, the Trump administration's attempt to intervene in Alaska's Senate race faltered when a federal judge dismissed the US Justice Department's lawsuit seeking to block certification of the results if Republican incumbent Senator Dan S. Sullivan narrowly loses.
司法部辩称，选民可能会因同一张选票上出现一名名为Daniel J. Sullivan Jr.的挑战者而感到困惑。
The Justice Department argued voters may be confused by the presence of a challenger named Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. on the same ballot.
自《纽约时报》报道称民主党人Mary Peltola的竞选团队涉及招募Daniel J. Sullivan Jr.参选作为搅局者以来，这一问题在过去几天里搅动了竞选活动。
The issue has roiled the campaign over the last several days after the New York Times reported that Democrat Mary Peltola's campaign was involved in recruiting Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. into the race as a spoiler.
该参议员周日表示，即使特朗普政府正在就此事推动刑事调查，他也将接受周二选举的结果。
The senator said on Sunday he would accept the results of Tuesday's election even as the Trump administration presses a criminal investigation into the issue.
Peltola否认有参与，Sullivan Jr.也否认与Peltola的竞选团队有协调。
Peltola has denied involvement, and Sullivan Jr. has denied coordinating with Peltola's campaign.
“我觉得驳回得很好，”24岁的Wasilla居民Aileena Bird说道，她表示自己投了Peltola的票。“我认为应该采取更多行动，对抗特朗普一直在做的试图压制选民的行为。” 路透社
"I think it's great that it got thrown out," said Aileena Bird, a 24-year-old resident of Wasilla, Alaska, who said she voted for Peltola. "I think that more should be done to fight against what Trump has been doing in trying to suppress the voters." REUTERS