路易斯安那州什里夫波特讯 —— 共和党在选举之夜的失利，在众议院共和党党团内部引发了一波相互指责的浪潮，议员们开始质疑议长迈克·约翰逊或其他任何高层副手能否在下周的领导层选举中留任。
SHREVEPORT, La. — The GOP's election-night defeat has unleashed a wave of finger-pointing inside the House Republican conference, with members questioning whether Speaker Mike Johnson or any of the other top deputies can survive next week's leadership elections.
为何重要：约翰逊数月来坚称共和党将打破常规、守住众议院多数席位。但在失去多数地位后，他将这场失利描述为几乎不可避免，这种解释不太可能让已准备好迎接新领导层阵容的共和党人满意。
Why it matters: Johnson spent months insisting Republicans would defy the odds and keep the House. But after losing the majority, he cast the defeat as all but inevitable, an explanation unlikely to satisfy Republicans ready for a new leadership slate.
- 一名众议院共和党议员告诉Axios，由于选举结果，共和党领导层的每一位成员都将面临挑战者。
• One House Republican told Axios that every member of GOP leadership will face a challenger because of the election results.
- 另一名议员表示，失利为寻求挑战现任领导团队的共和党人创造了重大契机。
• Another said the losses have created a major opening for Republicans looking to challenge the current leadership team.
- 第三名议员称，他们不再看到约翰逊继续领导党团的路径。
• A third said they no longer see a path for Johnson to remain atop the conference.
新闻背景：在约翰逊家乡什里夫波特的选举之夜观选派对上，随着民主党将赢得众议院控制权变得清晰，气氛变得越来越沉重。
Driving the news: At Johnson's election-night watch party in his hometown of Shreveport, the mood grew increasingly somber as it became clear Democrats would secure the House majority.
- 即使电视网预测民主党将赢得众议院控制权后，约翰逊直到美国东部时间晚上11点前才登台。
• Johnson remained offstage until just before 11pm eastern time, even after networks projected Democrats would win control of the chamber.
- 在为共和党选举之夜失利配上背景音乐的时刻，克鲁斯兄弟乐队的《White on the Ground》在音响中响起，现场观众情绪低落，就在这首歌响起前不久，约翰逊登上了舞台。
• In a soundtrack to the GOP's election-night defeat, White on the Ground by the Kruse Brothers played over the speakers to a subdued crowd just before Johnson took the stage.
- “在90年里，只有两次现任总统在其首个两年周期内为其政党赢得或守住了席位，”约翰逊周二晚对支持者说。“这非常、非常难以克服，看起来今晚历史将得以延续。”
• "It's only happened twice in 90 years that a sitting president has picked up or held seats for his party in that first two-year cycle," Johnson told supporters Tuesday night. "It's very, very difficult to overcome, and it looks like history will be kept here tonight."
幕后：周二晚，众议院共和党人已在私下抨击其领导层，一些人认为该党失利的规模要求高层进行变革。
Behind the scenes: House Republicans were already privately unloading on their leaders Tuesday night, with some arguing the scale of the party's losses demands a change at the top.
- “我认为伊朗、移民与海关执法局、通胀、燃油价格、缺乏对民生议题的关注，所有这些都起了作用，”一名议员告诉Axios。
• "I think Iran, ICE, inflation, fuel prices, lack of focus on pocketbook issues all played a part of this," one member told Axios.
- 当被要求评价气氛时，一名成员仅向 Axios 发短信回复：“惨烈。”
• Asked for a vibe check, one member simply texted Axios: "Brutal."
- 美国众议院全国共和党国会委员会（NRCC）主席理查德·哈德森（Richard Hudson，共和党-北卡罗来纳州）落选，凸显了共和党失利的规模——这位肩负维持共和党多数党地位重任的人，连自己的席位都保不住。
• The scale of the losses was underscored by the defeat of NRCC Chair Richard Hudson (R-N.C.) — the man tasked with preserving the Republican majority who couldn't hold onto his own seat. Zoom in:
深度观察：约翰逊花费数月时间奔波全国，在最后关头试图挽救共和党岌岌可危的多数党地位，足迹遍及 22 个州的 40 多个国会选区。
Johnson spent months crisscrossing the country in a last-ditch effort to save Republicans' fragile majority, traveling to more than 40 congressional districts across 22 states.
- 约翰逊在 10 月公开坚称，即使本党失去多数党地位，他也打算继续担任众议院共和党最高领袖，但迄今尚未正式宣布竞选少数党领袖的计划。
• Johnson publicly insisted in October that he intended to remain the top House Republican even if his party lost the majority, but has yet to formally declare any plans to run for minority leader.
- 特朗普周二在接受《政治报》（Politico）采访时称赞了约翰逊，但未明确支持他竞选该职位。“他将不得不做出那个决定，”特朗普谈到约翰逊时说。
• Trump praised Johnson in an interview with Politico on Tuesday, but stopped short of endorsing him for the job. "He's going to have to make that decision," Trump said of Johnson.
值得关注：众议院共和党定于 11 月 10 日举行领导层选举，候选人须于 11 月 6 日前宣布参选。
What we're watching: House Republicans are scheduled to hold leadership elections Nov. 10, with candidates required to declare by Nov. 6.
- 多数党领袖史蒂夫·斯卡利斯（Steve Scalise，共和党-路易斯安那州）和司法委员会主席吉姆·乔丹（Jim Jordan，共和党-俄亥俄州）也被视为潜在竞争者。
• Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) are also being floated as potential contenders.