民主党在中选中的胜利浪潮淹没了众议院自由党团。这个名不副实的党团由共和党议员组成——外界已知其成员中不乏白人至上主义、反犹主义和伊斯兰恐惧症的传播者——近年来，由于一些知名成员的离开以及其政治无能日益明显的证据，它一直立足不稳。如今，下一届国会召开时，将有几名最坚定的党团成员缺席。
Democrats’ wave of victories in the midterms has drowned the House Freedom Caucus. The dubiously named caucus of GOP lawmakers — a cadre known to include traffickers in white supremacy, antisemitism and Islamophobia — had been on wobbly footing in recent years amid some prominent departures and growing evidence of its political impotence. Now the next Congress will convene with several of the staunchest caucus members missing.
亚利桑那州众议员安迪·比格斯放弃竞选连任，以便发起州长竞选，但以失败告终。威斯康星州众议员汤姆·蒂法尼也是如此。
Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs declined to run for re-election so he could launch a gubernatorial bid, which failed. Same with Wisconsin Rep. Tom Tiffany.
南卡罗来纳州众议员拉尔夫·诺曼今年先后竞选州长和美国参议员均告失败，也不会重返国会山。宾夕法尼亚州众议员斯科特·佩里周二输给民主党对手，失去席位。科罗拉多州众议员劳伦·博伯特和亚利桑那州众议员伊莱·克兰似乎也有失去席位的风险。
South Carolina Rep. Ralph Norman, who led failed bids for governor and the U.S. Senate this year, won’t be returning to Capitol Hill either. Pennsylvania Rep. Scott Perry lost his seat to a Democratic opponent on Tuesday. And Reps. Lauren Boebert of Colorado and Eli Crane of Arizona seem to be at risk of losing their seats as well.
即便博伯特和克兰最终获胜，他们也都收到了数千名选民的强烈信号，这些选民显然对极端分子没有胃口。
Even if Boebert and Crane eventually win, they’ll have both received resounding messages from thousands of voters who clearly don’t have an appetite for extremists.
共和党人能从日渐萎缩的众议院自由党团中得到的最好故事，是佛罗里达州众议员拜伦·唐纳兹的故事——他不会回归，因为他已当选州长。
The best story Republicans can take from the dwindling House Freedom Caucus is that of Florida Rep. Byron Donalds, who won’t be returning because he was elected governor.
该党团的持续蒸发就这样继续着。它曾是保守派煽动者的温床，如今在周二“蓝色海啸”的助推下正被浇灭。
So continues the caucus’s ongoing evaporation. Once a hotbed for conservative firebrands, it’s being extinguished with the help of Tuesday’s “blue tsunami.”