纽约时报 要么绝对忠诚 要么出局(5)（在线收听）

Mr. McIntosh and Republican lawmakers said Mr. Trump’s largely conservative record had made it easier to remain loyal,

麦金托什和共和党议员援引他减税、放松监管及司法任命等举措表示，

noting his tax cuts, deregulation and judicial appointments.

特朗普大致属于保守派人士，一定程度上降低了其他共和党人忠诚于他的难度。

Lawmakers not seeking re-election are often the most candid about the slavish devotion Mr. Trump engenders with voters—

没有连任意向的议员通常最敢于直言特朗普如何让选民变得对他唯唯诺诺——

and the pressure it puts on them.

这种唯唯诺诺又给他们带来了多大的压力。

“Public officials need to be held accountable,

“政府官员应当被问责，

and I don’t think any governmental system works well with blind loyalty without reason,”

我也不认为有哪个政府系统无端就地处理好这种盲目的忠诚，”

said Representative Francis Rooney of Florida,

佛罗里达州众议员弗朗西斯·鲁尼说道。

who announced his intention to retire earlier this year

此人就特朗普的对乌之举做出了批评，随后立即遭到了反击，

after criticizing Mr. Trump for his conduct with Ukraine and suffering an immediate backlash.

今年年初，他便宣布了退休之意。

Mr. Rooney ultimately voted against impeachment, but told colleagues he felt uneasy about it.

鲁尼投票反对弹劾特朗普，却又告诉同事他对此有些不安。

Recalling an appearance on a Florida television station afterward,

回忆起投票结束后在佛罗里达州某电视台露面的情形，

Mr. Rooney said: “They interviewed me after the vote and then they interviewed one of these Cape Coral Republican ladies

鲁尼说：“投票后他们采访了我，又采访了开普科勒尔的一位共和党女士，

and she said, ‘Well, it’s about time they came around to realize it’s a big media hoax.’

那位女士说，‘好吧，是时候让他们觉悟，让他们意识到这是一大媒体骗局了。’

How do you argue with that? How do you reason with that?”

这你又怎么说？这你又怎么解释？

Many of the Republicans who may have considered impeaching Mr. Trump are gone.

许多曾经可能有过弹劾特朗普想法的人都已经离开了。

They were part of a 40-seat loss the party had in the House last year,

去年，该党在众议院缩减了足足40个席位，这些人便在其中之列，

which deprived the caucus of many of its most independent figures

他们的离开让共和党丧失了一大批拥有独立政见的成员，

and left it more supportive of the president than ever.

也更加坚定了剩余共和党议员支持总统的决心。

So why was there no introspection within the party after the midterms

问题是，中期选举后，共和党党内为何没有就特朗普给共和党候选人，

about the damage Mr. Trump did to Republican candidates, particularly in the suburbs?

尤其是给郊区的候选人造成的伤害做出丝毫反省？

“If you go to any Republican event,

“如果你去共和党组织的活动现场，

you’re going to find more people at that event than ever before,” Mr. Trott said,

就会发现参加那场活动的人数比以往任何时候都多，”特洛特说，

“and every single one of them to a person will be all in for President Trump.

“而且人人都在全心全意支持特朗普。

They’ll all have ‘Make America Great Again’ hats on and they’ll be saying what a tremendous president he is.”

人人都戴着‘让美国再次伟大起来’的帽子，都在称赞这位总统如何伟大。”

Mr. Trott recounted one of his most vivid memories of his time serving with Mr. Trump.

特洛特讲述了他在特朗普手下工作时最深刻的记忆之一。

It was the day in 2017 when House Republicans voted to repeal the A.C.A. and celebrated afterward at the White House.

那是2017年的一天，众议院共和党人投票废除了《美国公民权利法》，随后在白宫举行了庆祝活动。

Mr. Trott was one of the first lawmakers to enter the Oval Office after the Rose Garden celebration

特洛特是玫瑰园的庆祝活动结束后首批进入总统办公室的议员之一，

and he stood behind the president’s desk when Mr. Trump pulled out a sheet of paper.

特朗普拿出一张纸时，他就站在总统的桌子后面。

“He already had a list of 20 people who had voted against him two hours earlier,” he recalled.

“那时，他已经拿到了一份2小时前投票反对他的人员名单，名单上一共有20人，”他回忆说。