共和党攻击特朗普为不合适的候选人

AS IT IS 2016-03-04 Republicans Attack Trump¹ as 'Unfit' Candidate 共和党攻击特朗普为不合适的候选人

A prominent Republican has criticized presidential candidate and billionaire Donald Trump as unworthy of the office of president of the United States.

Former U.S. presidential nominee³ Mitt⁴ Romney gave a highly critical speech Thursday about front-runner Trump.

In his speech, he urged Republicans to vote for other Republican candidates, and not Trump.

“Here’s what I know. Donald Trump is a phony, a fraud,” Romney said. A Trump presidency⁵ “would be bad for American workers ... and families,” he said.

Trump’s success has worried Republican Party leaders. The party is worried about many of Trump’s positions. That includes trade and immigration. Trump has called for building a wall between the U.S. and Mexico, deporting⁶ 11 million illegal immigrants, and barring Muslims from entering the country.

“If Donald Trump’s plans were ever implemented⁸, the country would sink into depression,” Romney said Thursday.

He also said that the only “serious policy proposals that deal with the broad range of national challenges” in America come from other remaining candidates: Ted² Cruz, Marco Rubio and John Kasich.

Joshua Stockley, a political scientist at the University of Louisiana Monroe, said he can’t think of another time when a presidential candidate was slammed by top leaders in the same party.

“The reason we can’t think of a case like this is because in the modern age of the nomination⁹ process we never had a candidate like Donald Trump. Never have we had a case of someone so disliked by the establishment, doing so well in an establishment-created entity¹⁰,” Stockley said of the Republican nominating process.

Stockley isn’t sure Romney’s speech will hurt Trump.

“The potential falls short because he doesn’t tell voters where the anti-Trump votes should go,” Stockley said.

Not a ‘business genius’

Romney listed Trump’s failed enterprises – a university, steaks, vodka, casino and more – and said that “a business genius, he is not.”

Trump's "promises are as worthless as a degree from Trump University," Romney said. Trump University is under investigation¹¹ for fraud in New York.

Romney also mentioned that the billionaire refuses to release his tax returns. He also discussed Trump’s reluctance¹² to refuse political support from a former leader of the Ku Klux Klan white supremacist group.

On Wednesday, a group of American foreign policy experts signed a letter opposing Trump.

The final paragraph of the 454-word letter said Trump would make America less safe and hurt the U.S.’s standing¹³ in the world. They said they could not support a party ticket with Trump as the candidate for president.

The people who signed include former U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and former top Pentagon official Dov Zakheim.

Romney’s attacks on Trump differ greatly from remarks he made in 2012. Trump supported Romney’s presidential candidacy then. Romney praised Trump’s business expertise¹⁴.

"Donald Trump has shown an extraordinary ability to understand how our economy works, to create jobs for the American people,” Romney said then.

But on Thursday, Romney joined an increasing number of Republican Party leaders and financial supporters who strongly oppose Trump's candidacy.

The opposition¹⁵ to Trump is gaining momentum¹⁶. Groups are planning to spend millions of dollars on advertising¹⁷ against Trump.

Conservative Solutions is a political action committee supporting Florida Senator Marco Rubio for president. Conservative Solutions opposes Trump and has bought $6 million of advertising in states with upcoming primaries.

Words in this Story

prominent – adj. important and well-known

phony – adj. not true, real, or genuine

fraud – n. a person who pretends to be what he or she is not in order to trick people

implement⁷ – v. to make (something) active or effective

challenge – n. a difficult task or problem : something that is hard to do

slam – v. to criticize harshly

establishment – n. the people in business, government, etc., who have power over the other people in a society

entity – n. a process set up by a group of people

potential – n. the ability to get something done

genius – n.  a very smart, or talented person

reluctance – adj. feeling or showing doubt about doing something

extraordinary – adj. very unusual

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 ted   

vt.翻晒，撒，撒开

参考例句：

• The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
• She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。

3 nominee   

n.被提名者；被任命者；被推荐者

参考例句：

• His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
• Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。

4 mitt   

n.棒球手套，拳击手套，无指手套；vt.铐住，握手

参考例句：

• I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。
• Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。

5 presidency   

n.总统(校长，总经理)的职位(任期)

参考例句：

• Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。

6 deporting   

v.将…驱逐出境( deport的现在分词 )；举止

参考例句：

7 implement   

n.(pl.)工具，器具；vt.实行，实施，执行

参考例句：

• Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
• The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。

8 implemented   

v.实现( implement的过去式和过去分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效

参考例句：

• This agreement, if not implemented, is a mere scrap of paper. 这个协定如不执行只不过是一纸空文。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The economy is in danger of collapse unless far-reaching reforms are implemented. 如果不实施影响深远的改革，经济就面临崩溃的危险。 来自辞典例句

9 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

10 entity   

n.实体，独立存在体，实际存在物

参考例句：

• The country is no longer one political entity.这个国家不再是一个统一的政治实体了。
• As a separate legal entity,the corporation must pay taxes.作为一个独立的法律实体，公司必须纳税。

11 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

12 reluctance   

n.厌恶，讨厌，勉强，不情愿

参考例句：

• The police released Andrew with reluctance.警方勉强把安德鲁放走了。
• He showed the greatest reluctance to make a reply.他表示很不愿意答复。

13 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

14 expertise   

n.专门知识(或技能等)，专长

参考例句：

• We were amazed at his expertise on the ski slopes.他斜坡滑雪的技能使我们赞叹不已。
• You really have the technical expertise in a new breakthrough.让你真正在专业技术上有一个全新的突破。

15 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

16 momentum   

n.动力，冲力，势头；动量

参考例句：

• We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
• The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。

17 advertising   

n.广告业；广告活动 a.广告的；广告业务的

参考例句：

• Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
• The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。