众议院少数党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯（民主党-纽约州）周三调侃议长迈克·约翰逊（共和党-路易斯安那州），谈及民主党在中期选举中的压倒性胜利，称这位共和党领袖说民调有误是对的——只是并非约翰逊所预想的那种方式。
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) ribbed Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday over the Democrats’ landslide midterm victory, saying the GOP leader was right in predicting the polls were wrong — just not in the way Johnson intended.
约翰逊在周二中期选举前曾多次表示，预测民主党将大幅斩获的民调根本不准确。
Johnson, heading into Tuesday’s midterms, had said repeatedly that the polls forecasting large Democratic gains were simply inaccurate.
他预测共和党尽管胜算看似渺茫，仍将保住众议院的控制权。
He predicted Republicans would keep control of the House despite the seemingly long odds.
在周二的大败之后，杰弗里斯对约翰逊给予了一番别样的称赞。
After Tuesday’s rout, Jeffries offered Johnson a sideways commendation.
“迈克·约翰逊说得对。
"Mike Johnson was correct.
民调错了，”杰弗里斯在华盛顿的一场新闻发布会上说。
The polls were wrong,” Jeffries said during a press conference in Washington.
“这不仅仅是蓝色浪潮；这是一场美国海啸。”
“It wasn't simply a blue wave; it was an American tsunami.”
截至周三下午，民主党已翻转数十个共和党席位，而自身未失去任何一个战场选区的现任议员，这使他们有望在下一届国会中控制至少255个席位。
As of Wednesday afternoon, Democrats had flipped dozens of Republican seats without losing a single battleground incumbent of their own, putting them on track to control at least 255 seats in the next Congress.
这一结果甚至令民主党人感到震惊，而这样的优势将为杰弗里斯提供充裕的缓冲空间，以在明年推进其政党的立法优先事项。
The results stunned even Democrats, and the margins will provide Jeffries, who’s in line to replace Johnson as Speaker, with a comfortable cushion to move his party’s legislative priorities next year.
杰弗里斯即将接替约翰逊出任议长。
杰弗里斯周三粗略概述了这些优先事项，呼应了民主党人今年在竞选途中向选民承诺的立法变革。
Jeffries on Wednesday offered a rough outline of what those priorities will be, echoing the legislative changes Democrats had promised voters on the campaign trail this year.
这份清单包括应对高昂生活成本的强硬举措，其中包括扩大奥巴马医改补贴、逆转共和党的医疗补助削减、撤销特朗普的关税，以及结束伊朗战争——这场战争已导致全球燃料成本飙升。
The list features aggressive steps to tackle the high cost of living, including efforts to expand ObamaCare subsidies, reverse Republican Medicaid cuts, roll back Trump’s tariffs and end the Iran War, which has led to a spike in global fuel costs.
“美国人民选择了经济，而非极端主义，”杰弗里斯说。
“The American people have chosen the economy over extremism,” Jeffries said.
“美国人民选择了众议院民主党人，因为他们希望看到方向上的重大转变，而这正是众议院民主党人将在第一天就兑现的。”
“The American people have chosen House Democrats because they want to see a dramatic change in direction, and that's exactly what House Democrats will deliver on Day One.”
众议员预计将在下一届国会出任民主党党鞭的加州众议员皮特·阿吉拉尔更进一步表示，选民赋予了民主党人推进其变革议程的“授权”，尤其是在经济方面。
Rep. Pete Aguilar (Calif.), who’s expected to become the Democratic whip in the next Congress, went a step further, saying voters gave Democrats a “mandate” to enact their change agenda, particularly when it comes to the economy.
他说：“民主党人承诺开辟一条新的前进道路，而昨晚，选民们为此赋予了授权。”
“Democrats promised a new path forward, and last night, the voters delivered a mandate for it,” he said.
除了负担能力议题之外，民主党领导人还承诺对政府内部腐败指控展开积极调查，包括更仔细地审查那些让总统及其家人个人财务状况受益的特朗普政策。
Aside from the affordability message, Democratic leaders are also promising aggressive investigations into allegations of corruption within the administration, including a closer examination of the Trump policies that have boosted the personal finances of the president and his family.
然而，杰弗里斯周三否定了民主党将像一些自由派人士所希望的那样弹劾总统的想法。
Jeffries on Wednesday dismissed the idea, however, that Democrats would impeach the president, as some liberals want to do.
他说：“众议院民主党党团没有任何一位成员跟我谈过弹劾的事。
“I haven't had a single member of the House Democratic Caucus talk to me about impeachment,” he said.
我们一直坚持不懈地聚焦于负担能力和问责。”
“We've been relentlessly focused on affordability, and on accountability.”
杰弗里斯曾在特朗普第一个任期内与总统合作推动一揽子刑事司法改革，那是特朗普任内罕见的两党合作事例。
Jeffries had worked with Trump during the president’s first term on a package of criminal justice reforms, which marked a rare episode of bipartisan cooperation under Trump.
目前尚不清楚在总统的第二个任期内是否还可能达成此类妥协，因为此时两党之间的冲突只会更加激烈。
It’s unclear if such compromises are possible in the president’s second term, when the clash between the parties has grown only more heated.
杰弗里斯表示，自中期选举选民让民主党获得两院多数席位以来，他和参议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党人查尔斯·舒默都没有与特朗普交谈过。
Jeffries said that neither he nor Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) have spoken with Trump since midterm voters gave Democrats the majorities in both chambers.
但他强调，只要有着帮助美国人度过动荡时期的共同目标，他愿意与任何人合作。
But he emphasized that he’s willing to work with anyone, as long as there’s a shared goal of helping Americans navigate volatile times.
他说：“这首先要果断解决负担能力危机。
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“That begins with decisively addressing the affordability crisis,” he said.