民主党人把众议员吉姆·乔丹本周当选众议院共和党会议下一任领袖一事，视为共和党在中期选举惨败后仍加倍押注其最极端翼的证据。
Democrats greeted Rep. Jim Jordan’s election this week to become the next leader of the House Republican conference as evidence that the GOP is doubling down on its most extreme flank even after sweeping midterm losses.
众议院民主党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯很可能成为下一任众议院议长。他告诉记者，明年能否与乔丹合作“仍有待观察”。
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who is likely to become the next speaker of the House, told reporters it “remains to be seen” whether he can work with Jordan next year.
“我在司法委员会任职时就认识吉姆，他必须规划出自己前进的方向，”杰弗里斯说。
“I know Jim from my days on the Judiciary Committee, and he’s going to have to chart out where he moves forward,” Jeffries said.
大多数普通民主党人立即把乔丹归入极右翼之列。弗吉尼亚州众议员唐·拜尔在X平台上表示，共和党人正在“把他们最极端的声音提升到权力岗位”。加利福尼亚州众议员、众议院民主党副主席特德·刘说，乔丹是“极端候选人”。北卡罗来纳州当选众议员理查德·奥赫达的批评则更为生动。
Most rank-and-file Democrats immediately put Jordan in the category of the far right. Rep. Don Beyer of Virginia said on X that Republicans are “elevating their most extreme voices to positions of power.”Rep. Ted Lieu of California, the vice chair of House Democrats, said Jordan was the “extreme candidate.”Rep.-elect Richard Ojeda of North Carolina was more colorful in his criticism.
但另一些人——在乔丹近20年的众议院生涯中曾与他密切合作并交锋的民主党人——表示，本党不应因为乔丹过去张扬的作风和喷火器般的人设而低估这位俄亥俄州共和党人。
But others — Democrats who have worked closely with and battled Jordan during his nearly two decades in the House — suggested that their party shouldn’t underestimate the Ohio Republican based on his boisterous past and flamethrower persona.
纽约州众议员杰里·纳德勒曾与乔丹在众议院司法委员会共事近五年，担任该委员会民主党首席议员，其中两年乔丹担任主席。他告诉《华盛顿太阳报》，他“几乎在所有事情上”都不同意乔丹的观点。“但他非常聪明，是个值得尊敬的对手，”纳德勒在国会大厦接受采访时补充道。他称乔丹是“一位值得尊敬的对手”。马里兰州众议员杰米·拉斯金是司法委员会现任民主党首席议员，他是一名宪法律师，也是党团中最受尊敬的成员之一，同样曾与乔丹在主席台上共处大量时间。
Rep. Jerry Nadler of New York spent nearly five years working opposite Jordan as the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, including two with Jordan as the chair. He told The Washington Sun that he disagrees with Jordan “on everything, just about.”“But he’s very bright, and he’s a worthy opponent,” Nadler added during an interview in the Capitol. He called Jordan “a worthy adversary.”Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin, the current Democrat atop the Judiciary panel who is a constitutional lawyer and one of the most widely respected members of his caucus, also has spent a lot of time on the dais with Jordan.
拉斯金称乔丹是“一个非常能干的人”。“他当过摔跤手，他试图像一系列摔跤动作那样来谋划政治，”拉斯金说。乔丹大学时曾获一级联赛冠军，总统经常以此作为乔丹是难对付对手的理由。
Raskin called him a “very capable guy.”“He was a wrestler, and he tries to figure out politics like a series of wrestling moves,” Raskin said. Jordan was a Division 1 champion in college, something the president frequently points out as a reason Jordan is a formidable opponent.
拉斯金说，尽管乔丹在摔跤垫上的经历无疑影响了他的政治策略，“但这其中还有道德和伦理的层面，你不应该为自己一方的过分行为和违宪罪行开脱。”近年来，乔丹在国会山一些最激烈的党派争斗中与民主党人对峙。这位来自俄亥俄州特洛伊的人成为总统唐纳德·特朗普最大的捍卫者之一，被选中协助特朗普的首次弹劾辩护。在2021年1月6日国会骚乱后特朗普再次被弹劾时，他也公开为总统辩护，并拒绝遵守调查骚乱的众议院委员会发出的传票，该委员会要求获取乔丹当天与白宫之间的通信。
Raskin said that while Jordan’s experience on the mat undoubtedly plays into his political strategy, “there’s also a moral and ethical dimension to it, and you should not be excusing outrageous actions and unconstitutional offense by your side.”Jordan has faced off against Democrats in some of the most bitter partisan battles on Capitol Hill in recent years. The Troy, Ohio, native emerged as one of President Donald Trump’s biggest defenders, being selected to assist Trump’s first impeachment defense. He also publicly defended the president after he was impeached again following the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots, and refused to comply with a subpoena from the House committee that investigated the riots and was seeking Jordan’s communications with the White House about that day.
乔丹协助领导了共和党针对总统乔·拜登及其家人涉嫌权钱交易的政治性调查，该调查引发了弹劾调查，但最终没有发现拜登有任何不当行为的直接证据。
Jordan helped lead politically charged Republican investigations into alleged influence peddling involving President Joe Biden and his family, which led to an impeachment inquiry but concluded without any direct evidence of wrongdoing by Biden.
让乔丹在左翼眼中成为恶人的那些争斗，也正是一些民主党人认为可能把他锤炼成一位有效领导人的那些争斗，他们打算明年发起多项调查，希望由他来指挥快速应对。
The battles that made Jordan a villain to the left are the same ones that some Democrats think may have developed him as an effective leader to direct rapid responses to the multiple probes they plan to launch next year.
另一位马里兰州民主党人、众议员格伦·艾维曾在乔丹担任主席期间在司法委员会任职两年。他告诉《太阳报》，尽管乔丹担任众议院共和党领袖的新角色表明该党正在采取“强硬立场”，但乔丹与拉斯金的交锋使他为即将到来的战斗做好了准备。
Rep. Glenn Ivey, another Maryland Democrat, spent two years on the Judiciary Committee under Jordan’s chairmanship and told The Sun that while his new role leading House Republicans shows the party is taking a “hardline stance,” Jordan’s duels with Raskin have him positioned for the coming battles.
“我想，与杰米·拉斯金正面交锋，对[乔丹]将要面对的任何事情来说，都算是很好的准备，还有领导层的辩论，”艾维说。
“I guess going up against Jamie Raskin, that’s got to be good preparation for anything [Jordan’s] going to face, and the leadership debates,” Ivey said.
乔丹作为特朗普斗牛犬的名声，可能正是共和党人、尤其是白宫在下一届国会中所寻求的。包括拉斯金和杰弗里斯在内的民主党人已明确表示，对总统、其家人及其亲密盟友圈子进行积极监督是优先事项。本周，众议院民主党人一致投票推进对国防部长皮特·赫格塞思的弹劾，但由于一批人缺席，这一努力未能成功。
Jordan’s reputation as a Trump bulldog may be exactly what Republicans, particularly the White House, are looking for in the next Congress. Democrats, including Raskin and Jeffries, have made clear that aggressive oversight of the president, his family and his circle of close allies is a priority. This week, House Democrats voted unanimously to move forward with impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, but the effort failed due to a bloc of absences.
乔丹甚至私下向共和党人陈述理由，称自己最适合担任少数党领袖一职，因为他能最有效地保护特朗普免受民主党人预计将发起的调查。
Jordan even privately made the case to Republicans that he was best suited for the minority leader position because he could most effectively defend Trump from the investigations Democrats are expected to launch.
加利福尼亚州众议员罗伯特·加西亚有望出任众议院监督委员会主席，明年将承担很大一部分调查职责。他告诉《太阳报》，他并不担心乔丹升任众议院共和党最高职位。
Rep. Robert Garcia of California, who is in line to chair the House Oversight Committee and will be tasked with a large chunk of investigative duties next year, told The Sun he isn’t concerned about Jordan’s ascension to the top House GOP post.
“说到底，他们选谁对我来说并不重要，”加西亚说。“我认为他们必须弄清楚的是，他们是否都会继续向唐纳德·特朗普屈膝，还是真的会试着倾听选民的声音。”
“At the end of the day, it doesn’t really matter to me who they pick,” Garcia said. “I think what they’ve got to figure out is whether they’re all going to continue to bend the knee to Donald Trump, or they’re actually going to try to listen to their constituents.”