周三早上，共和党人在遭遇50年来最大的中期选举浪潮后“震惊”醒来。几小时之内，这种震惊就开始变成愤怒。重要性：争夺共和党党团剩余势力控制权的斗争——以多数党领袖史蒂夫·斯卡利斯（共和党-路易斯安那州）和司法委员会主席吉姆·乔丹（共和党-俄亥俄州）为首——是争取让共和党议员走出政治荒野的第一枪。
Republicans woke up "in shock" Wednesday morning after they got hit with the biggest midterms wave in 50 years. Within hours, that shock was turning into rage. Why it matters: The battle for control of what's left of the Republican conference — headlined by Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Oho) — is the first salvo in a quest to bring GOP lawmakers back from the political wilderness.
- 约翰逊周三早上定下了基调，他退出党领袖竞选，理由是这一职位给家人带来了沉重负担。
• Johnson set the tone Wednesday morning, when he took himself out of the running for leader, citing the toll the job has taken on his family.
- 一个关键的悬而未决的问题是，共和党人的相互指责在多大程度上会引发党的领导层大换血，而不是轻微调整。最新动态：党内的相互指责迅速达到白热化。
• A key outstanding question is the extent to which Republican finger-pointing leads to a wholesale shake-up of the party's leadership ranks, versus a slight readjustment. Driving the news: The intra-party blame game quickly hit a fever pitch.
- “尊敬的共和党参众两院‘领导层’：不，民调没有错。错的是你们。即使手握创纪录的资金，你们还是被彻底击溃。”佛罗里达州共和党众议员格雷格·斯图布周三早上在X上写道。
• "Dear Republican Senate and House "Leadership," No, the polls were not wrong. You were. Even with record amounts of money at your disposal, you managed to get absolutely annihilated," Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) wrote on X Wednesday morning.
- “请帮大家一个忙，让位吧，让新的领导层带领我们走上真正保守的方向。”斯图布补充道。
• "Please do us all a favor and step aside so new leadership can take a truly conservative direction," Steube added.
- “当你遭遇现代史上最惨重的失败时，你需要一套新的打法。”另一位共和党议员告诉阿克西奥斯。当前局势：冲击波正波及整个众议院共和党领导团队，每个高层职位都面临竞争性角逐。
• "When you have the worst defeat in modern history, you need a new playbook," another GOP lawmaker told Axios. State of play: The fallout is rippling across the entire House GOP leadership team, with every top position facing a contested race.
- 少数党领袖：斯卡利斯和乔丹将再次对决，重演2023年那场激烈的议长之争。
• Minority leader: Scalise and Jordan are squaring off in a rematch of their bitter 2023 battle for the speakership.
- 少数党党鞭：汤姆·埃默面临来自得克萨斯州共和党众议员奥古斯特·普弗卢格的挑战。
• Minority whip: Tom Emmer faces a challenge from Rep. August Pfluger (R-Texas).
- 全国共和党国会委员会主席：鲁迪·亚基姆和布莱恩·杰克将角逐该职位。现任全国共和党国会委员会主席理查德·哈德逊（共和党-北卡罗来纳州）预计将输掉自己的连任竞选。聚焦：在领导层内斗的背后，共和党人正在反思大选日怎么会错得如此离谱，一些人将败选归咎于特朗普政府的政策。
• NRCC Chair: Rudy Yakym and Brian Jack will face off for the post. Current NRCC Chairman Richard Hudson (R-N.C.) is on track to lose his own reelection bid. Zoom in: Behind the leadership infighting, Republicans are reckoning with what went so disastrously wrong on Election Day, with some blaming the Trump administration's policies for their losses.
- “伊朗，伊朗，伊朗……我们本不该在中期选举前发动战争，”一名共和党议员对Axios表示。
• "Iran, Iran, Iran ... we should have never done the war before the midterms," one GOP lawmaker told Axios.
- 另一名议员将“伊朗、ICE、通货膨胀、燃油价格、缺乏对民生问题的关注”列为失败的因素。
• Another pointed to "Iran, ICE, inflation, fuel prices, lack of focus on pocketbook issues" as factors in the defeat.
- “伊朗，以及把你的名字放在肯尼迪中心等事物上的虚荣，”另一名共和党议员说。
• "Iran and the vanity of putting your name on things like the Kennedy Center," another GOP lawmaker said. What's next:
接下来：众议院共和党人预计将于本周二选举下一届领导团队。
House Republicans are scheduled to elect their next leadership team this coming Tuesday.
- 获胜者需要在秘密投票中获得众议院共和党人的多数票。
• The winner needs a majority of House Republicans in a secret-ballot vote.