2026年9月4日 美国东部时间早上6:58 / 福克斯新闻
这位得克萨斯州参议员警告称，对民主社会主义者支持的候选人的恐惧，正阻碍两党在审批改革方面开展合作
作者：利奥·布里塞尼奥 福克斯新闻
[‘马克思主义者在当选前就扼杀了两党合作的可能性，克鲁兹参议员称’]
得克萨斯州共和党参议员特德·克鲁兹对审批改革的可能性表示怀疑，因为温和派民主党人正受到新兴左翼阵营的挤压。(图片来源：CSPAN)
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得克萨斯州共和党参议员特德·克鲁兹认为，对日益壮大的进步派势力的恐惧，正阻碍两党在审批改革方面开展本可促成合作的工作。
“目前这种态势十分危险，因为他们极度害怕极左翼势力。如今在意识形态议题上寻求中间立场……成功的可能性，尤其是在选举日之前，并不高，”克鲁兹在周四由成长俱乐部与阿诺德风险投资公司联合主办的能源峰会上表示。
“舒默现在真的非常害怕，”他补充道，此处指参议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党人查克·舒默。
克鲁兹的政治评估凸显了2026年中期选举中进步派势力的崛起对民主党党内更多建制派人士——尤其是国会现任议员——的影响，以及议员们可能仍希望在11月中期选举前推进的政策领域。
克鲁兹称曼达尼、奥卡西奥-科特茨、普拉特纳彰显民主党左倾：“这就是党内活力所在”
左图为得克萨斯州共和党参议员特德·克鲁兹，右图为参议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党人查克·舒默。(图片来源：安娜·莫尼梅克/盖蒂图片社；芬恩·戈麦斯/盖蒂图片社)
“他们正处于一场革命之中，”克鲁兹说，“他们的问题在于，自身深受利益集团驱动，被活动人士绑架了。”
他的此番讲话是在由倡导有限政府的自由市场团体“成长俱乐部”主办的能源负担能力峰会上发表的。此次峰会尤其聚焦审批改革，这是两党曾找到部分共同点的政策领域。
尽管在放松监管的力度或推动立法变革的程度上仍存在分歧，但与会议员强调，两党在削减繁文缛节方面的合作，能够切实扩大美国国内对能源项目的准入。
能源部长克里斯·赖特指出，监管机构曾阻碍核电扩张——而核电作为一种脱离化石燃料的新兴能源，正成为两党共同支持的能源来源。
“过去40年里，我们只新建了三座核反应堆。美国核电发电占比曾从几乎无人知晓该技术，快速提升至20%，”赖特说。
中期选举百日冲刺拉开帷幕，两党在全美各地争夺控制权
2026年4月15日，美国能源部长克里斯·赖特在华盛顿特区雷伯恩众议院办公大楼举行的拨款委员会能源与水利发展及相关机构小组委员会预算听证会上作证。(图片来源：内森·波斯纳/阿纳多卢通讯社 via 盖蒂图片社)
“我们出于安全考量设立了核管理委员会，并无恶意。但自那以后，美国几乎没有再新建过反应堆。如果审批流程如此不确定、如此耗时，那就不值得投资。这太糟糕了！核电是一项极其出色的能源技术。”
俄亥俄州共和党参议员伯尼·莫雷诺强调，围绕改革的诸多讨论已落到实际细节层面。
“目前很多讨论并非关于谁将与谁对抗，或是谁将为此邀功，而是关于完成这项工作的具体机制，”莫雷诺在“成长俱乐部”活动上表示。
“如果我们真能在审批改革上取得成功，斯科特，这意味着什么？这意味着所有美国人都能用上更便宜的能源，意味着我们能更好地保护环境，成为后代的优秀守护者。这些都是值得我们所有人团结一心的目标，我希望我们能够实现，”莫雷诺在活动主持人、保守派政治评论员斯科特·詹宁斯面前说道。
尽管多位发言者——甚至包括克鲁兹本人——都抱有乐观态度，但克鲁兹警告听众，进步派势力已经在国会山拥有了实实在在的影响力，这给审批改革及其他领域蒙上了阴影。
“并非每位参议院民主党人都是马克思主义者或伊斯兰主义者。但实际情况是，每位参议院民主党人都害怕马克思主义者和伊斯兰主义者。因为这是他们党内活力所在、权力所在、资金所在，也是年轻支持者所在。我认为曼达尼是全美最有权势的民主党人，”克鲁兹说道，此处指纽约市这位自称社会主义者的市长。
自今年早些时候自称社会主义者的曼达尼上台以来，一批获得民主社会主义者组织（DSA）支持的进步派候选人赢得了关键初选，甚至击败了资深在任议员。
几起引人注目的竞选包括纽约州社会主义者达里亚利扎·阿维拉·谢瓦利埃击败了国会西班牙裔核心小组资深主席、纽约州民主党众议员阿德里亚诺·埃斯派利亚特。此外，科罗拉多州的另一位社会主义者梅拉特·基罗斯击败了任职30年的在任议员、科罗拉多州民主党众议员戴安娜·德盖特。
舒默回避有关民主社会主义者是否应留在民主党内的问题
2026年2月12日，纽约州民主党参议员查克·舒默在华盛顿特区美国国会山举行的新闻发布会上发言。(图片来源：格雷姆·斯隆/彭博社 via 盖蒂图片社)
克鲁兹认为，面对这样的压力，很难找到愿意与进步派势力划清界限的议员。他认为，目前没有领导层能够抵御这种进步派势头。
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“听着，舒默以很多事情闻名，但秉持原则和展现勇气不在其中，”克鲁兹说。
利奥·布里塞尼奥是福克斯新闻数字频道国会团队的政治记者，此前曾任职于《世界杂志》。
Ted Cruz names ‘most powerful Democrat’ as he warns socialist rise has paralyzed bipartisanship
September 4, 2026 6:58am EDT / Fox News
The Texas senator warned that fear of DSA-backed candidates is paralyzing bipartisan work on permitting reform
By Leo Briceno Fox News
[‘Marxists’ killing the possibility of bipartisan cooperation before they even get to office, Sen Cruz says]
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, casts doubt on the possibility of permitting reform as moderates find themselves pinned by emerging left flank. (Credit: CSPAN)
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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, believes that fear of a rising wave of progressives is paralyzing possible bipartisan work on permitting reform that would otherwise create fertile ground for collaboration.
“That dynamic is dangerous right now because they are terrified of the extreme left. Finding a middle ground on ideological issues right now is … the prospects for success, particularly between now and election day, are not high,” Cruz said at an energy summit hosted by Club for Growth and Arnold Ventures on Thursday.
“Schumer is truly terrified right now,” he added, referring to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.
Cruz’s political assessment underscores what progressive momentum in the 2026 midterms means for more establishment figures in the Democratic Party — and especially the ones already in Congress — and the policy areas that legislators may still want to address before the November midterm elections.
CRUZ SAYS MAMDANI, AOC, PLATNER SHOW DEMOCRATS’ LEFTWARD SHIFT: ‘THAT’S WHERE THE ENERGY IS’
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, left, pictured alongside Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., right.(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images; Finn Gomez/Getty Images)
“They’re in the middle of a revolution,” Cruz said. “Their problem is that they’re very driven by their interest groups. They’re captured by their activists.”
His remarks came as he delivered an address at an energy affordability summit hosted by the Club for Growth, a free-market group that advocates for limited government. In particular, the event centered on permitting reform, an area where Democrats and Republicans have found some overlap.
Although differences remain about just how far to scale back regulations or how far to push legislative changes, lawmakers at the event stressed that bipartisan work on cutting back red tape could meaningfully expand American access to energy projects domestically.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright, noted how regulatory bodies had prevented the expansion of nuclear energy — a source of power that is uniting Republicans and Democrats as a new frontier in a space apart from fossil fuels.
“We have built three new nuclear reactors in like the last 40 years. It went quickly from: we didn’t even know about the technology, to 20% of U.S. electric generation from nuclear reactors,” Wright said.
100 DAY SPRINT TO THE MIDTERMS KICKS OFF AS REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS CLASH FOR CONTROL ACROSS THE COUNTRY
Secretary of Energy Chris Wright testifies during a budget hearing in front of the House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., on April 15, 2026.(Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
“We created the Nuclear Regulatory Commission… in the name of safety, no malintent. But since that creation, we’ve built almost no reactors in the United States since. If it’s so uncertain and so long to permit something, it’s just not worth investing in. That’s awful! Nuclear is just an awesome energy technology.”
Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio., stressed that many of the discussions around reform have come down to a matter of practical details.
“There’s a lot of conversations going on not about who’s going to fight with whom or who is going to take credit for it, but rather what is the mechanics of getting it done,” Moreno said at the Club for Growth event.
“When it comes to permitting reform, if we can actually pull this off, Scott, what does it mean? It means lower energy prices for all Americans, us taking better care of our environment, being good stewards for the next generation. Those are worthy goals that should unite all of us, and I’m hopeful that we can get that done,” Moreno said, speaking to conservative political commentator Scott Jennings, a moderator at the event.
Despite a sense of optimism among several speakers — and even from Cruz himself — Cruz warned listeners that progressives already have a very real presence inside the Capitol that casts a shadow on permitting reform and other areas.
“It is not the case that every Senate Democrat is a Marxist or Islamist. What is the case is that every Senate Democrat is terrified of the Marxists and Islamists. Because that’s where the energy is in their party, that’s where the power is, that’s where the money is; it’s where the young people are. I think Mamdani is the single most powerful Democrat in the country,” Cruz said, referring to the socialist mayor of New York City.
Since Mamdani, a self-proclaimed socialist, came to power earlier this year, a series of progressive candidates backed by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) have won key primary races and even toppled veteran incumbents.
A few notable races include New York’s socialist Darializa Avila Chevalier and her victory over incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., the veteran chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. Along those lines, Melat Kiros, another socialist in Colorado, unseated 30-year incumbent Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo.
SCHUMER DODGES QUESTION ON WHETHER DSA BELONGS IN DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, speaks during a news conference, at the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 12, 2026.(Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
With pressures like that, Cruz argued that it’s difficult to find legislators who are willing to separate themselves from progressives.
He believes there isn’t leadership to push back against that progressive momentum.
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“Look, Schumer is known for a lot of things but acts of principle and courage are not among them,” Cruz said.
Leo Briceno is a politics reporter for the congressional team at Fox News Digital. He was previously a reporter with World Magazine.
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