纽约州民主党众议员亚历山德里娅·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯拒绝支持纽约州民主党参议员、参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默，后者正准备争取党团支持，从明年1月起担任多数党领袖。记者在国会外询问奥卡西奥-科尔特斯，鉴于党内有人呼吁更换领导层，她是否会支持本州参议员担任上院最高职位，奥卡西奥-科尔特斯表示，这取决于参议院议员的决定。
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) declined to back Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) as he prepares to seek his caucus’s support to become majority leader beginning in January. Asked by reporters outside the Capitol if she would back her home state’s senator for the top spot in the upper chamber given calls for new leadership in the party, Ocasio-Cortez said that would be up to members of the Senate.
“我认为这种情绪在很多地方都存在，”奥卡西奥-科尔特斯说。“参议院如何应对，这取决于他们的决定。”舒默本月晚些时候将年满76岁，他面临着党内一些年轻成员的怀疑和下台呼声。多位当选参议院民主党人——堪萨斯州当选参议员亚当·汉密尔顿、南卡罗来纳州当选参议员安妮·安德鲁斯、密歇根州当选参议员阿卜杜勒·埃尔赛德和缅因州当选参议员特洛伊·杰克逊——表示，他们不会支持舒默担任多数党领袖。
“I think that this is a sentiment that is seen in a lot of places,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “So how the Senate navigates that, that’s up to their decision.”Schumer, who will turn 76 later this month, has faced skepticism and calls to step down from some younger members of his party. Multiple incoming Senate Democrats — Sens.-elect Adam Hamilton (D-Kan.), Annie Andrews (D-S.C.), Abdul El-Sayed (D-Mich.) and Troy Jackson (D-Maine) — have said they will not back Schumer for majority leader.
不过，这位领袖表示，他已经获得足够支持，成为参议院领袖，这需要他党团内多数人的支持。在民主党中期选举取得重大胜利后，该党在上院现在拥有相当大的多数席位，即使一些参议院民主党人不支持他，他仍能赢得投票。如果舒默在2028年竞选连任，到下一任期结束时他将年满84岁。奥卡西奥-科尔特斯被视为在民主党初选中挑战舒默的潜在对手，但当被问及是否会与他竞争时，她转而表示，美国人不想再听到关于下一次选举的说法。
Still, the leader said he had secured enough support to become Senate leader, something he needs a majority of his caucus to do. After Democrats’ massive victories in the midterms, the party’s now-sizable majority in the upper chamber allows him to win a vote even if some Senate Democrats do not back him. If Schumer runs for reelection in 2028, he would be 84 at the end of his next term. Ocasio-Cortez is seen as a potential challenger to Schumer in the Democratic primary but pivoted when asked if she would take him on, saying Americans do not want to hear about another election.
“人们从我或这里任何其他政客那里听到的，最后一件事就是关于下一次选举，”奥卡西奥-科尔特斯说。“他们想知道我们将要启动的调查，我们将要启动的立法是什么……我们将如何使用他们刚刚赋予我们的权力。”如果她不挑战舒默，这位进步派民主党人也被视为2028年总统选举的潜在候选人。
“The last thing that people want to hear from me or any other politician here is about the next election,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “They want to know about the investigations we’re going to be starting, what is the legislation that we’re going to be starting … what we’re going to do with the power that they just gave us.”If she does not challenge Schumer, the progressive Democrat is also seen as a possible presidential candidate in 2028.
一个由进步派活动人士运营的政治行动委员会“Ready for AOC”近期成立，试图吸引她参选。奥卡西奥-科尔特斯坦言，她正在考虑各种选择——竞选总统或发起党内初选挑战。“我认为在这个节骨眼上一切皆有可能，”奥卡西奥-科尔特斯8月在接受美国广播公司（ABC News）“本周”节目采访时表示。
A political action committee run by progressive activists, called “Ready for AOC,” recently launched in an attempt to draw her into the race. Ocasio-Cortez has been candid that she is considering her options — presidential campaign or primary challenge. “I think that anything is possible at this juncture,” Ocasio-Cortez told ABC News’ “This Week” in August.