共和党联邦众议员劳伦·博伯特（R-科罗拉多州）周一拒绝承诺在周二的中期选举后支持议长迈克·约翰逊（R-路易斯安那州）继续担任众议院共和党最高领袖，暗示他的领导前途可能取决于该党在选举中的表现。
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) stopped short of committing to support Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) as the top House Republican after Tuesday’s midterm elections, suggesting his future in leadership could depend on the party’s performance at the polls.
在接受NewsNation节目《国会山报》采访时，博伯特被问及无论共和党是否保住众议院控制权，她是否希望约翰逊继续担任党内领袖。她对NewsNation的布莱克·伯曼表示：“看，如果我们党的领袖带来胜利，那么他完全有权留任并再次领导。”“你不会解雇那个带你打进超级碗并赢下比赛的教练。”
In an interview on Monday with NewsNation’s “The Hill,” Boebert weighed in on whether she wanted Johnson to remain the party’s leader regardless of whether the GOP retained control of the House. “Look, if the leader of our party brings home victories, then he has every right to be there and lead once again,” Boebert told NewsNation’s Blake Burman. “You don’t fire your coach who takes you to the Super Bowl and wins.”
她接着说：“迈克·约翰逊和我经常交谈，我们要看中期选举后局势如何。”
“Mike Johnson and I talk on a regular basis, and we’ll see what things look like after the midterms,” she continued.
共和党在进入选举日时面临艰难的政治地形，众议院控制权悬而未决，约翰逊作为议长的未来可能取决于选举结果。在整个选举周期中，约翰逊一直致力于捍卫共和党在众议院微弱的多数优势，这一优势反复阻碍了共和党推进特朗普总统立法议程的努力。这位众议院共和党最高领袖已明确表示，无论选举结果如何，他都无意放弃领导职务，尽管近年来大多数众议院议长在失去议长权杖后都选择辞职。
Republicans are facing difficult political terrain heading into Election Day, with control of the House hanging in the balance and Johnson’s future as speaker potentially riding on the outcome. Johnson has spent the election cycle working to defend the GOP’s narrow House majority, which has repeatedly complicated Republicans’ efforts to advance President Trump’s legislative agenda. The top House Republican has made it clear that he has no intentions of giving up his leadership role regardless of the election’s outcome, despite most House speakers in recent years stepping down after losing the gavel.
作为特朗普的坚定盟友、曾偶尔与共和党领导层发生冲突的博伯特承认，民主党在周二的选举中占据优势，但对自己在科罗拉多州第四国会选区的连任前景表示信心。“民主党肯定士气高涨，”她指出了民主党在科罗拉多州的支出和组织工作。
Boebert, a staunch Trump ally who has occasionally clashed with Republican leadership, acknowledged that Democrats have an advantage heading into Tuesday’s elections but expressed confidence in her own reelection prospects in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District. “Democrats are definitely motivated,” she said, pointing to Democratic spending and organizing efforts in Colorado.
“我确实觉得我的席位很稳。” 非党派选举分析机构库克政治报告在竞选最后几周将她的选情从“稳固红州”调整为“倾向红州”，而在通常情况下这本应是共和党毫无悬念的夺席之战。特朗普在2024年该选区以18个百分点的优势获胜，而博伯特同年获得了53%以上的选票。
“I do feel comfortable in my seat.”The nonpartisan election handicapper Cook Political Report shifted her race from “solid red” to “likely red” in the final weeks of the race in what would ordinally be a noncompetitive pickup for Republicans. Trump carried the district in 2024 by 18 percentage points, while Boebert secured more than 53 percent of the vote that same year.