在最近成为四十多年来首位当选美国参议员的密西西比州民主党人后，斯科特·科隆承诺将努力确保唐纳德·特朗普“兑现承诺”，这些承诺是他在成功竞选连任总统的2024年大选期间作出的。
After recently becoming the first Mississippi Democrat elected to the US Senate in more than four decades, Scott Colom pledged to try to ensure Donald Trump “follows through on the commitments” he made while successfully running for a second presidency in 2024.
周日，科隆在接受CNN主持人达娜·巴什采访时，提到了特朗普作出的各项竞选承诺——包括降低消费品价格、停止历届政府发动的看似无休止的战争，以及全面公开与已故涉嫌性贩运者杰弗里·爱泼斯坦起诉案相关的档案，爱泼斯坦的社交圈涵盖了美国和全球精英阶层。
Colom, while being interviewed by CNN host Dana Bash on Sunday, alluded to various campaign promises made by Trump – including lowering consumer prices, halting the seemingly endless wars waged under other presidential administrations, and fully releasing files related to the prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein, the late accused sex trafficker whose social circle encompassed the US and global elite.
但在特朗普和以色列于2月在伊朗发动战争后，燃料和其他商品价格飙升，这场冲突已拖延数月——批评人士称，许多所谓的爱泼斯坦档案已被总统政府所谓的不完整披露所排除在外。
But prices for fuel and other goods soared as Trump and Israel started war in Iran in February, a conflict which has dragged on for months – and critics have said many of the so-called Epstein files have been excluded from allegedly incomplete disclosures by the president’s administration.
科隆说：“选民‘选我出来是为了确保他兑现2024年作出的承诺。’‘嗯，我想努力工作……真正做到这一点。’”科隆还表示，他打算支持推动立法限制国会议员炒股，他说，让美国人知道华盛顿特区国会山的立法者“不是在赚钱，而是在为他们着想”很重要。
Voters “elected me to make sure he follows through on the commitments he made in 2024,” Colom said. “Well, I want to work … to actually accomplish that.”Colom also said that he intended to support efforts to pass legislation restricting stock trading by members of Congress, saying it was important for Americans to know lawmakers at the US Capitol in Washington DC “aren’t making money instead of looking out for them”.
科隆说：“我们得为我们的家庭着想——不是为华盛顿特区的家庭。”
“We [have] got to look out for our families – not DC families,” Colom said.
周日，在接受NBC新闻记者克里斯滕·韦尔克的另一场采访时，科隆补充道：“我不是来为亿万富翁着想的。我是来为劳动人民着想的。”科隆的这些言论是在他在11月3日的中期选举中击败共和党现任议员辛迪·海德-史密斯，成为自1875年——美国内战后的重建时期——以来密西西比州首位黑人联邦参议员之后发表的。
In a separate interview with NBC News’s Kristen Welker on Sunday, Colom added: “I’m not here to look out for the billionaires. I’m here to look out for working people.”Those remarks from Colom came after he unseated Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith during the 3 November midterm elections to become the first Black US senator from Mississippi since 1875 – during the Reconstruction period after the American civil war.
科隆战胜海德-史密斯，发生在她阻挠这位前州检察官在乔·拜登总统任内获得联邦法官提名约三年之后，那次阻挠打断了特朗普的两个白宫任期。在许多方面，科隆的胜利为中期选举的“蓝色浪潮”画上了句号，那场浪潮让特朗普及其共和党失去了对国会的控制权，由民主党同僚接管，为特朗普第二个总统任期的后半段（始于1月）奠定了基础。
Colom’s triumph over Hyde-Smith occurred about three years after she blocked the former state prosecutor’s nomination for a federal judgeship during Joe Biden’s presidency, which interrupted Trump’s two White House terms. In many ways Colom’s victory punctuated a midterm “blue wave” that saw Trump and his Republican party lose control of Congress to their Democratic counterparts for the latter half of his second presidency beginning in January.
截至周日，美国阿拉斯加州参议院选举结果仍未出炉，科隆当选的席位是民主党在该议院翻转的八个席位之一。民主党在中期选举中还在联邦众议院赢得了三十多个席位，并大幅扩大了对州长职位的控制，点燃了党内支持者的希望，期望能遏制特朗普在其剩余任期内的议程。
With the outcome of the US Senate race in Alaska still pending on Sunday, the seat to which Colom was elected was among eight that the Democrats had flipped in that congressional chamber. Democrats had also gained more than three dozen seats in the US House during the midterms while significantly expanding their control of state governors’ offices, igniting hopes among the party’s supporters that it could impede Trump’s agenda for the rest of his time in power.
特朗普通过提醒公众他拥有否决权、可就伊朗战争等事务行使否决权以主导政策，回应了其余任期内的这一新政治现实。
Trump has responded to the new political reality for the rest of his presidency by reminding the public that he has veto powers which he can wield to dictate policy with respect to matters such as the Iran war.
当巴什请科隆谈谈战胜海德-史密斯的历史意义时，科隆回答：“这说明，在让人们依据品格而非肤色被评判的征程上，我们已经取得了巨大进步。
Asked by Bash to reflect on the historic significance of his win over Hyde-Smith, Colom replied: “It says that we have made a lot of progress in the journey to have people judged by the content of their character and not the color of their skin.
“我相信，只要我能把我的价值观和对本州的愿景传递出去，密西西比人就会给我一个机会，”科隆说。“而且——你知道——密西西比证明我是对的。”科隆通过远程连线同时出现在两家电视网节目中，地点在亚特兰大，因周五联邦航空管理局（FAA）全国性停飞引发的混乱导致他飞往华盛顿特区的航班取消，他被困在那里。
“I had faith that Mississippians would give me a chance … if I could get my values out there and a vision for our state out there,” Colom said. “And – you know – Mississippi proved me right.”Colom appeared on both networks remotely from Atlanta, where he was stranded after his flight to Washington DC was cancelled in the chaotic aftermath of Friday’s nationwide Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ground stop.
周六晚上，科隆在亚特兰大机场通过社交媒体记录了同行旅客的沮丧。
From Atlanta’s airport on Saturday night, Colom documented the frustrations of fellow travelers on social media.
当选参议员说，甚至有一名旅客提到了他那条走红的竞选广告，广告批评海德-史密斯曾建议担心牛肉价格上涨的人可以选择更便宜的蛋白质来源。该竞选广告的标语是：“换种蛋白质？……我宁愿换个参议员。”
The senator-elect said one traveler even made a reference to his viral campaign ad criticizing Hyde-Smith for once suggesting those concerned about rising beef prices could opt for cheaper sources of protein. The campaign ad’s tagline was: “Pick another protein? … I’d rather pick another senator instead.”
科隆写道，当机场时钟走过午夜时，另一名乘客拿特朗普的交通部长肖恩·达菲开玩笑，说：“换个航班？……换个交通部长。”
As the clock passed midnight at the airport, Colom wrote that another passenger made a joke at the expense of Trump’s transportation secretary Sean Duffy, saying, “Pick another flight? … pick another transportation secretary.”