这是一个令人难忘的选举之夜！美国选民对唐纳德·特朗普总统及其重塑自身形象的共和党，给出了热烈、无可辩驳的谴责。民主党现在有责任充分利用选民给予的机会。
What an unforgettable election night! The American people delivered an enthusiastic, undeniable rebuke to President Donald Trump and the Republican Party that remade itself in his image. Democrats now have a responsibility to make the most of the opportunity voters have given them.
特朗普的第二个任期，以总统的傲慢、鲁莽、谋取私利、滥用职权、违背承诺，以及对其政策给美国家庭、农民、工人和社区造成的伤害漠不关心为特征。而共和党人则为之欢呼助威。
Trump’s second term has been characterized by the president’s arrogance, recklessness, self-enrichment, abuse of power, broken promises and indifference to the harm his policies have been imposing on American families, farmers, workers and communities. And by Republicans cheering him on.
特朗普及其盟友承诺，将通过驱逐暴力罪犯——最坏的那批人——来维护法治。结果，特朗普和共和党控制的国会却对教师、传教士、牧师、店主和家长发动了一场残酷、无法无天的暴力行动。他们在棕色人种和社区推行“亮证件”制度，并对任何抵抗者——无论公民身份如何——使用致命暴力进行惩罚。
Trump and his allies promised they would uphold the rule of law by deporting violent criminals — the worst of the worst. Instead, Trump and the Republican Congress unleashed a brutal, lawless, campaign of violence against teachers, preachers, pastors, shopkeepers and parents. They inflicted a show-me-your-papers regime on brown people and communities, and used deadly violence to punish anyone, regardless of citizenship, who resisted them.
特朗普承诺优先救助因高昂生活成本而举步维艰的家庭。结果，他和国会共和党人通过了一项预算，优先向历史上最富有的人群大肆分红——资金来源是削减数百万家庭获得食物和负担得起的医疗保健的途径。当特朗普的贸易战和实战——更多的违背承诺——让局势雪上加霜时，他基本上是在告诉美国人，应该庆幸生活在他的妄想“黄金时代”里。
Trump promised to prioritize relief for families struggling to keep up with the high cost of living. Instead, he and congressional Republicans passed a budget that prioritized giveaways to the richest people in history — paid for by cutting millions of families’ access to food and affordable healthcare. When Trump’s trade wars and real wars — more broken promises — made things even worse, he essentially told Americans they should be grateful to be living in his delusional “golden age.”
当民调开始清楚地显示选民不买账时，共和党试图再次祭出特朗普的老套路——指望通过抹黑和散布对共产主义、伊斯兰教法和跨性别者的恐惧来赢回选民。这没奏效。事实上，彻底失败了。
And when polls started to make it clear that voters weren’t buying it, Republicans tried to resort to Trump’s old playbook one more time — hoping to win voters back with smears and fearmongering about communism, Sharia law and transgender people. It didn’t work. In fact, it failed spectacularly.
美国民众拒绝了腐败与残暴。我们抵制了那股试图让我们恐惧穆斯林和跨性别群体的偏见洪流。我们拒绝了那些试图沿着排他性的种族和宗教界线来定义美国的声音。
Americans rejected the corruption and cruelty. We resisted the torrent of bigotry that tried to make us fear our Muslim and transgender communities. We rejected the voices who tried to define America along exclusionary racial and religious lines.
我们共同选出了一群极其多元的参议员、众议员、州长和州议员，他们共享一个愿景：一个为我们所有人服务的美国。涌现了如此众多的年轻领袖。如此众多的人首次打破了种种壁垒。
Together, we elected a fantastically diverse group of senators, representatives, governors and state legislators who shared a vision of an America that works for all of us. So many young leaders. So many people breaking barriers for the first time.
首位当选州长的黑人女性。首位当选州长和参议员的美洲原住民女性。首位当选参议员的穆斯林。首位公开出柜的男同性恋参议员。得克萨斯州的一位拉丁裔女性州长。这就是他们非理性恐惧的那种多元文化民主。
The first Black woman ever elected governor. The first Native American woman governor and senator. The first Muslim senator. The first openly gay man in the Senate. A Latina governor in Texas. This is the multicultural democracy they irrationally fear.
数百万身处传统共和党大本营的基督徒拒绝了“让美国再次伟大”牧师和自封先知，后者试图坚持认为只有他们的信仰版本才是正统的。右翼基督教民族主义者将不得不面对选民赋予权力的、强大的进步派信仰人士。
And millions of Christians in traditional Republican strongholds rejected MAGA pastors and self-proclaimed prophets who tried to insist that only their version of the faith is legitimate. Right-wing Christian nationalists will have to contend with powerful progressive people of faith who voters have entrusted with power.
所有这些胜利都植根于组织工作。这种长期的社区组织工作是已故伟大的多洛雷斯·韦尔塔毕生致力于的事业。这种战略性的运动建设组织工作是才华横溢的斯泰西·艾布拉姆斯及其指导的人所领导的。这种基于团结的组织工作是由明尼苏达州活动人士树立榜样的，他们保护邻居免受官方暴行侵害。
All these victories were grounded in organizing. The kind of long-term community organizing to which the late great Dolores Huerta devoted her life. The kind of strategic movement-building organizing led by the brilliant Stacey Abrams and the people she has mentored. The kind of solidarity-based organizing modeled by Minnesota activists who defended their neighbors from official brutality.
这种组织工作不应也不能在选举之夜结束。它必须继续积聚势头，为了一个让我们生活变得更好而非更差的政府。为了一个服务于普通民众利益而非仅服务于富人和权势者利益的政府。为了一个追究那些滥用权力、伤害我们的人责任的政府。
That kind of organizing does not and must not end on election night. It must continue to build momentum for a government that makes our lives better, not worse. For a government that serves the interests of everyday people, not just the wealthy and powerful. For a government that holds those who have abused their power and abused us accountable.
国会新的民主党多数派必须明确表明，问责与进步相辅相成。他们必须通过揭露腐败、追究违法者责任来维护法治。他们必须采取行动，减轻强加给美国人民的伤害。他们必须通过必要的反腐败、亲民主措施来保障我们的未来，其中包括对已失去美国人信任的最高法院进行结构性改革。
The new Democratic majorities in Congress must make clear that accountability and progress go hand in hand. They must affirm the rule of law by exposing corruption and holding lawbreakers accountable. They must take action to relieve the harms that have been imposed on the American people. And they must safeguard our future by passing needed anti-corruption, pro-democracy measures, including structural reforms for a Supreme Court that has lost Americans’ trust.
前面还有大量工作。让我们庆祝我们是如何让这些工作成为可能的，并从中汲取灵感继续努力。许多勇敢的美国人挑战了世界首富和世界最有权势的人——并赢了。我们齐心协力，拥有构建梦想中未来的力量。斯万特·迈里克是“为了美国之路”组织的总裁。
There is much work ahead. Let’s celebrate how we made that work possible and take inspiration to keep working. A lot of courageous Americans took on the world’s richest man and the world’s most powerful man — and won. Together we have the power to build the future we dream of. Svante Myrick is president of People For the American Way.