
一个民主党超级政治行动委员会正猛烈抨击共和党聚焦跨性别议题,因为在中期选举最后冲刺阶段,关键选战中的共和党候选人正拿文化战争议题攻击其民主党对手。
A Democratic super PAC is hammering Republicans over their focus on transgender issues as GOP candidates in battleground races invoke culture war issues against their Democratic opponents in the final stretch of the midterm cycle.
进步行动基金周二发布了一则新广告,该广告首先与《国会山报》分享,属于一项价值超过100万美元的广告投放,广告描绘了一位普通的共和党众议员,其任务是检查女孩是否使用与其生理性别相符的洗手间。
Progress Action Fund released a new ad on Tuesday, first shared with The Hill and part of an ad buy worth more than $1 million, that portrays a generic Republican congressman tasked with checking whether girls are using a bathroom that aligns with their biological sex.
在这则名为《共和党人在你的洗手间》的30秒广告中,一个女孩走进洗手间隔间,发现一位共和党众议员正在隔间里等她,吓得尖叫起来。
In the 30-second ad called “Republicans In Your Bathroom,” a girl walks into a bathroom stall, screaming when she realizes a GOP congressman is waiting in the stall for her.
“你是谁?”女孩问他在隔间里干什么后,这位普通议员回答:“我是你的共和党众议员。现在我们掌权了,我要检查确保没有跨性别者进错洗手间。”“洗手间是私密场所。你难道没别的正事干吗?”女孩反问。
“I’m your Republican congressman,” the generic lawmaker says to the girl after she asks what he’s doing in the stall. “Now that we’re in charge, I’m checking to make sure there’s no trans people in the wrong bathroom.”“Bathrooms are private. Don’t you have anything better to do?” she asks.
“我赢了上届选举,这就是我的优先事项,”该议员回答,“现在,让我们确确你真的是个女孩。”该广告定于大选日前两周,在得克萨斯州和俄亥俄州的联网电视和流媒体服务上播放。这两个州都有竞争激烈的参众两院选战,将决定两院的多数党归属。
“I won the last election, and this is my priority,” the lawmaker replies. “Now, let’s make sure you’re really a girl.”The ad is scheduled to air on connected TV and streaming services in Texas and Ohio two weeks out from Election Day. Both states are home to competitive Senate and House races that will determine the majorities in both chambers.
“美国人希望民选官员降低汽油价格、结束伊朗战争,而不是跟着他们进他妈的洗手间,”进步行动基金执行总监乔·雅各布森在一份声明中说。“共和党人简直令人毛骨悚然。民主党人需要硬起脊梁,指责共和党人监视儿童洗手间这种令人毛骨悚然的癖好。”共和党候选人已将跨性别议题——特别是跨性别女孩和女性能否参加与其性别认同相符的运动队这一辩论——作为攻击民主党的主要话术。
“Americans want their elected officials to lower gas prices and end the war in Iran, not follow them into the f–king restroom,” Progress Action Fund executive director Joe Jacobson said in a statement. “Republicans are creepy as hell. Democrats need to grow a spine and call Republicans out for their creepy fetish of monitoring children’s bathrooms.”Republican candidates have leaned into transgender issues, particularly the debate into whether transgender girls and women can play on sports teams that align with their gender identity, as a major attack line against Democrats.
共和党人肯·帕克斯顿正与民主党人詹姆斯·塔拉里科争夺德克萨斯州的一个空缺参议员席位,他在广告中攻击这位州议员过去在跨性别问题上的言论,包括塔拉里科曾表示生理性别不止两种,并称他爱跨性别儿童。
Republican Ken Paxton, who is facing off against Democrat James Talarico for the open Texas Senate seat, has attacked the state lawmaker in ads for his past comments on transgender issues, including for saying there’s more than two biological sexes and that he loves trans children.
决策台总部(Decision Desk HQ)汇编的德州参议院选举民调平均值显示,塔拉里科以 49% 对 46.8% 的微弱优势领先帕克斯顿 2 个百分点。
A polling average of Texas Senate surveys compiled by Decision Desk HQ shows Talarico holds a narrow 2-point edge against Paxton, at 49 percent and 46.8 percent, respectively.
塔拉里科 5 月在接受哥伦比亚广播公司(CBS News)采访时被问及其部分过往言论,他表示:“我知道有两种性别,男性和女性。我也知道有一小部分人存在这些染色体异常,我认为他们值得受到尊严和尊重的对待。”
“I know there are two sexes, men and women. I also know there’s a very small percentage of people who have these chromosomal abnormalities, and I believe they deserve to be treated with dignity and respect,” Talarico told CBS News in May when asked about some of his past remarks.
另一个共和党团体也针对性别肯定护理以及跨性别者使用与其性别认同相符的洗手间等问题,攻击前参议员谢罗德·布朗(民主党-俄亥俄州)。布朗正在“七叶树州”与参议员乔恩·赫斯特德(共和党-俄亥俄州)展开胶着较量。
Another Republican group has also attacked former Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) over the issues of gender-affirming care and transgender individuals using the bathroom that aligns with their gender identity. Brown is locked in a tight battle against Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) in the Buckeye State.
决策台总部汇编的俄亥俄州参议院选举民调平均值显示,布朗以略多于 1 个百分点的微弱优势领先赫斯特德。布朗的支持率接近 48%,而赫斯特德为 46%。
A DDHQ polling average of Ohio Senate surveys shows Brown narrowly leading Husted by over a point. Brown sits close to 48 percent, while Husted sits at 46 percent.
布朗的竞选团队推出了自己的广告回应,广告中几名疑似布朗支持者轻描淡写地回应了这些攻击,并质疑共和党为何聚焦跨性别议题,随后转而攻击赫斯特德在高生活成本问题上的表现。
Brown’s campaign responded with its own ad, in which several people, ostensibly Brown supporters, dismiss the attacks and ask why Republicans are focused on the transgender issue before attacking Husted over high costs of living.