Name: 反彈開始了：從華盛頓回國的共和黨人因特朗普法案面臨當地抗議活動 (The backlash begins: Republicans heading home from D.C. face local protests over Trump bill)
Uploaded: 2025-07-04T08:00:10.000Z
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So, every president has a big legislative priority that they want to get done in their first year.

是以，每位總統都有自己希望在第一年完成的立法重點。

The first year is always the pivotal time where you can push big pieces of legislation forward.

第一年總是關鍵時刻，在這一年裡，你可以推動重大立法。

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And regardless of party or ideology or the merits of the ideas, the basic question that drives it for every single one of them is typically pretty simple.

無論黨派、意識形態或觀點的優劣如何，對每個人來說，驅動這些觀點的基本問題通常都非常簡單。

Maybe it's making good on a campaign promise.

Maybe it's a crisis nobody saw coming that's now sitting in your lap because you're the president.

也許這是一場沒有人預料到的危機，現在卻因為你是總統而坐在了你的腿上。

I mean, I worked for two presidents, and that's how it went for them, but that's how it has gone for pretty much every president for decades.

我的意思是，我曾為兩位總統工作過，他們是這樣，但幾十年來，幾乎每一位總統都是這樣。

Obama's first 18 months were focused around getting the Recovery Act passed because his priority at the time was digging the country out of the huge economic hole, the massive unemployment rate crisis that was created by the 2008 financial meltdown.

奧巴馬的前 18 個月主要圍繞《復甦法案》的通過展開，因為他當時的首要任務是將國家從巨大的經濟漏洞和 2008 年金融風暴造成的大規模失業率危機中解救出來。

He also fought to pass Dodd-Frank, a Wall Street reform package, to address the problems that had led to the financial crisis.

他還爭取通過了華爾街改革方案《多德-弗蘭克法案》，以解決導致金融危機的問題。

And of course he pushed very, very, very hard for the Affordable Care Act because far too many Americans lacked health insurance.

當然，他還非常、非常、非常努力地推動《平價醫療法案》，因為太多的美國人沒有醫療保險。

He was solving clear problems, pulling the country out of an economic hole, trying to prevent it from happening again, trying to give people health insurance who didn't have it.

他正在解決明確的問題，把國家從經濟困境中拉出來，努力防止經濟危機再次發生，努力為沒有醫療保險的人提供醫療保險。

Fast forward to when Joe Biden took office.

That was the height of a global pandemic.

And his focus was, of course, on delivering a rescue plan to help address the economic damage it was causing and to help get all sorts of equipment out to people, whether it was tests or masks or things to help people address and prevent them from getting COVID.

當然，他的工作重點是實施一項救援計劃，幫助解決它所造成的經濟損失，並幫助向人們提供各種設備，無論是檢測儀、口罩還是其他幫助人們解決和防止感染 COVID 的東西。

He also signed a giant bill into law that addressed the country's infrastructure needs, something way overdue.

他還簽署了一項巨型法案，使之成為法律，以滿足國家的基礎設施需求，這是早就應該做的事情。

Remember the infrastructure week that was in Trump's first term seemingly every week?

還記得特朗普第一任期內似乎每週都有的 "基礎設施周 "嗎？

And then he passed another law that tackled inflation and the climate crisis.

隨後，他又通過了另一項法律，以應對通貨膨脹和氣候危機。

He was trying to answer questions, trying to address the COVID crisis, but also address problems he had long wanted to solve.

他試圖回答問題，試圖解決 COVID 危機，同時也在解決他一直想解決的問題。

Outdated infrastructure in our country, the need to do more for the climate.

我國落後的基礎設施，需要為氣候做出更多努力。

In every case, and more cases than those, presidents identified problems that were impacting huge, broad swaths of the country.

在每一個案例中，總統們都發現了影響全國廣大地區的問題，而且不止這些。

And then they worked with Congress to try to solve them.

然後，他們與國會合作，試圖解決這些問題。

Which brings me to a big, unanswered question about Donald Trump's big, ugly bill, which now heads to his desk after passing by the narrowest of margins this afternoon.

今天下午，唐納德-特朗普（Donald Trump）以最微弱的優勢通過了一項龐大而醜陋的法案，現在正準備將其提交到他的辦公桌上。

What exactly is the problem this legislation is trying to solve?

這項立法究竟要解決什麼問題？

What exactly did Donald Trump and his team sit in a room and think, you know what, we have two houses of Congress, we have the White House, we're going to try to solve this big problem?

唐納德-特朗普（Donald Trump）和他的團隊坐在房間裡想，你知道嗎，我們有國會兩院，我們有白宮，我們要努力解決這個大問題。

Republicans have never even tried to answer that question, not coherently at least.

共和黨人甚至從未試圖回答過這個問題，至少沒有連貫地回答過。

But looking what is in the bill, it's pretty clear to me that the problem they were seeking to address is, I guess, that the wealthy in this country have too little, and they pay too much in taxes, and the poor have too much.

但從法案的內容來看，我很清楚他們想要解決的問題是，我想，這個國家的富人擁有的太少，他們繳納的稅太多，而窮人擁有的太多。

And yeah, that question, and focusing your big legislative priorities on answering that question is completely at odds with the often-repeated theory that Donald Trump is somehow a champion of working people.

是的，這個問題，以及將立法重點放在回答這個問題上，與唐納德-特朗普（Donald Trump）是勞動人民的擁護者這一經常被重複的理論完全不符。

I mean, we have all, probably everybody watching right now, I definitely do, have all long known that this is a farce.

我的意思是，我們所有人，可能現在正在收看的所有人，我絕對知道，早就知道這是一場鬧劇。

But now, with his signature legislation headed to his desk, there should be no doubt.

但現在，隨著他的簽名立法即將提交到他的辦公桌上，這一點應該是毋庸置疑的。

A populist doesn't kick 17 million people off their health care coverage.

民粹主義者不會把 1700 萬人踢出醫保。

A populist doesn't take food stamps away from millions of people.

民粹主義者不會剝奪數百萬人的食品券。

A populist doesn't fund a massive immigration enforcement army with a budget bigger than many of the world's militaries.

民粹主義者不會資助一支龐大的移民執法軍隊，其預算比世界上許多國家的軍隊都要龐大。

And a populist definitely doesn't do all of that while also giving over $4 trillion in tax cuts to corporations and the wealthiest people in the entire country.

而民粹主義者絕對不會在為企業和全國最富有的人減稅超過 4 萬億美元的同時，還做到這一切。

This is Donald Trump's signature piece of legislation.

這是唐納德-特朗普的標誌性立法。

It's the chance he had as president to solve a problem in this country at a time when, by the way, real problems need a lot of solving.

這是他作為總統解決國家問題的機會，順便說一句，在這個時候，真正的問題需要解決很多。

Many people who voted for him were betting he was going to do something to help them.

許多投票給他的人都在賭他會做一些事情來幫助他們。

And yet those are the people who voted for him, who sent him to the Oval Office, many of whom will be hit the hardest by this legislation.

然而，正是這些人投票支持他，將他送上橢圓形辦公室，其中許多人將受到這項立法的最嚴重打擊。

I mean, Trump made huge electoral gains in counties with lots of voters on Medicaid, probably in part because he explicitly pledged never to cut Medicaid.

我的意思是，特朗普在擁有大量醫療補助（Medicaid）選民的縣取得了巨大的選舉收益，部分原因可能是他明確承諾絕不削減醫療補助。

Well, he just broke that promise to all those voters.

他剛剛違背了對所有選民的承諾。

Some of them still have no idea what Trump and Republicans in Congress have just done.

他們中的一些人還不知道特朗普和國會中的共和黨人剛剛做了什麼。

Polling shows that many Americans have not even heard about this giant bill at all.

民意調查顯示，許多美國人甚至根本沒有聽說過這項鉅額法案。

And of those who have, only a sliver know it includes Medicaid cuts.

而在這些人中，只有一小部分人知道其中包括醫療補助的削減。

And that is definitely a challenge for Democrats.

這對民主黨來說無疑是一個挑戰。

And we're going to talk about that with a few of my guests tonight because it kind of is the question now.

今晚，我們將與幾位嘉賓討論這個問題，因為這就是現在的問題所在。

The more people learn about what is in this bill, the less they like the bill and all the components of it.

人們對該法案內容瞭解得越多，就越不喜歡該法案及其所有組成部分。

And the people who don't know what is in the bill are pissed.

而那些不知道法案內容的人卻很生氣。

In Danville today, people voiced their frustration with President Donald Trump's one big beautiful bill.

今天，在丹維爾，人們表達了對唐納德-特朗普總統的一大美麗法案的不滿。

Loud and clear across the street from their congressman's office.

在國會議員辦公室對面的街道上，響徹雲霄。

Dozens gathered outside Representative David Valadao's office.

數十人聚集在眾議員大衛-瓦拉道（David Valadao）的辦公室外。

Vote no on what the protesters call deadly cuts to health care.

對抗議者所說的對醫療保健的致命削減投反對票。

Protesters tonight on Dodge Street pleading for Nebraska's representatives to have a change of heart.

抗議者今晚在道奇街懇求內布拉斯加州的代表們改變主意。

Frustration mounts as a massive federal budget bill hits the House floor.

隨著龐大的聯邦預算法案進入眾議院，挫折感也隨之增加。

In congressional districts all across Georgia Tuesday, constituents demonstrated against President Trump's spending bill.

週二，在佐治亞州各地的國會選區，選民們舉行示威，反對特朗普總統的支出法案。

The organization of Monday's Stop the Billionaire giveaway bus tour says those in favor of this bill aren't looking at its harmful effects to the greater population, such as Medicaid restrictions, food assistance, and rollback tax credits on clean energy.

週一 "停止億萬富翁贈款 "巴士巡迴活動的組織者表示，那些支持該法案的人並沒有考慮到該法案對更多人的有害影響，例如醫療補助限制、食品援助以及清潔能源稅收抵免的倒退。

Everything you just saw, that package of protests across the country from all over the place, is just from the past three days.

你們剛才看到的一切，全國各地的抗議活動，都是過去三天裡發生的。

Protesters showed up in Tucson, outside the office of Republican Congressman Juan Cascomani, and outside Republican Congressman Young Kim's office in Anaheim.

抗議者出現在圖森市共和黨眾議員胡安-卡斯科馬尼（Juan Cascomani）的辦公室外，以及阿納海姆市共和黨眾議員金英（Young Kim）的辦公室外。

In Staten Island, protesters held what they called a die-in, that's what they called it, outside the offices of Republican Congressman Nicole Malliotakis.

在斯塔頓島，抗議者在共和黨眾議員尼科爾-馬利奧塔基斯（Nicole Malliotakis）的辦公室外舉行了所謂的 "殉職 "活動。

They brought homemade tombstones representing the lives impacted by Trump's big, ugly bill.

他們帶來了自制的墓碑，代表受特朗普醜陋大法案影響的生命。

Tomorrow, there are more than 200 Free America protests planned across the country.

明天，全國各地計劃舉行 200 多場 "自由美國 "抗議活動。

Organizers say those protests will be focused on freeing the U.S. from billionaires' power, poverty, unlawful orders, and the politics of fear.

組織者表示，這些抗議活動的重點是將美國從億萬富翁的權力、貧困、非法命令和恐懼政治中解放出來。

And those protesters understand how important it is to bring the ugliness of this bill into the light of day.

這些抗議者明白，將這一法案的醜惡面目公之於眾是多麼重要。

What we are seeing now is the beginning, just the beginning, of an effort to make sure every Republican who voted for this owns that vote.

我們現在看到的是一個開始，僅僅是一個開始，那就是努力確保每一個投贊成票的共和黨人都擁有自己的那一票。

And it's not going to take one speech, even a good one, or one protest.

而這不需要一次演講，哪怕是一次很好的演講，也不需要一次抗議活動。

It's not going to happen in one day, or one week, or even one month.

這不是一天、一週甚至一個月就能實現的。

That effort will need to be absolutely relentless, and specifically tied to the impact this bill has on the people those Republicans represent.

這種努力必須是絕對不懈的，並與該法案對這些共和黨人所代表的人民的影響具體聯繫在一起。

And it's going to take the people who fought against it, too, also being relentless, tirelessly reminding people of the damage these Republicans just did with this bill.

這也需要那些反對該法案的人們堅持不懈，不厭其煩地提醒人們這些共和黨人剛剛通過該法案所造成的傷害。

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