众议院共和党人在该党遭遇惨败后如何前行的问题上出现分歧，部分人呼吁彻底改组现任领导层，另一些人则认为特朗普总统应承担主要责任。议长迈克·约翰逊（共和党-路易斯安那州）周三在与员工的电话会议上表示，他不会竞选少数党领袖，这为众议院多数党领袖史蒂夫·斯卡利塞（共和党-路易斯安那州）与众议院司法委员会主席吉姆·乔丹（共和党-俄亥俄州）争夺最高职位的潜在激烈角逐奠定了基础。
House Republicans are divided over how to move forward after the party’s devastating election losses, with some calling for an overhaul of the current leadership team and others arguing that President Trump bears much of the blame. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told staff on a call Wednesday that he would not run for minority leader, setting the stage for a potentially bruising contest between House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) and House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) for the top post.
与此同时，众议院多数党党鞭汤姆·埃默（共和党-明尼苏达州）和众议院共和党会议主席丽莎·麦克莱恩（共和党-密歇根州）正寻求在该党过渡为少数党之际保住各自的领导职位。但埃默面临共和党研究委员会主席奥古斯特·普卢格（共和党-得克萨斯州）的挑战，而众议员埃琳·豪钦（共和党-印第安纳州）和格雷格·斯图布（共和党-佛罗里达州）则在挑战麦克莱恩。
Meanwhile, House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) and House GOP Conference Chair Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) are seeking to retain their leadership positions as the party transitions to the minority. But Emmer faces a challenge from Republican Study Committee Chair August Pfluger (R-Texas), while Reps. Erin Houchin (R-Ind.) and Greg Steube (R-Fla.) are challenging McClain.
众议院共和党人正寻求磨练信息传递策略，有效遏制民主党议程，并为该党在2028年夺回多数党地位做好定位。一些保守派人士表示，这需要新领导人规划前进道路，而非由旧班底把舵。“我认为，如果我们派出同一个把我们带向屠宰场的领导团队，我们看起来会像小丑，”一位要求匿名的共和党议员告诉《国会山报》。
House Republicans are looking to sharpen their messaging strategy, effectively counter the Democrats’ agenda and position the party to win back the majority in 2028. Some conservatives say that requires new leaders to chart the path forward, rather than the old guard. “I think if we send up the same leadership team that led us to the slaughter, we will look like clowns,” a GOP lawmaker, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told The Hill.
“我是说，所以你必须做出改变。这是否意味着他们全都得换？我不是那个意思。但你不能沿用同一班人马。”该议员辩称，共和党领导层未能有效传达该党的成就，并对共和党在中期选举中的表现描绘了过于乐观的图景。“我认为选民很愤怒。他们指望我们去为他们而战，结果却看到我们在钻研诸如姓名、形象和肖像权，或者加密货币改革之类的东西，或者不管是什么与改善他们生活毫无关系的事情，选民得出结论认为我们根本不在乎他们，”该议员说。
“You know, I mean, so you have to make change. Does that mean they all have to change? I'm not saying that. But you can’t have the same team.”The lawmaker argued that GOP leaders failed to effectively communicate the party’s accomplishments and painted an overly optimistic picture of how Republicans would perform in the midterms. “I think voters are upset. They expected us to go and fight for them, and then they saw us work on things like name, image, and likeness, or you know, or cryptocurrency reform, or whatever stuff that had nothing to do with making their lives better, and voters concluded we just didn't care about them,” the lawmaker said.
第二位共和党议员也表达了类似观点，认为现任领导团队没有推进他视为重要的法案，并为迎合党团内其他派系（包括温和派）而背离了保守价值观。“我们需要全新的领导层，从上到下，”这位议员说。“我跟几位议员谈过，他们说不会投票给任何其他人，也不会投票给目前领导层中的任何人。”众议员安娜·保罗伊娜·卢娜（Anna Paulina Luna，共和党-佛罗里达州）在X平台发帖抨击众议院共和党领导团队，指责其阻挠她推动禁止股票交易、永久禁止央行数字货币以及改革《外国情报监视法》的努力。
A second GOP lawmaker echoed those sentiments, arguing the current leadership team didn’t take up bills he thought were important and veered away from conservative values to appease other factions of the conference, including moderates. “We need all new leadership, top to bottom,” the lawmaker said. “And I've talked to several members that have said they will not vote for anybody else, anybody currently in leadership.”Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) took aim at the House GOP leadership team in a post on X, accusing it of fighting her efforts to advance a ban on stock trading, permanently prohibit central bank digital currency and reform the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
“让清算开始吧，”卢娜写道。作为极右翼众议院自由核心小组的联合创始人，乔丹已成为部分众议院共和党人的心仪人选。“我认为我们正步入战时状态，我们将成为反抗军联盟，需要一位懂得如何战斗的人，吉姆·乔丹懂得怎么做，”第一位共和党议员说。但其他共和党人认为，考虑到斯卡利塞目前的领导职务，他比乔丹更有优势角逐最高职位。
“Let the reckoning begin,” Luna wrote. Jordan, co-founder of the far-right House Freedom Caucus, has emerged as a favorite among some House Republicans. “I think we're going into a wartime situation where we are going to be the rebel alliance, and we're going to need someone who knows how to fight, and Jim Jordan knows how to do that,” the first GOP lawmaker said. But other Republicans argue that Scalise is better positioned than Jordan to take the top spot, given his current leadership role.
斯卡利塞在2023年最初赢得共和党议长提名，在秘密投票中击败了乔丹。但当明显无法获得党团足够支持以在众议院全院投票中当选时，他退出了竞选。随后乔丹被选为提名人，但多次未能获得足够票数拿到议长木槌。“史蒂夫是这份工作的合适人选。简单明了。他是一位经受过考验的领导人，拥有领导众议院共和党未来两年的经验，也有能力在2028年夺回多数席位，”第三位共和党议员在要求匿名的情况下表示。
Scalise initially won the Republican nomination to be Speaker in 2023, beating Jordan in a secret ballot vote. But he withdrew from the race when it became clear he would not win enough support from his conference to get the votes needed on the House floor. Jordan was later chosen as the nominee for Speaker, but repeatedly fell short of the votes needed to secure the gavel. “Steve is the right guy for the job. Plain and simple. He’s a tried and tested leader, who has the experience to lead House Republicans for the next two years, and the chops to reclaim the Majority in 2028,” a third GOP member, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said.
“我认为对斯卡利塞来说……他过渡到那个职位会很顺利。但乔丹，他真的——我该怎么形容呢？他一直是一名忠诚的战士。
“I think for Scalise … it’d be an easy transition for him to step into that. But for Jordan, he’s really — how do I phrase this? He’s been a loyal soldier. He’s rallied people well, and he’s an effective politician. So I think both would do well in the role, but I think Scalise would have an easier transition just out of pure — his House leadership currently,” a GOP staffer told The Hill last month.
“他团结了人们，是一位高效的政治家。所以我认为两人都能胜任该职位，但我认为斯卡利斯的过渡会更容易，纯粹是因为——他目前的众议院领导层职务，”一名共和党助手上个月告诉《国会山报》。共和党在少数党党鞭和共和党会议主席的竞选中也出现分歧，一些人分别支持现任者埃默和麦克莱恩，而另一些人则支持挑战者。
Republicans are also split over the races for minority whip and GOP conference chair, with some backing incumbents Emmer and McClain, respectively, while others are throwing their support behind the challengers.
“我认为普卢格担任共和党研究委员会主席时表现出色，但埃默至少是一名战士，这是他的优点。他是个斗士，是个拼命三郎，这正是我们将需要的。所以你知道这是个艰难的抉择，”第一位共和党议员说。第四位共和党议员表示，对于这场毁灭性的选举失利，责任不应归咎于现任众议院领导层，而应归咎于总统。“我是说，这全怪总统，还有这场战争，所以之所以会发生这场、我是说，这场蓝色海啸发生并冲垮了共和党，是因为特朗普想保护他在爱泼斯坦档案中的那些强奸儿童的朋友，然后挑起了与伊朗的战争，这就是我们陷入这种局面的原因。所以我怪最顶层的那个人。我不怪领导层，”该议员说。
“I think Pfluger has done an excellent job as RSC chair, but to his credit, Emmer at least is a warrior. He's a fighter. He's a battler, and that's what we're going to need. So you know that's a tough call,” the first GOP lawmaker said. A fourth GOP lawmaker said the blame for a seismic election loss shouldn’t go to current House leaders on the seismic election loss, but rather to the president. “I mean, this is all on the president, and this war, and so the reason this, I mean, this blue tsunami happened and wiped out the Republican Party is because Trump wanted to protect his child rapist friends in the Epstein files, and then started a war with Iran, and that is why we're in this situation. So I blame the man at the top. I don't blame leadership,” the lawmaker said.
“我不认为迈克·约翰逊实际上应该承担很多批评，然后你知道斯卡利斯和埃默在竞选，据我被告知是这样。我是说，他们还是那些一直在那里的人。我对此没意见……我一点也不怪他们。他们拿到了一手烂牌，”该议员说。众议员唐·贝肯（共和党-内布拉斯加州），一位将在任期结束时退休的中间派人士，将2026年中期选举描述为“对特朗普总统的公投”，并补充说，无论谁被选中，竞逐共和党领袖职位的候选人都会像约翰逊一样亲特朗普。
“I don't think Mike Johnson actually deserves a lot of criticism, and then you know you've got Scalise and Emmer running, as what I've been told. I mean, they were the same guys that had been there. I don't have a problem with that…I don't blame them at all. They were dealt a really sh---y hand,” the lawmaker said. Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), a centrist who is retiring at the end of his term, characterized the 2026 midterms as a “referendum on President Trump,” adding that candidates vying to be GOP leader would be as pro-Trump as Johnson was, regardless of who’s chosen.
“如果你给我看一个会稍微反抗一下、说‘嘿，共和党一直是自由市场和自由贸易的政党。为什么我们要背弃这一点？
“If you show me somebody that would push back a little bit and say, 'Hey, Republicans have always been the party of free markets and free trade. Why are we going back on that? Why are we treating our allies bad?’ But all we saw was people accommodating the president's worst instincts,” Bacon said Tuesday.
“我们为什么要对待盟友不好？”但我们看到的只是人们在迎合总统最糟糕的本能，”贝肯周二说。“所以有人说……我们应该换个领导人。好吧，过去两年你会有什么不同做法，并对其中一些事情进行反制？我从许多摇摆选民那里听到，他们希望国会能对特朗普做出的最恶劣、最过分的事情起到制衡作用，但他们没看到。” 特朗普周三对记者表示，在约翰逊表示不会参选后，他将“置身事外”，不参与众议院共和党新领袖的竞选。
“And so somebody who says that...we [should] have a new leader. OK, what would you have done differently over the last two years, and push back on some of this stuff? I hear from a lot of swing voters that they wanted Congress to be a check and balance to the worst, you know, egregious things that Trump does, but they didn't see it.”Trump told reporters on Wednesday that he would “stay out of” the race to pick a new House Republican leader after Johnson said he wouldn’t run.