参议员埃莉萨·斯洛特金（民主党-密歇根州）周三批评副总统万斯的网络帖子，他在帖子中将共和党在中期选举中的失利归咎于伊朗战争。
Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) on Wednesday criticized Vice President Vance’s online post where he blamed the war in Iran for the Republican Party’s defeat in the midterms.
“昨晚，美国人民传递了一个清晰明确的信息，关于这场战争的管理不善，以及它对我们钱包造成的影响，”斯洛特金在社交平台上的一篇帖子中写道。“无论你是支持这场战争，还是仅仅未能阻止它，你的工作不是试图为自己掩盖，而是让我们摆脱它。”
“Last night, the American people delivered a crystal-clear message about the mismanagement of this war, and what it has done to our pocketbooks,” Slotkin wrote in a post on social platform“Whether you supported the war or simply failed to stop it, your job is not to try and cover yourself, but to get us out of it,” she added.
在一场大胜中，民主党赢得了下一届众议院和参议院的控制权，包括在得克萨斯州、密歇根州、俄亥俄州、堪萨斯州和爱荷华州等摇摆州翻转了多个共和党把持的席位。
In a sweeping victory, the Democrats secured control of both the House and the Senate for the next term, including flipping several GOP-held seats in battleground states like Texas, Michigan, Ohio, Kansas and Iowa.
万斯周三在一篇长篇网络帖子中，将共和党的中期选举失利归咎于正在进行的伊朗战争。
Vance on Wednesday, in a lengthy post online, put the blame of the Republican party’s midterm losses on the ongoing war in Iran.
“我们失利的原因是战争。总统本人昨晚也这么说了，”他写道。“如果你想辩论这值得吗，为了未来6年失去参议院控制权值得吗，那就辩论吧。辩论这是值得付出的代价。无论同意与否，那至少是诚实的。”持续的中东冲突是选民在选举日前关注的问题。盖洛普在中期选举前发布的一项民调显示，大约77%的选民表示，战争在投票时将是一个“极其”或“非常”重要的议题。
“The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night,” he wrote. “If you’d like to argue it was worth it, that losing the Senate for the next 6 years was worth it, then do so. Argue it was a worthwhile cost to pay. Agree or disagree, that’s at least honest.”The ongoing Middle East conflict was a concern for voters leading up to Election Day. In a recent Gallup poll, released before the midterms, roughly 77 percent voters said the war would be “an extremely “extremely” or “very” important issue when casting their vote.
斯洛特金在帖子中补充道：“是你和特朗普总统把我们拖入这场战争的，没有明确目标，也不顾美国人民的意愿。这已经让我们付出了美国人的生命和数十亿美元的国库资金，且看不到尽头。”特朗普在选举之夜接受《华尔街日报》采访时也表示，伊朗战争要为其党派在中期选举中遭遇的惨败承担部分责任。
Slotkin, in her post, added, “You and President Trump got us into this war, without a clear objective and without regard for the will of the American people. It’s cost us American lives and billions of dollars of American treasure, with no end in sight,” Trump also told The Wall Street Journal during an election night interview that the Iran war was partially to blame for the sweeping losses his party faced in the midterms.
“决定是否开战，是总统和副总统作为领导人肩负的最庄严责任，”斯洛特金写道。
“The decision to go to war is the most solemn responsibility that a President and Vice President have as leaders,” Slotkin wrote.