密西根州民主黨人表態支持共和黨，攪動關鍵參院選戰

安德魯・古茲沃德（Andrew Goudsward）與奈森・萊恩（Nathan Layne）報導By Andrew Goudsward and Nathan Layne

路透阿拉斯加州安克拉治／底特律11月1日電——密西根州一名重要民主黨人週日表態支持共和黨人麥克・羅傑斯，讓美國總統唐納・川普（Donald Trump）所屬的共和黨，在一場關鍵聯邦參議院選戰中意外獲得助力。距離將決定國會控制權的期中選舉，只剩兩天。ANCHORAGE, Alaska/DETROIT, Nov 1 (Reuters) - A prominent Michigan Democrat endorsed Republican Mike Rogers on Sunday, giving President Donald Trump's Republicans an unexpected boost in a critical US Senate race two days before midterm elections that will decide control of Congress.

美國聯邦眾議員海莉・史蒂文斯在一場競爭激烈的密西根民主黨參議員初選中敗給阿卜杜勒・艾爾-賽義德後，公開支持羅傑斯，並與他一同現身底特律一座教堂。此舉可能加劇密西根州的分裂，而該州被視為民主黨能否重奪美國參議院的關鍵。US Representative Haley Stevens, who lost the Michigan Democrats' Senate primary to Abdul El-Sayed in a bitterly contested race, publicly backed Rogers and appeared with him at a Detroit church, threatening to worsen divisions in a state viewed as crucial to Democratic hopes of retaking the US Senate.

史蒂文斯在一段發布於社群媒體的影片中說：「我不屬於阿卜杜勒的競選團隊。」"I don't belong in Abdul's campaign," Stevens said in a video posted to social media.

數小時後，川普在愛荷華州一場政治造勢活動中邀請史蒂文斯加入共和黨。他稍早告訴記者，自己會聯繫史蒂文斯，感謝她的背書；他稱這是「明智之舉，因為艾爾-賽義德會摧毀我們的國家」。Hours later at a political rally in Iowa, Trump invited Stevens to join the Republican Party. He told reporters beforehand that he would reach out to her to thank her for the endorsement, which he called "a smart thing to do because El-Sayed would destroy our country."

35個參議院席次與全部435個眾議院席次將於週二進行投票。共和黨在兩院都握有微弱多數。民調顯示，民主黨較有可能贏得眾議院多數，並在參議院控制權之爭中陷入膠著；參議院結果可能取決於少數幾州，包括密西根州與阿拉斯加州。Thirty-five Senate seats and all 435 House of Representatives seats are on the ballot on Tuesday. Republicans hold narrow majorities in both chambers. Polls show Democrats are favored to win a majority of the House and are locked in a tight battle for control of the Senate, where the outcome likely will rest with a handful of states, including Michigan and Alaska.

如果民主黨取得眾議院或參議院控制權，可能會在川普任期最後兩年阻擋他的立法議程，並對一個迄今面對的多半是配合的共和黨多數派的政府展開調查。白宮一直準備在沒有國會協助下推動川普部分議程，包括對貿易夥伴施加關稅壓力。If Democrats take control of the House or Senate, they could block Trump's legislative agenda for his final two years in office and launch investigations of an administration that has so far faced largely compliant Republican majorities. The White House has been preparing to implement portions of Trump's agenda without the aid of Congress, including its tariff pressure on trading partners.

密西根民主黨內裂痕MICHIGAN RIFT

史蒂文斯表態支持羅傑斯的當天，原本預定與艾爾-賽義德同台，展現黨內團結。但史蒂文斯要求艾爾-賽義德譴責一個外部團體的廣告後，原定活動告吹；她說，該廣告把高昂的雜貨價格歸咎於以色列。Stevens' endorsement of Rogers came on the day she was scheduled to appear with El-Sayed in a show of party unity. But the planned event unraveled after Stevens called on El-Sayed to condemn an outside group's ad that she said blames Israel for high grocery prices.

史蒂文斯週日晚間告訴CNN：「那則廣告非常令人痛苦。有很多民主黨人想投票給我們民主黨提名人，但他們卻被告知，『嘿，這個政黨不屬於你，或者這個競選團隊不屬於你。』」"That ad was very painful," Stevens told CNN on Sunday night. "There are so many Democrats who want to vote for our Democratic nominee, and they're just being told, 'Hey, this is a party you don't belong in, or this is a campaign you don't belong in.'"

一名知情人士表示，艾爾-賽義德的競選團隊最近要求史蒂文斯在選舉日以前不要出席他的活動，以免「分散對競選核心議題的注意力」。El-Sayed's campaign recently asked Stevens to skip his events through Election Day so as "not to distract from the central issues of the campaign," a person familiar with the matter said.

共和黨人試圖利用史蒂文斯的舉動。羅傑斯說：「這就是今日美國政治中的勇氣。當你看到一個政黨，至少是該黨的一小部分，偏向他們一直對一群人噴吐的惡毒仇恨時，情況就會變得危險。」Republicans sought to capitalize on Stevens' move. "This is courage in politics in America today," Rogers said. "When you see a party, and at least a sliver of the party, veering off into the virulent hate that they have been spewing toward a group of people, it gets dangerous."

週日晚些時候在愛荷華州造勢活動上，川普重複不實說法，稱艾爾-賽義德是「聖戰分子」——這類攻擊符合川普與其他共和黨人針對阿拉伯裔美國人與穆斯林發表煽動性言論的更廣泛模式。Later on Sunday at the Iowa rally, Trump repeated false claims that El-Sayed is a "jihadist" - attacks that fit a broader pattern of inflammatory rhetoric from Trump and other Republicans targeting Arab Americans and Muslims.

史蒂文斯的行動似乎沒有削弱艾爾-賽義德的支持度。週日發布、且部分於週日進行的《紐約時報》／謝納學院民調顯示，這名民主黨提名人以53%對42%領先羅傑斯。Stevens' move did not appear to dent support for El-Sayed. A New York Times/Siena poll released and partly conducted on Sunday showed the Democratic nominee with a 53% to 42% lead over Rogers.

艾爾-賽義德競選團隊一名發言人表示，在史蒂文斯表態支持羅傑斯後的4小時內，團隊募得120萬美元，成為該團隊自8月民主黨初選以來募款表現第二好的日子。A spokesperson for El-Sayed's campaign said that it raised $1.2 million in the four hours after Stevens endorsed Rogers, making it the campaign's second-best fundraising day since the Democratic primary election in August.

他週日拒絕直接回應史蒂文斯的背書。He declined to directly address Stevens' endorsement on Sunday.

艾爾-賽義德告訴MS NOW：「這場選戰從來就不是關於我。甚至也從來不是關於麥克・羅傑斯。當然也不是關於海莉・史蒂文斯。這場選戰關乎密西根州人民，關乎我在他們的教堂與猶太會堂、地下室與客廳裡認識的人們，我們談的是他們需要什麼、應得什麼。」"This race was never about me," El-Sayed told MS NOW. "It was never even about Mike Rogers. It's certainly not about Haley Stevens. This race is about the people in the state of Michigan, the people that I've gotten to know in their churches and synagogues, in their basements and their living rooms, talking about what they need and deserve."

根據CNN與《國會山莊報》（the Hill）報導，史蒂文斯多名國會辦公室幕僚因這項背書辭職，也有部分選民表達輕蔑。A number of Stevens' congressional staff resigned over the endorsement, according to reports from CNN and the Hill, while some voters expressed disdain.

72歲的潘蜜拉・強森（Pamela Johnson）在底特律郊區沃倫投票給艾爾-賽義德後說：「海莉・史蒂文斯是叛徒。」"Haley Stevens is a traitor," said Pamela Johnson, 72, after casting her ballot for El-Sayed in Warren, a Detroit suburb.

川普政府介入阿拉斯加選戰受挫ALASKA INTERVENTION FALTERS

同樣在週日，川普政府試圖介入阿拉斯加州參議員選戰的行動受挫。一名聯邦法官駁回美國司法部的訴訟；該訴訟要求，如果共和黨現任參議員丹・S・蘇利文（Dan S. Sullivan）以些微差距落敗，應阻止認證選舉結果。Also on Sunday, the Trump administration's attempt to intervene in Alaska's Senate race faltered when a federal judge dismissed the US Justice Department's lawsuit seeking to block certification of the results if Republican incumbent Senator Dan S. Sullivan narrowly loses.

司法部主張，同一張選票上出現一名名叫小丹尼爾・J・蘇利文（Daniel J. Sullivan Jr.）的挑戰者，可能會讓選民混淆。The Justice Department argued voters may be confused by the presence of a challenger named Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. on the same ballot.

過去幾天，在《紐約時報》報導民主黨人瑪麗・佩爾托拉（Mary Peltola）的競選團隊參與招募小丹尼爾・J・蘇利文參選、使其扮演攪局者後，這個問題攪動了選情。The issue has roiled the campaign over the last several days after the New York Times reported that Democrat Mary Peltola's campaign was involved in recruiting Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. into the race as a spoiler.

這名參議員週日表示，即使川普政府正推進對此事的刑事調查，他仍會接受週二選舉結果。但共和黨籍阿拉斯加州長麥克・鄧利維（Mike Dunleavy）暗示，他可能不會認證佩爾托拉勝選；現任參議員蘇利文則拒絕說明，他是否會支持拒絕認證的行動。The senator said on Sunday he would accept the results of Tuesday's election even as the Trump administration presses a criminal investigation into the issue. But Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy, a Republican, has suggested he may not certify a victory by Peltola, and the incumbent Sullivan declined to say whether he would support efforts to refuse certification.

他也加入黨內同僚行列，指控另一名蘇利文試圖用相似姓名混淆選民。He joined his party colleagues in accusing the other Sullivan of trying to confuse voters with his similar name.

這名參議員在CNN「國情咨文」（State of the Union）節目中說：「他們讓那個誘餌人物登上選票。我確定我會因那種詭計丟掉很多票。所以我要對阿拉斯加人說：『不要讓他們靠詭計得逞。』」"They got the decoy guy on the ballot," the senator told CNN's "State of the Union" program. "I'm sure I'm going to lose a lot of votes to that trickery. So what I say to Alaskans is, 'Don't let them get away with the tricks.'"

佩爾托拉否認涉入此事，小蘇利文也否認與佩爾托拉競選團隊協調。Peltola has denied involvement, and Sullivan Jr. has denied coordinating with Peltola's campaign.

（安德魯・古茲沃德、Doina Chiacu與David Morgan華盛頓報導，Nathan Frandino安克拉治報導；Nathan Layne、Laura Matthews、Leah Douglas、Curtis Williams與Mike Scarcella補充報導；Brad Brooks、安德魯・古茲沃德與David Lawder撰稿；Lincoln Feast、Alex Richardson、Sergio Non、Will Dunham與Deepa Babington編輯）(Reporting by Andrew Goudsward, Doina Chiacu and David Morgan in Washington, and Nathan Frandino in Anchorage; Additional reporting by Nathan Layne, Laura Matthews, Leah Douglas, Curtis Williams and Mike Scarcella; Writing by Brad Brooks, Andrew Goudsward and David Lawder; Editing by Lincoln Feast, Alex Richardson, Sergio Non, Will Dunham and Deepa Babington)