Name: 特朗普總統在歷史性投票中第二次被彈劾 - BBC新聞之夜 (President Trump impeached a second time in historic vote - BBC Newsnight)
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T20:51:03.000Z
Duration: 4 min 5 s

they are taking no chances on Capitol Hill today, democracy is a fortress.

他們今天在國會山沒有任何機會，民主是一個堡壘。

Inside, the president's opponents are about to begin a second impeachment of Donald J.

在內部，總統的反對者即將開始對唐納德-J-的第二次彈劾。

The speaker, Nancy Pelosi, arrived at the house through a phalanx of National Guard.

議長南希-佩洛西通過國民警衛隊的法陣抵達眾議院。

How important today is this Madam Speaker?

She's letting the House of Representatives do the speaking today.

Democratic institutions taking charge after the mayhem of one week ago, House Resolution 24 resolved that Donald John Trump, president of the United States, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors.

民主黨機構在一週前的混亂後負責，眾議院24號決議案決議，美國總統唐納德-約翰-特朗普因高罪和輕罪被彈劾。

The Democrats are not only lining up against the president, but also a ticking clock with not much time left on it.

民主黨人不僅要和總統對著幹，而且還是一個時間不多的滴滴答答的時鐘。

Given that he's out of office in one week's time?

Absolutely in one week, he can still do a lot of damage.

絕對在一個星期內，他還能造成很大的傷害。

He still has a very big platform for destruction.

他還是有一個非常大的破壞平臺。

Plus it would strip him of the ability to ever run for public office again.

另外，這將剝奪他再次競選公職的能力。

There are many reasons why we should be impeaching this president, but the most important one is that he still poses a threat and a danger to our democracy.

我們應該彈劾這位總統的原因有很多，但最重要的一個原因是，他仍然對我們的民主構成威脅和危險。

Last time the president was impeached, not a single house Republican joined the Democrats.

上次總統被彈劾，沒有一個眾議院共和黨人加入民主黨。

This time, though, Republican unity has broken down.

不過這一次，共和黨的團結已經破裂了。

The president took an oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic.

總統宣誓捍衛憲法，抵禦國內外一切敵人。

Last week there was a domestic threat at the door of the capital, and he did nothing to stop it.

上週京城門口出現了國內的威脅，而他卻沒有任何阻止。

That is why, with a heavy heart and clear Rezaul, I will vote yes on these articles of impeachment.

所以，我將懷著沉重的心情和明確的Rezaul，對這些彈劾條款投贊成票。

The majority of Republicans in the House say they see no point in impeachment.

眾議院大多數共和黨人表示，他們認為彈劾沒有意義。

Why, why politics and the fact that they wanted.

為什麼，為什麼政治和事實，他們想。

We don't feel like we're partners at all.

我們一點也不覺得自己是合夥人。

這是非常對立的在 這是一個拍。

Fallon was in the chamber on Wednesday, one of a small group of politicians and police desperately holding the door against the mob.

法倫週三在會議廳裡，是一小批政治家和警察拼命守住門，對抗暴徒的一員。

It was dicey because you didn't know what was on the other side of that door at first, because you just heard the pounding.

這很危險，因為你一開始並不知道那扇門的另一邊是什麼，因為你只是聽到了敲擊聲。

Was it three people, 30 people, 300 people.

But I've always condemned all political violence I did last summer.

但我一直譴責我去年夏天所做的一切政治暴力。

I've done it in my entire life, and I do.

No impeachment, not impeach that impeachment again, particularly because of the timing we got.

不彈劾，不是再彈劾那個彈劾，特別是我們得到的時機。

Now what they're saying, and there also is he's an imminent threat to democracy.

現在他們說的，還有就是他對民主是個迫在眉睫的威脅。

Well, that was last Wednesday, so six or seven days it's been pretty much radio silence.

好吧，那是上週三，所以六七天來，它一直是相當多的無線電沉默。

I mean, there's no imminent threat to democracy that I see.

我的意思是，沒有迫在眉睫的民主威脅，我看到。

So in less than a day, with no evidence presented nor witnesses questioned, the House moved to a vote.

所以在不到一天的時間裡，在沒有提交證據，也沒有詢問證人的情況下，眾議院進行了表決。

The resolution is adopted without objection.

The motion to reconsider is laid upon the table with that vote in the House, which was never really in doubt.

重新審議的動議與眾議院的投票一起擺在桌面上，而這一點從來沒有真正的疑問。

The impeachment process moves down there to the Senate, where 17 Republican senators would have to agree to remove Donald Trump from office.

彈劾程序將移至參議院，在那裡，17名共和黨參議員將不得不同意解除唐納德-特朗普的職務。

But as things look right now, it seems unlikely matters air now in the hands of the Republican Senate leader, Mitch McConnell, who let it be known yesterday that he thought it might be a good idea to impeach the president toe purge the Republican Party of Donald Trump.

但現在看來，事情似乎不太可能空氣現在在共和黨參議院領袖米奇-麥康奈爾手中，他昨天讓人知道，他認為彈劾總統可能是一個好主意，以清除共和黨的唐納德-特朗普。

We've seen a very different Republican Party, this time to the last impeachment.

我們看到了一個截然不同的共和黨，這次到上次彈劾。

I spoke via Zoom toe William Cohen, a Republican former defense secretary.

我通過Zoom toe威廉-科恩（William Cohen），一位共和黨前國防部長。

It was, ah, truly outstanding statement that he made, even though it was somewhat muted.

他說的這句話，啊，真的很出色，雖然有些淡定。

Nonetheless, the signal that he said was that they have gone too far.

不過，他說的信號是，他們已經走得太遠了。

So the stage is now set in Washington for Joe Biden's inauguration next week and his predecessors impeachment trial in the Senate.

是以，現在華盛頓的舞臺上，喬-拜登下週的就職典禮和他的前任在參議院的彈劾審判已經就緒。

 Donald Trump's influence on American politics is set to last far longer than this term in office. 

唐納德-特朗普對美國政壇的影響將遠比這個任期更長久。