一年前的今天，也就是本周中期选举中特朗普总统及其“让美国再次伟大”（MAGA）运动遭遇惨败的日子，《国会山报》刊登了我的专栏文章，我当时主张“共和党需要接受其日益多元化的现实”。在特朗普不可思议地卷土重来一年后，以及距离中期选举还有一年的时候，许多人警告共和党不要背弃那些把他们送进白宫并夺得参众两院控制权的选民。
A year ago to the day of this past week’s midterm blowout of President Trump and his MAGA movement, The Hill published my column where I argued that “The Republican Party needs to come to terms with its growing diversity.”One year after Trump's unbelievable comeback, and one year before the midterms, many people warned the Republican Party not to turn against the people that took them to the White House and both houses of Congress.
任何人都能也应该看看，究竟是哪些人口群体让特朗普在关键州乃至全国范围内跨过了胜利的门槛。许多保守派和自由派人士都指出，来到这个国家的人并非马克思主义者、无神论者或圣战分子。他们的子女和孙辈也不是。事实上，他们大多是虔诚的天主教徒、保守的穆斯林，以及以美国人为荣的爱国者。他们辛勤工作、遵纪守法。
Anyone could have and should have looked at which demographics pushed Trump over the edge — not just in key states, but nationally. Plenty of people, both conservatives and liberals, pointed out that the people who came into this country weren’t Marxists, atheists, or jihadists. Neither were their kids or grandkids. In fact, most were devout Catholics, conservative Muslims, and proud Americans. They worked hard and didn’t break the law.
他们的孩子打橄榄球、参军入伍、庆祝感恩节。最重要的是，许多人不同意民主党在种族、宗教、社会议题和大政府方面的观点。本应指望共和党不挑剔这匹“赠马”的牙口。相反，他们却拿出了能找到的最大显微镜来审视。过去两年，他们向拉美裔、亚裔、南亚裔、黑人和穆斯林选民传递的信息是：“我们要你们的选票，但我们不想要你们。”
Their kids played football, joined the military, and celebrated Thanksgiving. Most importantly, many didn’t agree with the Democrats views on race, religion, social issues, and big government. You would have expected Republicans not to look a gift horse in the mouth. Instead, they looked with the biggest microscope you can find. Their message for the past two years to Latino, Asian, South Asian, Black, and Muslim voters was, “We want your vote, but we don’t want you.”
针对投了他们票的人的种族主义程度，超出了我毕生所见。而我见过的种族主义和偏见已不少。最明显的是针对拉美裔。“走合法途径来”迅速变成了“只要我们想，你任何方式来都能被认定为非法”。斯蒂芬·米勒及其寻找驱逐对象的配额（无论这些人是否为罪犯）只是冰山一角。我们自己的政府在社交媒体上发布了令人鄙夷的内容，那是职业摔角宣传视频与戈培尔式宣传的大杂烩。
The level of racism leveled at people who had voted for them was beyond anything I have ever seen in my lifetime. And I have seen a lot of racism and bigotry. The most obvious was Latinos. “Come here the right way” rapidly turned into, "Any way you come here can be considered illegal if we want it to be." Stephen Miller and his quotas to find people to deport (whether they were criminals or not) were just the tip of the iceberg. Our own government posted despicable social media content that was a mash of pro-wrestling promos and Goebbels-like propaganda.
参议员、州长、新闻评论员、播客主持人、社交媒体网红，全都鹦鹉学舌般重复着那些将保守派非白人选民妖魔化的论调。我的天，一位竞选德克萨斯州铁路委员会委员的人发布了针对印度裔美国人的恶毒种族主义言论，而副总统——他娶了一位印度裔美国妻子，育有印度裔美国子女——却保持沉默。确实有共和党人站出来谴责，从卡尔·罗夫到参议员约翰·科宁（共和党-得克萨斯州），但他们却被骂作叛徒和“名义上的共和党人”……仅仅因为谴责种族主义。
Senators, governors, news pundits, podcasters, social media influencers all parroted the talking points that vilified conservative non-white voters. My goodness, a man running for Texas railroad commissioner posted vile racist comments against Indian Americans, and the vice president, who is married to an Indian American and has Indian American children, kept his mouth shut. There were Republicans who spoke out against it from Karl Rove to Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), but they were called traitors and RINOs ... for condemning racism.
为了在2028年获胜，共和党光是像我一年前提到的那样“接受自身的多元化”已经不够了。经历过这些事后，光靠这一点远远不够。共和党人在担心传票、弹劾和追责时，还有一件事必须做。他们需要清洗自身队伍。那些拥抱“传统”美国人观念、民族主义、基督教民族主义和法西斯主义的所谓保守派，必须被清除出去。
In order to win in 2028, the Republicans simply don’t have to come to terms with their diversity like I mentioned a year ago. After what has transpired it will take more than that. While Republicans are worried about subpoenas, impeachments and accountability there is something else they need to do. They need to conduct a purge of their own. These so-called conservatives who have embraced the ideas of “heritage” Americans, nationalism, Christian nationalism, and fascism need to be thrown out.
威廉·F·巴克利以坚定的保守理念著称，他的理念与时俱进，并致力于防止偏执狂、阴谋论者和彻头彻尾的种族主义者获得《国家评论》的发声平台。老布什、小布什、约翰·麦凯恩和米特·罗姆尼证明了，人可以主张社会保守议题，而不必诉诸偏见和仇恨。当然，这说起来容易。但特朗普未来两年仍掌控大局，这大概率不会发生。
William F. Buckley famously had strong conservative ideals that evolved with the times while working to keep bigots, conspiracy theorists, and outright racists from being platformed by National Review. George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, John McCain, and Mitt Romney proved you could argue for socially conservative issues without resorting to bigotry and hatred. Of course, that is easy to say. But with Trump running the show for the next two years, it probably won’t happen.
即便是上述那位本应成为跨信仰、多元化、现代美国家庭海报人物的副总统，大概率仍会试图迎合尼克·富恩特斯那类人，而不是密歇根州迪尔伯恩的勤劳民众。斯蒂芬·米勒仍将充当特朗普耳边的“格里马·蛇舌”，尤其是现在他成了白宫幕僚长。传统基金会仍将推行“2025计划”。
Even the aforementioned vice president, who should be the poster child for an interfaith, diverse, and modern American family, will probably still try to appeal to Nick Fuentes-types instead of hard-working people in Dearborn, Mich. Stephen Miller will still be a Grima Wormtongue in Trump’s ear, especially now that he is chief of staff. The Heritage Foundation will still push Project 2025.
播客主持人和网红依然会赚钱，因为散布仇恨比做个正常人赚得多得多。但看看那些人之外，有许多有才干的共和党人，他们看到了2024年大选的结果，知道共和党有比“让美国再次伟大”（MAGA）更好的理想。许多年轻人在上届大选中拒绝了MAGA。拉美裔和其他群体也是如此，他们发现自己被排斥在一个只想要特定类型保守派的运动之外。
And the podcasters and influencers will still make money because hate pays a lot more than being normal. But look past all those people and there are plenty of talented Republicans who see the 2024 election results and know there is a better ideal for the Republicans than MAGA. Many young people repudiated MAGA this past election. So did Latinos and other groups that found themselves on the outside of a movement that only wanted a certain type of conservative.
有许多基督徒最终再也无法为投票给糟糕的人以保护自己的信仰找到理由。希望从2026年的废墟中，能诞生一个全然拥抱罗纳德·里根1989年卸任时留下信息的新共和党。他说：“我认为留下最后一点思考很合适，这是对一个我热爱的国家的观察。不久前我收到的一封信说得最好。一位男子写信给我说：‘你可以去法国生活，但你无法成为法国人。你可以去德国、土耳其或日本生活，但你无法成为德国人、土耳其人或日本人。但来自地球任何角落的任何人，都可以来美国生活并成为美国人。’” 这个县有许多共和党人，你只需要想要他们，而不仅仅是想要他们的选票。
There are plenty of Christians who finally could no longer justify voting for terrible people to protect their faith. Hopefully out of the ashes of 2026, there will be a new Republican Party that fully embraces the message of Ronald Reagan when he left office in 1989. He said, “I think it's fitting to leave one final thought, an observation about a country which I love. It was stated best in a letter I received not long ago. A man wrote me and said: ‘You can go to live in France, but you cannot become a Frenchman. You can go to live in Germany or Turkey or Japan, but you cannot become a German, a Turk, or a Japanese. But anyone, from any corner of the Earth, can come to live in America and become an American.’”There are plenty of Republicans in this county, you just need to want them and not just their vote.
乔斯林·约瑟夫是2025年“军事记者与编辑协会”最佳评论/观点奖得主。他毕业于哈佛大学和俄亥俄州立大学，是一名曾在伊拉克服役的海军陆战队老兵。目前居住在加利福尼亚州阿纳海姆。
Joslin Joseph is a recipient of the 2025 Military Reporters and Editors award for Best Commentary / Opinion. A graduate of Harvard and Ohio State, he is a Marine veteran who served in Iraq. He currently lives in Anaheim, Calif.