民主党刚刚夺回国会控制权，其新晋的极左派成员已经准备大闹一场，竭力阻挠被视为不够激进的领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯和查克·舒默。参议院方面无计可施，但在众议院，杰弗里斯必须应对美国民主社会主义者组织及其盟友候选人，如亚历山德拉·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯，以及刚刚当选的她的两位朋友：达里亚利扎·阿维拉·舍瓦利耶和克莱尔·瓦尔德兹。
Well, it didn’t take long. Now that the Democrats have captured Congress, their new far-left members are already getting ready to make a fuss and do everything they can to thwart leaders Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer, who are viewed as insufficiently radical. Now, there’s nothing to be done about the Senate, but in the House, Jeffries has to contend with the Democratic Socialists of America and DSA-aligned candidates like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and now two of her friends who just won election: Darializa Avila Chevalier and Claire Valdez.
在瓦尔德兹赢得初选的庆功会上，聚集的左翼分子竟对着杰弗里斯的照片高呼“你们是下一个”。如今杰弗里斯正在回击。他在接受CNN采访时点名批评这些人……不够多元？说真的。他问道：“正如其他人观察到的，那群人几乎零多元性，这让我非常感兴趣。”天哪。先生。这是愤世嫉俗的伎俩，根本行不通！没人会被说服。
At Valdez’s victory party when she won her primary, gathered leftists actually declared “you’re next,” at an image of Hakeem Jeffries. But now Jeffries is responding to them. He called out those people in an interview with CNN, slamming them for .... not being diverse enough? Seriously. He said: “It was very interesting to me, as observed by others that there was almost zero diversity in that crowd.”Omg. Sir. This is a cynical tactic and it’s not going to work! No one is persuaded by it.
你不能指着左派说，嘿，你们不够多元？你们不能代表整个彩虹？烂透了。烂透了烂透了。请住手。杰弗里斯本质上是试图诉诸“觉醒”文化来自救，但“觉醒”甚至比社会主义更不受欢迎。这是错误的策略。所以，杰弗里斯先生，如果您想当杰弗里斯议长，就必须通过真正讨论他们的主张来化解这些社会主义者，而不是可悲地诽谤他们对您来说太白了。
You can’t beat the left by saying, what, they’re not diverse enough? They don’t reflect the entire rainbow? Lame. Lame lame lame. Please stop. Jeffries is essentially appealing to wokeness to save himself, but wokeness is even less popular than socialism. This is the wrong strategy. So, Mr. Jeffries, if you’d like to be Speaker Jeffries, you have to neutralize these socialists by actually talking about their ideas, not lamely slandering them as too white for you.
谈谈全民医保是行不通的幻想，废除边境和监狱是疯狂举动。谈谈每一个社会主义执政的国家最终都沦为独裁、民众挨饿的现实。针对他们的信仰进行批判，而不是肤色。他一上来就打“多元”这张牌，坦白说不是个好兆头。也许民主党建制派根本驾驭不了这场斗争。
Talk about how Medicare for All is an unworkable fantasy, and abolishing borders and prisons is insane. Talk about how every socialist-run country ends up becoming a dictatorship where people starve. Call them out for what they believe, not their skin color. The fact that he goes immediately to the diversity line is not an encouraging sign, frankly. Maybe the Democratic establishment just isn’t cut out for this.
当被问及是否认为社会主义左派应当挑战党内领导层时，纽约市市长佐兰·马姆达尼没有给出明确答案，但他显然对这一想法感到兴奋。让我们来看看。确实，据《Axios》报道，马姆达尼希望在2028年扮演掀王者的角色，帮助挑选总统候选人——该候选人要么来自民主党左翼，要么向其效忠。但他们的首要任务是在选举议长时让自己的声音被听到。
When asked whether he thought the socialist left should challenge the party’s leadership, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani wouldn’t give a clear answer, but he’s clearly excited about the idea. Let’s watch. Indeed, according to Axios, Mamdani wants to play a kingmaker role in 2028, and help pick the presidential candidate — one who will either come from, or pledge fealty to, the far-left of the Democratic Party. But their first task is to make their voices heard when it comes time to elect a Speaker.
哈基姆·杰弗里斯是否具备拒绝他们、认为他们的想法愚蠢并且自己是老板的能力？还是他会尝试在多元化上超越他们？我们拭目以待。罗比·索韦是《国会山报》评论节目《Rising》的联合主持人，也是《Reason》杂志的高级编辑。本专栏是他每日评论的编辑稿。
Does Hakeem Jeffries have what it takes to tell them no, their ideas are stupid, and he’s the boss? Or is he going to try to out diversity-them? We shall see. Robby Soave is co-host of The Hill’s commentary show “Rising” and a senior editor for Reason Magazine. This column is an edited transcription of his daily commentary.