
底特律——众议员海莉·史蒂文斯从团队一员沦为弃儿,这一历程展现了民主党内部一些最深刻的分歧,以及政治带来意外结果的可能性。
DETROIT—Rep. Haley Stevens’s journey from team player to pariah showcases some of the Democratic Party’s deepest divisions and the potential for politics to deliver the unexpected.
史蒂文斯周日撤回对民主党初选对手阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德的背书,转而支持共和党人迈克·罗杰斯竞选密歇根州联邦参议员,此举令民主党人震惊。
Stevens stunned Democrats on Sunday when she withdrew her endorsement for her Democratic primary opponent, Abdul El-Sayed, and threw her backing behind Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan’s U.S. Senate race.
这一举动对史蒂文斯而言需要相当的政治腾挪:在不到三个月的时间里,她从抨击埃尔-赛义德到称赞他,再到再次抨击他。在对前国会议员罗杰斯的看法上,她也不得不完成类似的转变。
The move required significant political gymnastics for Stevens, who in the span of less than three months has gone from bashing El-Sayed to praising him to bashing him again. She has had to perform a similar feat regarding her views of Rogers, a former congressman.