一名年轻男子问阿卜杜勒-埃尔·赛义德是否愿意与穆斯林兄弟会划清界限。
A young man asked Abdul-El Sayed if he would disavow the Muslim Brotherhood.
这位密歇根州民主党参议员候选人回答说愿意，随后表示这类问题会助长针对美国穆斯林的偏执观念。
The Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan replied that he would, and then said that questions like that promote bigoted ideas about Muslim Americans.
这场在周六赛义德活动上的紧张交锋，如今成了这位候选人重点宣传的亮点，他正将其发布在社交媒体上。
The tense exchange at a Saturday event for El-Sayed has turned into a highlight for the candidate that he is now posting on social media.
这名自称汤米的年轻男子其实是托马斯·蒂佩尔，曾是参议员乔什·霍利（共和党-密苏里州）的工作人员，也曾为堪萨斯州一位竞选州长失败的共和党候选人工作。
The young man, who identified himself as Tommy, is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Sen. Josh Hawley (R., Mo.) and for a failed Republican candidate for governor in Kansas.
这一事件是最新一例针对赛义德宗教背景和成长经历提出的质疑，他称这些质疑带有偏执色彩。
The incident was the latest example of questions being raised about El-Sayed’s religious background and upbringing that he has described as bigoted.
但他的对手迈克·罗杰斯和总统特朗普认为，在对宗教极端主义存在担忧的背景下，这类问题是合理的。
But his opponent, Mike Rogers, and President Trump have argued that such questions are fair amid concerns over religious extremism.
以下是这场交锋的经过。
Here’s how the exchange happened.
提问环节在密歇根州的一场市政厅活动中，蒂佩尔问赛义德：“我有一个简单的问题。
你愿意与穆斯林兄弟会划清界限吗？”
The QuestionAt a town hall in Michigan, Teepell asked El-Sayed: “I have one simple question. Will you disavow the Muslim Brotherhood?”
赛义德当时在密歇根州卡罗市，这是弗林特东北方向的一个城镇。
El-Sayed was in Caro, Mich., a town northeast of Flint.
他回答说：“当然，是的，绝对愿意”，随后反问：“你为什么要问这个问题？”
He responded, “sure, yeah, absolutely,” before pushing back. “Why are you asking the question?”
蒂佩尔答道：“因为他们是恐怖组织。”
Teepell replied, “because they’re a terrorist group.”
穆斯林兄弟会指的是一个参与地区伊斯兰主义运动的组织网络，在中东多个国家有各自不同的团体。
The Muslim Brotherhood refers to a network of organizations involved in regional Islamist movements, with distinct groups in several Middle Eastern countries.
特朗普政府已将其中一些分支列为恐怖组织。
The Trump administration has designated some branches of the organization as terrorist groups.
回应赛义德借这个问题谴责了针对他穆斯林信仰的攻击，并称总统约翰·F·肯尼迪当年因为是天主教徒，也面临过类似的忠诚分裂指控。
“你问这个问题，是因为你隐含地假定我会双重效忠，对吧？”
The ResponseEl-Sayed used the question to denounce attacks on his Muslim faith, saying that President John F. Kennedy faced similar accusations of divided loyalties because he was Catholic.“You’re asking the question because implicitly, you assume that I’ll have dual loyalties, right?”
赛义德说。
El-Sayed said.
“我竞选的不是穆斯林参议员，我竞选的是美国……”“参议院……而且恰好是穆斯林。”
“I’m not running to be a Muslim senator, I’m running for U.S. Senate and happen to be Muslim.”
在埃尔-赛义德的回答之后，蒂佩尔似乎走开了。
Teepell appeared to walk away after El-Sayed’s response.
气候问题共和党人利用埃尔-赛义德的宗教及其对以色列的看法，将其视为这名候选人的潜在弱点。
The ClimateRepublicans have capitalized on El-Sayed’s religion and his views on Israel as potential vulnerabilities for the candidate.
埃尔-赛义德的对手罗杰斯在一次关于美国伊斯兰恐怖主义的演讲中指控他用恐怖组织的资金资助自己的竞选活动。
埃尔-赛义德以反对援助以色列的纲领赢得了密歇根州民主党初选，击败了支持以色列的众议员黑利·史蒂文斯（民主党，密歇根州）。
Rogers, El-Sayed’s opponent, accused him of funding his campaign with money from terrorist groups in a speech about Islamist terrorism in the U.S.El-Sayed won the Democratic primary in Michigan on a platform that opposed aid to Israel, beating Rep. Haley Stevens (D, Mich.), who supports Israel.
罗杰斯还就埃尔-赛义德在以色列问题上的立场对他发起攻击。
Rogers has also attacked El-Sayed over his stance on Israel.
埃尔-赛义德因与左翼政治主播哈桑·皮克一同竞选而受到批评。
El-Sayed has faced criticism for campaigning with Hasan Piker, a left-wing political streamer.
共和党人称皮克反美，并指出他2019年曾说过“美国活该遭遇9·11”。
Republicans have described Piker as anti-American and pointed to his 2019 remark that “America deserved 9/11.”
埃尔-赛义德表示他不同意这些言论。
El-Sayed has said he doesn’t agree with those statements.
反应罗杰斯本周在接受CNN采访时表示，在与蒂佩尔的交锋中，这名民主党人没有充分谴责穆斯林兄弟会。
“他没有谴责它，”罗杰斯说。
The ReactionRogers on CNN this week said that the Democrat didn’t adequately disavow the Muslim Brotherhood in the exchange with Teepell.“He didn’t disavow it,” Rogers said.
“他滔滔不绝地说了一堆废话，试图绕开他做不到这一点的事实。”
“He goes on this word salad trying to get around the fact that he can’t do it.”
主持人达娜·巴什对此提出反驳。
The host, Dana Bash, pushed back.
这段交锋的视频片段已在网上疯传，埃尔-赛义德的竞选团队也对其进行了推广。
Clips from the exchange have gone viral, and El-Sayed’s campaign has promoted them, too.
“这是汤米，”埃尔-赛义德本周末在X上发布了这段视频并写道。
“This is Tommy,” El-Sayed posted on X this weekend with the clip.
“汤米对我的忠诚提出了疑问。
听到最后，听听他的忠诚。”
“Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.”
截至周一，他的帖子已获得1300万次浏览。
By Monday, his post had garnered 13 million views.
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