川普竞选活动发生暴力行为

AS IT IS 2016-05-26 Violence Erupts at Trump¹ Campaign Event 川普竞选活动发生暴力行为

Opponents of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attacked and injured several police officers and damaged a building during a campaign event in New Mexico.

Protestors threw rocks, plastic bottles and other items at police officers outside the convention center in Albuquerque. The police returned with pepper spray and smoke grenades. Police said several officers were injured and at least one person was arrested on Tuesday evening.

Trump was interrupted many times during his speech inside the convention center. Protestors shouted at him and held signs criticizing him. Thousands of Trump supporters applauded loudly when he insulted the protestors and told security officers to remove them.

Doug Antoon is an attorney in Albuquerque. He said rocks smashed the convention center’s windows as he was leaving the event. He said, “This was not a protest -- this was a riot.” He said the protestors were members of “hate groups.”

It was the first campaign event for Trump in New Mexico, a state with many Hispanic residents.

New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez is the head of the Republican Governors Association. She is the only Latina governor in the nation. She has strongly criticized Trump’s statements about illegal immigrants. And she has attacked his plan to build a large wall along the border with Mexico. She has visited Mexico to try to increase trade between the country and her state.

During his speech, Trump noted² that the state has many economic problems -- including an increase in the number of people who need government aid to buy food.

“We have to get your governor to get going. She’s got to do a better job, OK? Hey, maybe I’ll run for governor of New Mexico. I’ll get this place going,” he said.

Michael Lonergan is a spokesman for the governor. He said Martinez supports changing the state’s welfare policies. And he said Trump’s criticisms “weren’t about policy -- they were about politics. And the Governor will not be bullied³ into supporting a candidate until she is convinced that candidate will fight for New Mexicans -- and she did not hear that today.”

Trump’s supporters said they like his policies to increase security at the border with Mexico and to stop the number of people who are crossing the border without permission from the U.S. government. But some of them said they were frightened by the violent protests outside the gathering⁴.

Karla Molinar is a student at the University of New Mexico. She said she took part in protests to stop Trump’s speech because she believed he was attacking members of her family who are living in the country illegally. She said she believes Trump is unfairly blaming them for the country’s problems.

Words in This Story

pepper spray – n. a substance made from a chemical found in peppers that causes temporary blindness and pain to the nose, throat, and skin when it is sprayed on someone

smoke grenade – n. a bomb that produces a lot of smoke when it explodes

welfare – n. a government program for poor or unemployed⁵ people that helps pay for their food, housing, medical costs, etc.

bully⁶ – v. to cause (someone) to do something by making threats or insults or by using force

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 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

3 bullied   

adj.被欺负了v.恐吓，威逼( bully的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• My son is being bullied at school. 我儿子在学校里受欺负。
• The boy bullied the small girl into giving him all her money. 那男孩威逼那个小女孩把所有的钱都给他。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

5 unemployed   

adj.失业的，没有工作的；未动用的，闲置的

参考例句：

• There are now over four million unemployed workers in this country.这个国家现有四百万失业人员。
• The unemployed hunger for jobs.失业者渴望得到工作。

6 bully   

n.恃强欺弱者，小流氓；vt.威胁，欺侮

参考例句：

• A bully is always a coward.暴汉常是懦夫。
• The boy gave the bully a pelt on the back with a pebble.那男孩用石子掷击小流氓的背脊。