随着共和党在选举之夜接连传出不利结果，白宫将责任推给了共和党候选人。周二晚间，一名白宫官员在声明中形容白宫内部气氛为“挑衅”态度。该官员表示：“特朗普总统并不在选票上，这证明了只有当他在选票上时，特朗普选民才会出来投票。”该官员补充道：“此外，候选人素质很重要，特朗普总统为选票上的许多候选人造势，做得比候选人自己还要好。”
The White House laid blame on Republican candidates as poor results for the GOP rolled in on Election Night. In a statement on Tuesday evening, a White House official described the mood inside of the White House as “defiant.”“President Trump was not on the ballot, and it’s proven that Trump voters show up when he is on the ballot,” the official said. “Also, candidate quality matters, and President Trump did a better job promoting many of the candidates on the ballot than the candidates did themselves,” the official added.
这份声明发布之际，共和党面临一连串选举之夜的失利。决策台总部（Decision Desk HQ）预测民主党将重夺众议院多数党地位。此外，决策台总部预测民主党在佐治亚州、北卡罗来纳州和南卡罗来纳州赢得了参议院席位。得克萨斯州早期计票结果也显示，这个传统红州出现了胶着局面。特朗普在过去一个月里奔波全国，试图助选共和党候选人，并敦促支持者“假装”他在选票上。白宫的最新声明是为共和党在中期选举中的糟糕表现寻找替罪羊的首次尝试。
The statement comes as Republicans face a slew of losses on Election Night. Decision Desk HQ projected that Democrats will retake the House majority. Additionally, Decision Desk HQ projected that Democrats won Senate seats in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. Early returns out of Texas also showed tight races in the traditionally red states. Trump spent much of the past month criss-crossing the country seeking to boost Republican candidates, and urged his supporters to “pretend” he was on the ballot. The latest statement from the White House is the first attempt to find a scapegoat for poor Republican midterm performances.
白宫官员称，周二投票给民主党的选民将会后悔。“今天投给民主党的任何人，当伊朗冲突解决、汽油价格迅速下跌时，他们仍将被迫接受一份自由派极端民主党人的名单，届时将会严重后悔，”该官员说。“最后一点：无论今天结果如何，特朗普总统遏制激进左派的决心只会变得更强。系好安全带吧。”
The White House official said voters who backed Democrats on Tuesday will regret their choice. “Anyone who voted Democrat today is going to have a serious case of buyers remorse when gas prices come down quickly when the Iran conflict is solved but they’re still stuck with list of liberal extremist Democrats,” the official said. “And a final note here: regardless of how today plays out, President Trump’s resolve to stop the Radical Left is only going to become stronger. Buckle up."