共和党刚刚在选举中惨败，在即将迎来民主党州长就职的州份，共和党正拼命试图削弱这些新州长将拥有的权力。
Having just suffered an electoral shellacking, Republicans in states that will soon inaugurate Democratic governors are desperately trying to undercut the powers these new governors will have.
在得克萨斯州和佐治亚州，共和党正发起施压运动，煽动支持力度，以便在当选州长吉娜·伊诺霍萨和凯莎·兰斯·博特姆斯就职前大幅削减州长权力。在得克萨斯州，州众议员布赖恩·哈里森在 X 平台上大发雷霆，敦促共和党同僚在伊诺霍萨从格雷格·阿博特手中接过权力前，剥夺州长的紧急权力。
GOP pressure campaigns are underway in Texas and Georgia to gin up support for slashing gubernatorial powers before Govs.-elect Gina Hinojosa and Keisha Lance Bottoms take office. In Texas, state Rep. Brian Harrison had a meltdown that played out on X, where he urged fellow Republican lawmakers to strip emergency powers from the governor before Hinojosa takes the reins from Greg Abbott.
哈里森写道：“如果不行动，伊诺霍萨州长将继承独裁者的权力”，仿佛阿博特目前拥有这些同等权力完全没问题。即将离任的得克萨斯州联邦众议员奇普·罗伊为这一反自由主义计划背书，一众“让美国再次伟大”宣传者也纷纷附和。
“Without action, Governor Hinojosa will inherit the powers of a DICTATOR,” Harrison wrote, as if Abbott currently having those same powers is totally fine. Outgoing Texas Rep. Chip Roy gave the illiberal plan his blessing, as did a host of other MAGA propagandists.
这种试图剥夺伊诺霍萨数百万选民支持她拥有的权力的做法能否得逞，目前尚不清楚。但佐治亚州类似的努力似乎在周三宣告失败。那天，共和党州长布赖恩·肯普正式拒绝了召开特别会议以限制博特姆斯权力和重划佐治亚州国会选区的呼吁。
It’s unclear whether this quest — to deprive Hinojosa of powers that millions of voters supported her having — will succeed. But a similar effort in Georgia appeared to die on Wednesday. That’s when Republican Gov. Brian Kemp officially rejected calls for a special session to curtail Bottoms’ powers and gerrymander Georgia’s congressional districts.
肯普在声明中说，他不会召开这种特别会议，因为“我们州的选民已经表达了意愿”。这算是对民主的一种颇具分量的背书——而来自一个曾背书选民压制手段的人之口，更显非同寻常。
In a statement, Kemp said he wouldn’t call such a session because “the voters of our state have spoken.”That’s quite an endorsement of democracy — and a remarkable one coming from someone who has endorsed voter suppression tactics.
的确，民主本应如此运作。但共和党已多次诉诸这种“绊脚”战术。
Indeed, that’s how democracy should work. But Republicans have resorted to this kneecapping tactic several times before.
北卡罗来纳州共和党在 2016 年和 2024 年这么干过。威斯康星州共和党在 2018 年其州长候选人落败后这么干过。同年，密歇根州共和党在其候选人败给格雷琴·惠特默后，也采取措施限制州长权力。
North Carolina Republicans did this in 2016 and 2024. Wisconsin Republicans did it after their gubernatorial candidate lost in 2018. And that same year, Michigan Republicans took steps to limit gubernatorial powers after their candidate lost to Gretchen Whitmer.
共和党人想让你相信，他们是自由与解放的捍卫者。但这种言辞显然与一个经常——且有选择地——试图篡夺民主选举产生的领导人权力的政党格格不入。
Republicans would have you believe that they are defenders of freedom and liberty. But that rhetoric obviously doesn’t square with a party that routinely — and selectively — tries to usurp power from democratically elected leaders.