众议员玛德琳·迪恩（民主党-宾夕法尼亚州）周二晚间向国防部长皮特·赫格塞思发出严厉警告。此前，众议院共和党人搁置了弹劾这位五角大楼负责人的努力。
Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.) on Tuesday evening issued a stark warning to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after House Republicans shelved an effort to impeach the Pentagon chief.
“我认为赫格塞思先生的日子屈指可数了，”迪恩对新闻国家电视台的杰基·科佩尔说。“无论是通过弹劾、还是总统将他免职、还是他自己辞职，他的日子都屈指可数了。”众议员托马斯·马西（共和党-肯塔基州）周一提出了针对赫格塞思的八项弹劾条款，但由于共和党人反对以及民主党人缺席，该决议未能推进。
“I think Mr. Hegseth’s days are numbered,” Dean told NewsNation’s Jackie Koppell. “Whether it’s by impeachment or the president removing him or his own resignation, his days are numbered.”Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) introduced eight articles of impeachment against Hegseth on Monday, but the resolution failed to advance due to Republican opposition and Democratic absences.
本周早些时候，参议员特德·克鲁兹（共和党-得克萨斯州）也预测赫格塞思要么辞职、要么被解职、要么被弹劾。
Earlier this week, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) also predicted Hegseth would either resign, be fired or be impeached.
这位得克萨斯州参议员在周一的一期播客节目中指出，他预计民主党人明年成为多数党后会再次推动这项措施。
The Texas senator noted during a Monday episode of his podcast that he expects Democrats to take up the measure again when they enter the majority next year.
“而且我预计，如果舒默有进行审判的选项，我料想他会进行一场旷日持久的审判——他会投入真正的时间，数周甚至数月，利用这场审判来起诉，第一，他们对伊朗战争的反对，”他在《特德·克鲁兹的裁决》节目中说，指的是参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默（民主党-纽约州）。
“And I expect, if Schumer has the option of conducting a trial, I would anticipate that he would conduct an extended trial — that he would spend real time, weeks, if not months, using the trial to prosecute, number one, their opposition to the Iran war,” he said on “Verdict with Ted Cruz,” referring to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.).
民主党众议员亚历山德里娅·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯（纽约州）在周二晚间投票后接受CNN采访时表示，这一努力可能会更早被考虑。
Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.) indicated the effort could be considered even sooner in an interview with CNN following the Tuesday evening vote.
“希望我们甚至不必等到新一届国会，”她对CNN的马努·拉朱说。“我认为，如果我们有足够的票数，马西可以再次提出，或者任何其他人也可以。”迪恩周二晚间接受新闻国家电视台采访时提到了她所在政党在上周中期选举中的重大胜利，这些胜利使民主党人赢得了国会两院的控制权。
“Hopefully, we don’t even have to wait for the new Congress,” she told CNN’s Manu Raju. “I think that should we have the appropriate numbers, Massie could bring it again or anyone else.”Dean cited her party’s major victories in last week’s midterms, which flipped control of both chambers of Congress in Democrats’ favor, in her interview with NewsNation on Tuesday evening.
“我确实认为这次选举表明，美国人民想要问责，要在这场战争上问责，要在如何结束这场战争上问责，”她说。“你也看到了，赫格塞思先生在他最近关于这场战争的声明中，连死亡人数都没有报对。这很可耻。”这位宾夕法尼亚州民主党人周二还对《政治报》表示，她正在“考虑”在2028年挑战参议员约翰·费特曼（民主党-宾夕法尼亚州），理由是对他的立法记录不满。
“I do think what this election showed was the American people want accountability, accountability around this war, accountability about how to end this war,” she said. “You saw, Mr. Hegseth didn’t even report the number of dead correctly in his latest statements around this war. It’s shameful.”The Pennsylvania Democrat also told Politico on Tuesday that she was “considering” challenging Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) in 2028, citing discontent with his legislative record.