民主党人称，这一选择反映出共和党拒绝接受上周中期选举中选民向他们传递的信息。共和党人可能刚刚以压倒性劣势失去了对众议院的控制权，但他们周二发出信号，表示可能不会对民主党人采取和解态度，而是选择好斗的俄亥俄州众议员吉姆·乔丹作为他们在众议院的领袖。
Democrats say the pick reflects Republicans rejecting message to them in last week's midterms The Republicans may have just lost control of the House of Representatives in resounding fashion, but they signalled Tuesday they may not be in a conciliatory mood with Democrats, picking combative Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan as their leader in the chamber.
乔丹是美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的长期盟友。周二，他在与党内同僚举行的闭门会议中胜出，击败路易斯安那州众议员史蒂夫·斯卡利斯，成为众议院少数党领袖。
Jordan, a longtime ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, emerged from a closed-door session with party colleagues Tuesday as the winner over Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana to become House minority leader.
现年62岁的乔丹表示，共和党人未来两年将专注于为美国家庭而战。
Jordan, 62, said Republicans would focus on fighting for American families over the next two years.
“当民主党人提供更多政府时，我们将提供更多自由，”他说。“我们将在委员会、在议场、在竞选讲台上，每一天都进行这场斗争。”“一只会战斗到底的斗牛犬”乔丹曾被保守派组织联邦党人学会的一名成员形容为“好斗精神的活化身”，他于2006年首次当选国会议员。2013年底，围绕一项政府拨款法案，共和党人导致了为期16天的政府停摆，以反对巴拉克·奥巴马政府推进具有里程碑意义的医疗改革立法，乔丹被视为负有主要责任的共和党议员之一。
“When Democrats offer more government, we’ll offer more freedom,” he said. “We will bring that fight in committee, on the floor and on the stump every single day.”'A pitbull who will fight it out' Jordan, once described as the "walking embodiment of conflict-mindedness" by a member of the conservative Federalist Society, was first elected to Congress in 2006. He was seen as one of the prime Republicans legislators responsible for a 16-day shutdown in late 2013 over a government funding bill, in opposition to plans from Barack Obama's administration to push ahead with landmark health-care legislation.
由于认为本党领导层不够右翼，乔丹很快与罗恩·德桑蒂斯、马克·梅多斯（北卡罗来纳州）和米克·马尔瓦尼（南卡罗来纳州）共同创立了众议院自由党团。德桑蒂斯后来离开国会，担任了两届佛罗里达州州长，而梅多斯和马尔瓦尼则在特朗普第一届政府中任职。
Not seeing his party's leadership as sufficiently to the right, Jordan soon founded the House Freedom Caucus with Ron DeSantis, Mark Meadows (North Carolina) and Mick Mulvaney (South Carolina). DeSantis would eventually leave Congress for two terms as Florida governor, while Meadows and Mulvaney served in the first Trump administration.
来自俄亥俄州的前共和党众议院议长约翰·博纳经常成为该党团诉求的主要承受者，他曾将乔丹形容为“立法恐怖分子”。博纳在2021年接受哥伦比亚广播公司新闻采访时说：“我从没见过一个人花这么多时间拆解事物——从不建设任何东西，从不把任何东西拼合起来。”博纳的言论可能并不只是一位退休政客在清算旧账。
John Boehner, the former Republican House Speaker from Ohio who often bore the brunt of appeals from that caucus, once described Jordan as a "legislative terrorist." "I just never saw a guy who spent more time tearing things apart — never building anything, never putting anything together," Boehner told CBS News in a 2021 interview. Boehner's comments may not have been just a matter of a retired politician settling scores.
两年前，有效立法中心将乔丹在205名众议院共和党人中的立法有效性排名列为第202位。弗吉尼亚大学与范德堡大学正在进行的这一联合项目考察多项标准，包括提案数量、法案是否进入或走出委员会，以及随后是否在众议院获得通过。
Two years ago, the Center for Effective Lawmaking rated Jordan 202nd out of 205 House Republicans in terms of legislative effectiveness. The ongoing joint project between the University of Virginia and Vanderbilt University examines a number of criteria, including number of bills sponsored, whether the bills made it into or out of committees, and whether they were subsequently passed by the House.
共和党人在美国中期选举中遭受重创。这是否意味着特朗普的政治时代已经结束？
Republicans took big hits in the U.S. midterms. Does that mean Trump's political era is over?
分析：JD·万斯将中期选举惨败归咎于伊朗战争。他真的是在怪特朗普吗？
Analysis JD Vance blames Iran war for midterm thumping. Is he really blaming Trump?
然而，通过立法从来不是少数党领袖的首要职责，正如艾丽莎·法拉·格里芬在周二的一篇帖子中所暗示的那样。格里芬曾在特朗普第一届政府任职，现为《观点》节目的小组成员，她对乔丹的晋升表示赞赏。
Passing legislation is never the prime responsibility of a minority leader however, as Alyssa Farah Griffin hinted at in a post on Tuesday. Griffin, who served in the first Trump administration and is now a panelist on The View, praised Jordan's elevation.
“在新一届国会中，众议院共和党人实际拥有的权力将非常少，”她说。“他们需要一个斗牛犬式的人物，在电视上与民主党人搏斗，并且能直达[白宫]耳边。那就是吉姆·乔丹。”无视民主党人的传票 民主党议员和评论人士认为，乔丹的获选表明共和党人并未接收到选民在上周中期选举中向他们发出的信号。
"In the new Congress, House Republicans will have very little actual power," she said. "They need a pitbull who will fight it out with Democrats, and on TV and who has the ear of the [White House]. That’s Jim Jordan." Defied subpoena from Democrats Democratic legislators and pundits argued Jordan’s selection suggested that Republicans aren't receiving the message sent to them last week in the midterms.
到目前为止，民主党人在435个席位的众议院中新增了42个席位——他们翻转了44个共和党席位，而共和党人翻转了2个民主党席位——还有13场竞选尚未揭晓结果。
Democrats so far have gained a new total of 42 seats in the 435-member House — they have flipped 44 Republican seats, while Republicans flipped 2 Democrat seats — with 13 races yet to be called.
华盛顿州民主党众议员普拉米拉·贾亚帕尔说：“我原以为他们会想要一个能向选民诉求靠拢的温和派人物。他们失去了那么多共和党选民。显然事实并非如此。”
“I would think that they would want somebody that was going to moderate towards what the voters want. They lost so many Republican voters,” said Rep. Pramila Jayapal, a Democrat from Washington.
前美国参议员、《周六夜现场》演员阿尔·弗兰肯在社交媒体上打趣道：“选择吉姆·乔丹担任少数党领袖，等于共和党众议院幸存议员在说：‘我们听到你们的声音了，美国！’”乔丹一直是现任总统的坚定捍卫者，他严厉抨击特别检察官对特朗普2016年竞选团队与俄罗斯接触的调查，以及对他作为普通公民处理机密文件的调查。
“Obviously that’s not the case.”Former U.S. senator and Saturday Night Live cast member Al Franken quipped on social media: "Picking Jim Jordan to be Minority Leader is surviving Republican House members saying, 'We heard you, America!'" Jordan has been a vigorous defender of the current president, excoriating special counsel investigations into Trump's 2016 campaign contacts with Russia and his handling of classified documents as a private citizen.
在2019年特朗普因乌克兰外交政策相关事宜遭弹劾之前，乔丹曾鼓动一群共和党人闯入一场闭门取证会，已故南卡罗来纳州共和党参议员林赛·格雷厄姆称此举“疯了”。乔丹2023年竞选众议院议长，但未能获得所需票数。一些议员报告称，他们收到支持乔丹的民众发来的电子邮件和电话，其中包含暴力威胁。
Leading up to Trump's 2019 impeachment related to foreign policy with Ukraine, Jordan encouraged a group of Republicans who stormed a closed-door deposition, a move Lindsey Graham, the late Republican senator from South Carolina, called "nuts." Jordan ran for House Speaker in 2023, but couldn't get the necessary votes. Some lawmakers reported they had received threats of violence in emails and phone calls from citizens supporting Jordan's effort.
马萨诸塞州民主党众议员阿亚娜·普雷斯利周二在社交媒体发帖，列举了她认为乔丹的多项失职之处，首先提到的是他在2020年特朗普败给乔·拜登后支持特朗普否认选举结果的活动。
In a social media post Tuesday, Ayanna Pressley, Democratic representative from Massachusetts, highlighted what she saw as a number of Jordan's failings, leading with his activities supporting Trump's election denialism after his 2020 loss to Joe Biden.
由七名民主党人和两名共和党人组成、负责调查2020年大选及2021年1月6日国会大厦骚乱前情的委员会在最终报告中称，乔丹在四天前主持了一场电话会议，“会上他、特朗普总统和其他国会议员讨论了推迟1月6日联席会议的策略”，该联席会议旨在认证拜登的胜选。
The committee with seven Democrats and two Republicans that examined the 2020 election and the lead-up to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol said in its final report that Jordan led a conference call four days earlier "in which he, President Trump, and other members of Congress discussed strategies for delaying the Jan. 6 joint session" to certify Biden's win.
小组希望乔丹就那些激烈日子里与白宫的通信作出更多说明，但他无视传票。尽管如此，在担任众议院司法委员会和监督委员会共和党主要成员期间，乔丹经常支持发出传票以获取国会证词。
The panel wanted to hear more from Jordan about his communications with the White House during those feverish days, but he defied a subpoena. Despite that fact, in his time as a leading Republican member of the House's judiciary and oversight committees, Jordan has frequently been in favour of issuing subpoenas to elicit testimony in Congress.
否认知晓虐待指控 从观感角度看，乔丹或许也是个耐人寻味的人选，因为已定罪的性犯罪者杰弗里·爱泼斯坦在2019年去世前，曾在数百则中期选举广告中占据显著位置。就在乔丹被任命为少数党领袖的同一天，一个由共和党领导的委员会发布报告，批评特朗普政府处理爱泼斯坦文件的方式，文件公布导致一些女性受害者和指控者的身份被曝光，而她们的名字本应被隐去。
Denied knowledge of abuse allegations Jordan might also be considered an interesting choice in terms of optics, given how prominently Jeffrey Epstein figured in hundreds of midterm campaign ads before the convicted sex offender died in 2019. On the same day Jordan was named minority leader, a Republican-led committee issued a report finding fault with the Trump administration's handling of the Epstein files, with the release leading to some female victims and accusers having their identities revealed when their names should have been redacted.
乔丹曾是俄亥俄州立大学两届全国大学体育协会（NCAA）摔跤冠军，后来于1986年至1994年在该校担任助理教练。这段时间只占二十年跨度的一小部分，而在这二十年间，一名受雇于该校体育部门的医生被指控对运动员实施性虐待。
Jordan, a two-time NCAA wrestling champion at Ohio State, later served as an assistant coach for the university from 1986 to 1994. That period of time encompassed a small portion of a two-decade period in which a physician who worked for the school's athletic department was alleged to have sexually abused athletes.
一些前摔跤运动员说，乔丹属于那些知晓相关指控却未能以有意义的方式干预的人，但乔丹否认知道任何虐待行为的发生。
Some former wrestlers say Jordan was among those who knew of the allegations and failed to intervene in a meaningful way, though Jordan has denied any such knowledge of any abuse taking place.
2022年，有报道称俄亥俄州一名10岁女孩遭强奸后不得不跨州堕胎，乔丹在社交媒体发帖暗示这是民主党和进步派阵营的“又一个谎言”。指控得到证实后，他删除了这条推文。
In 2022, when reports emerged that a 10-year-old Ohio girl had to travel across state lines to get an abortion after being raped, Jordan suggested in a social media post that it was "another lie" from Democratic and progressive factions. He deleted the tweet after the allegations were confirmed.
周二众议院共和党人选定乔丹之际，他们的参议院同僚投票决定让约翰·图恩继续担任参议院领袖。
As the Republicans settled on Jordan in the House on Tuesday, their Senate colleagues voted to keep John Thune as their leader in that chamber.
民主党人尚未正式讨论下一届国会由谁出任众议院议长和参议院多数党领袖。众议院领导层的决定预计将于下周作出，民主党参议员则将在12月初投票选出他们的领导人。美联社提供资料
The Democrats have yet to formally deliberate on who will lead them as House Speaker and Senate majority leader in the next Congress. The House leadership decision is expected next week, with the Democratic senators to vote for their leaders in early December. With files from the Associated Press