前交通部长皮特·布蒂吉格称，特朗普总统周一在林肯纪念堂倒影池前举行的新闻发布会是“无能的象征”。布蒂吉格周二对Meidas Touch表示：“事实上，即使在操纵了选区划分之后，这些选区仍然具有竞争力，并且很可能在这次选举中投票给民主党，这恰恰说明白宫和国会共和党人的优先事项已经偏离了美国人所关心的事情有多远。”
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg called President Trump’s press conference Monday in front of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool a “symbol of incompetence.”“The fact that even after manipulating the districts, these districts are still competitive and may well vote Democratic in this election shows you just how far the priorities of the White House and the congressional Republicans have drifted away from the things Americans care about,” Buttigieg told Meidas Touch on Tuesday.
他说：“我认为同样能说明问题的是，他们的最后陈述对此毫无帮助，对吧？眼下人们比以往任何时候都更关心医疗保健、汽油价格、食品杂货价格。”他继续说道：“然而总统发表他的最后陈述时，站在倒影池前，而这个地方在某种程度上是这个政府无能、腐败和不诚实的巨大象征。”布蒂吉格表示，特朗普决定在倒影池发表中期选举最后陈述，这向全国选民——包括保守地区的选民——发出了一个“强有力的信息”，即总统“根本不在乎他们”。
“And I think it’s also telling that their closing arguments did nothing to help with that, right? At a moment where people were more concerned than ever about healthcare, gas prices, grocery prices.”“Yet the president making his closing argument, standing in front of the Reflecting Pool which is kind of a giant symbol of the incompetence and the corruption and dishonesty of the administration,” he continued. Buttigieg said that Trump’s decision to deliver his midterms closing argument at the Reflecting Pool was a “powerful message” to voters across the country — including in conservative areas — that the president “just doesn’t care about them.”
这位前交通部长总结道：“而选民在乎这一点，并希望回敬一个信息。”特朗普周一在倒影池的讲话主要集中在该地标的重开上，值得注意的是，直到演讲进行约20分钟后他才提到周二的选举。他说：“如你们所知，这是中期选举前的最后一天，我相信这是我们一生中最重要的中期选举。”
“And voters care about that and want to send a message back,” the former Transportation Secretary concluded. Trump’s speech at the Reflecting Pool on Monday focused largely on the landmark’s reopening, notably not mentioning Tuesday’s elections until roughly 20 minutes into his speech. “As you know, this is the last day before the midterm elections, the most important midterm I believe in our lifetime,” he said.
“民主党提名了美国历史上最极端、最危险的候选人名单。”特朗普还重申，如果共和党继续控制国会，他将向所有美国成年人发放5000美元支票，并称他最近几场中期选举集会“充满爱意”。与此同时，随着共和党努力重划一些关键国会选区的选区边界，布蒂吉格等其他全国民主党人被迫处于守势。他大力参与全国多位候选人的竞选活动，试图提高该党夺回参众两院控制权的机会。布蒂吉格——一名前总统候选人——也是2028年民主党总统初选的头号竞争者之一。
“The Democrat Party has nominated the most extreme and dangerous slate of candidates in American history.”Trump also reiterated his promise of doling out $5,000 checks to all American adults if the GOP maintains control of Congress, adding that his last few midterm rallies were “full of love.”This comes as Buttigieg and other national Democrats were put on the defensive following the GOP’s efforts to redistrict some key congressional districts. He became heavily involved with campaigning for a number of candidates across the country in an effort to boost the party’s odds to regain control of the upper and lower chamber. Buttigieg — a former presidential candidate — is also among the top contenders for the 2028 Democratic presidential primaries.