当选参议员詹姆斯·塔拉里科似乎不再计较共和党过去的批评，表示“期待”与他们合作——哪怕是那些曾对他“说刻薄话”的当选官员。周二，这位德州民主党人在参议员竞选中击败了共和党人、州检察长肯·帕克斯顿。塔拉里科的胜利标志着数十年来民主党首次赢得德州参议员席位。
Sen.-elect James Talarico is apparently shrugging off past criticism from Republicans, saying he's "looking forward" to working with them — even elected officials who have said "mean things" about him. The Texas Democrat defeated Republican Ken Paxton, the state attorney general, in their Senate race on Tuesday. Talarico's win marked the first time a Democratic has won a Texas Senate seat in decades.
周三，他在ABC节目《观点》上露面，回应了关于在激烈竞选后跨党派合作的提问。“竞选期间，共和党从各个角度不公平地攻击你，这让我感到愤怒，”联合主持人乔伊·贝哈尔说。“各种谣言四处流传，真的很刻薄。你还想和这些人一起合作吗？”她问道。
Appearing on ABC's "The View" on Wednesday, he responded to a question about reaching across the aisle following the bitter campaign. "It made me angry during the election that Republicans unfairly attacked you from every which way," co-host Joy Behar said. "All sorts of lies were going around about you, and it was really just mean. Do you still want to work together with these people?" she asked.
“我愿意，”37岁的塔拉里科回答。“竞选时间已经结束，领导的时间、服务的时间现在开始了，”他说。
"I do," Talarico, 37, replied. "The time for campaigning is over, and the time to lead, the time to serve, is now starting," he said.
虽然贝哈尔没有提及具体的“刻薄”言论，但在竞选途中，塔拉里科遭受了针对其男子气概的攻击，包括“低睾酮”绰号。特朗普总统多次称塔拉里科为“Talafreako”，并虚假指控他是素食主义者。
While Behar didn't reference any specific "mean" remarks, on the campaign trail, Talarico faced attacks on his masculinity including a "Low-T" nickname. President Trump repeatedly referred to Talarico as "Talafreako" and falsely accused him of being a vegan.
“这是我最喜欢的过程部分。这才是我们真正解决问题的时候。这才是我们真正让人们的生活更轻松、更美好、压力更小的时候，”塔拉里科在《观点》上说。“所以我期待与共和党人合作——包括那些在竞选中对我讲过刻薄话的共和党人——因为那是我的工作，”他说。“我的工作是服务。我的工作是让这个州兑现它的承诺，变得同样美好。这意味着我将与任何人、所有人合作，使之成为现实，”塔拉里科补充道。“所以我将把竞选中发生的事留在竞选里。我现在准备好为我州的人民开始工作了。”
"This is my favorite part of this process. This is when we actually get to solve problems. This is when we actually get to make people's lives easier and better and less stressful," Talarico said on "The View." "And so I'm looking forward to working with Republicans — including Republicans who said some mean things about me in this race — because that's my job," he said. "My job is to serve. My job is to is to make this state as good as its promise. And that means I'll work with anybody and everybody to make that a reality," Talarico added. "So I'm going to leave what happened in the campaign in the campaign. I'm now ready to get to work for the people of my state."