密歇根州、佐治亚州、南卡罗来纳州和缅因州的候选人展开人身攻击与出人意料的坦白
2026-10-17T06:00:34-04:00 / 福克斯新闻
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发布于2026年10月17日美国东部时间早上6:00
迈克·罗杰斯与阿卜杜勒·埃尔赛义德在激烈的密歇根州辩论中交锋
密歇根州参议院候选人迈克·罗杰斯与阿卜杜勒·埃尔赛义德就贸易关税和医疗保健展开激烈辩论。选民蒂姆·戈尔丁、伊恩·墨菲和以赛亚·格雷对二人的表现进行了分析，同时一项民调显示这场竞争胶着，双方支持率为50%比49%。距离选举仅剩数周，候选人在关键政策上互不相让。
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随着美国参议院控制权在今年11月的选举中悬而未决，全美各地的候选人在辩论台上互相攻讦，从爆炸性的人身指控到尴尬的口误，再到出人意料的坦白，各种场面层出不穷。
激烈的交锋不仅出现在备受关注的大选对决中，也同样发生在充满争议的初选中，让选民得以窥见塑造华盛顿席位争夺战的候选人个性与政策分歧。
一些对峙事件登上了全国新闻头条，而另一些则制造了迅速在社交媒体上传播的难忘瞬间。
12场角逐搅动参议院战场，民主党期待翻盘
2023年11月7日，华盛顿特区一个温暖的秋日，美国国会大厦被树叶环绕。（凯文·卡特/盖蒂图片社）
以下是2026年中期选举前参议院辩论中的五个标志性时刻：
1. 密歇根州参议院候选人在广告休息时间仍持续争执
共和党人迈克·罗杰斯与民主党人阿卜杜勒·埃尔赛义德的首场面对面辩论于10月8日展开，局势异常激烈，候选人频频打断对方并进行人身攻击。
对峙场面愈发激烈，据报道即便电视转播进入广告休息时段，争执仍在继续。
“在我主持辩论的30年里，我从未见过辩论在广告时段还在继续，但这次确实发生了，”主持人里克·奥尔宾在转播恢复时说道。
争执愈发激烈，奥尔宾不得不严厉制止两位候选人。
“听着，情况是这样的。我们有几十个问题想要讨论。你们不能用14种不同的反驳来纠缠所有这些议题，”他曾在某一时刻对他们说道。
埃尔赛义德拒绝回答伊朗和以色列哪个更危险
在长达一小时的对决中，罗杰斯质疑埃尔赛义德的行医资质，指责他误导选民，并一再攻击他的政治意识形态。两位候选人还就各自的财产持有情况展开争辩，包括罗杰斯在佛罗里达州的住宅以及埃尔赛义德的海外投资。
与此同时，埃尔赛义德指责罗杰斯在离开国会后通过与企业的关系中饱私囊，并批评他对唐纳德·特朗普总统的支持。
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罗杰斯在周四晚间的辩论中将他的民主党对手称为“骗子”，而埃尔赛义德则指责这位共和党人“软弱”且“怯懦”。
“我也想参与这场辩论，”在一段尤其激烈的交锋中，奥尔宾插话道。
2. 民主党参议员指控共和党对手雇佣了“半个第三帝国”
10月8日，佐治亚州民主党参议员乔恩·奥索夫在与共和党挑战者、众议员迈克·柯林斯的首场面对面辩论中，发起了一系列指控，指责这位国会议员与白人至上主义者勾结，并雇佣了与极端主义势力有关联的人员。
“迈克·柯林斯通过其个人的偏执以及广为人知的与白人至上主义者的联系，给我们州带来了耻辱，”奥索夫在开场陈述中宣称。
佐治亚州共和党众议员迈克·柯林斯于2024年12月4日周三离开国会山俱乐部的众议院共和党会议。（汤姆·威廉姆斯/CQ-滚呼公司 via 盖蒂图片社）
这位民主党人随后在就柯林斯对数据中心开发商的税收优惠支持进行质询时，升级了攻击力度。
“不仅仅是你雇佣了半个第三帝国来为你的国会办公室工作，你还在网上宣传新纳粹内容，”奥索夫指控道。
这些指控此前已有相关报道，涉及柯林斯前国会幕僚和女婿的社交媒体活动，以及他们被指与白人至上主义者有关联的情况，引发了审查。柯林斯否认了这一说法，坚称自己一贯谴责极端主义言论。
两大政党互相指责对方搞欺诈，关键中期选举局势因顶级选举阴谋陷入混乱
“我谴责种族主义、反犹主义和仇恨。无论仇恨来自何方，我都反对。我也跟他说过这话，”柯林斯说道。“这种行为是错误的，这个世界容不下这样的东西。”
奥索夫还援引了已故民权领袖约翰·刘易斯，宣称如果刘易斯今天从塞尔玛游行到蒙哥马利，柯林斯“会拿着警棍阻拦”。
柯林斯则回击，将奥索夫描绘成一个与佐治亚州选民脱节的激进自由派，指责他支持极端主义政策，并批评他与进步政治人物的联系。
佐治亚州民主党参议员乔恩·奥索夫于2026年5月23日周六在佐治亚州迪凯特为佐治亚州民主党南部迪卡尔布竞选办公室开幕并发起拉票活动时对媒体发表讲话。如果民主党人想在11月夺回参议院席位，佐治亚州的参议院竞选被视为他们必须拿下的关键战役。（伊利亚·努韦拉/彭博社 via 盖蒂图片社）
3. 共和党参议院候选人承认自己“不甚了解”国家安全事务
南卡罗来纳州共和党参议院初选辩论中出现了一个出人意料的坦白：参议员达琳·格雷厄姆承认自己对外交政策不太熟悉。
格雷厄姆在长期担任共和党参议员的兄长林赛·格雷厄姆去世后被任命进入参议院，在8月18日该州共和党初选 runoff 前的辩论中，她与众议员拉尔夫·诺曼展开对决。
当被问及台湾和南海是否对美国构成国家安全关切时，格雷厄姆难以给出实质性回答。
“我就实话实说吧，”格雷厄姆说道。“我在国家安全方面不甚了解。”
格雷厄姆随后强调了自己对军队的支持，提及已故兄长林赛·格雷厄姆在美国空军服役33年，以及她父亲曾在陆军服役，同时承认自己“不是一个老练的政客”。
民主党正在转变其跨性别信息。共和党人称他们只是在反复无常。
“国家安全不是我的专长，不是我的专业领域，但我确实支持军队，”她说道。
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这番坦白引发了现场观众的明显反应，随后在社交媒体上引发热议。
格雷厄姆的批评者包括前南卡罗来纳州州长尼基·黑利，她支持格雷厄姆的共和党初选对手诺曼。
在辩论后发布在X平台的帖子中，黑利辩称，国家安全专业知识并非格雷厄姆可以从已故兄长林赛·格雷厄姆参议员那里继承的东西，并强调了这一能力在美国参议院任职的重要性。
4. 民主党对手指责共和党议员苏珊·柯林斯从伊朗战争中牟利，后者要求道歉
缅因州共和党参议员苏珊·柯林斯在10月8日的一场辩论中，要求民主党挑战者特洛伊·杰克逊道歉，此前杰克逊指责她和她的丈夫从持续的伊朗战争中获利。
杰克逊曾担任缅因州参议院议长，他辩称柯林斯未能利用自己在华盛顿的影响力阻止冲突，原因是她家族的经济利益。
“柯林斯参议员和她的丈夫正在从这场战争中赚钱，”杰克逊指控道，暗示经济利益正在延长战斗。
柯林斯当即否认了这一指控，称对她的指控“完全虚假”。
民主党参议院候选人在发表“种族灭绝”言论引发反弹后向犹太选民道歉
“这完全令人无法接受，你应该向我道歉，”这位共和党参议员回击杰克逊道。
但杰克逊不肯退让，回应道：“你应该向我道歉。”
达夫隆持有两家美国国防承包商波音和RTX的股票。根据夫妇二人2026年5月提交的2025年财务披露文件，达夫隆在每家公司持有的股票价值在15001美元至50000美元之间。柯林斯的发言人此前告诉《缅因独立报》，这些投资由第三方管理，他的账户已经三年多没有买卖过任何个股了。
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5. 缅因州参议院候选人将创作歌曲作为从政资格，视频走红网络
缅因州民主党参议院候选人阿什利·韦伯在7月16日的初选辩论中，将创作歌曲和写书列为自己担任国会议员的资格，此举在社交媒体上引发广泛嘲讽。
韦伯是八名民主党候选人之一，旨在取代因一系列针对其人品的指控而退出竞选的前候选人格雷厄姆·普拉特纳。当被直接问及是什么让她有资格担任美国参议员时，韦伯回答道：
“我曾多次竞选公职，虽然没有获胜，但确实参选过，而且我是一名词曲作者，还自己写书。”
韦伯随后强调了自己的透明度和诚实性，称美国人正被政客欺骗，尤其是在特朗普政府的移民执法政策方面。
这段对话迅速在社交媒体上传播，引来保守派评论员和政治观察家的反应。
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韦伯随后在给福克斯新闻数字频道的一份声明中为自己辩护，驳斥了批评，并坚称自己的言论被断章取义了。
“如果人们选择花时间贬低我，那随他们便，”韦伯说道。
亚历克·舍梅尔是福克斯新闻数字频道的政治记者，原籍北卡罗来纳州夏洛特，现居住在华盛顿特区-巴尔的摩都会区。
From ‘Third Reich’ to ‘not that informed’: Senate debates deliver fireworks before midterms
Candidates in Michigan, Georgia, South Carolina and Maine delivered personal accusations and unexpected admissions
2026-10-17T06:00:34-04:00 / Fox News
By Alec Schemmel Fox News
Published October 17, 2026 6:00am EDT
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Michigan Senate candidates Mike Rogers and Abdul El-Sayed square off in a lively debate over trade tariffs and healthcare. Voters Tim Golding, Ian Murphy, and Isaiah Grays analyze the performance as a poll shows a tight 50% to 49% race. The candidates clash over key policies with just weeks remaining before the election.
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With control of the U.S. Senate hanging in the balance this November, candidates across the country have been trading blows on debate stages, delivering everything from explosive personal accusations to embarrassing gaffes and unexpected admissions.
The heated exchanges have unfolded in closely watched general-election contests and contentious primaries alike, offering voters a glimpse of the personalities and policy differences shaping the battle for Washington.
Some confrontations have drawn national headlines, while others produced memorable moments that quickly spread across social media.
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The U.S. Capitol is surrounded by leaves on trees during a warm, fall day on Nov. 7, 2023, in Washington D.C.(Kevin Carter/Getty Images)
Here are five standout moments from Senate debates leading up to the 2026 midterm elections:
1. Michigan Senate candidates keep fighting through commercial break
The first head-to-head debate between Republican Mike Rogers and Democrat Abdul El-Sayed took an unusually combative turn on Oct. 8, with the candidates repeatedly interrupting each other and trading personal attacks.
The confrontation became so heated that the arguing reportedly continued even after the televised debate went to a commercial break.
“In 30 years of doing debates, I’ve never seen it continue during the commercial. But it did,” moderator Rick Albin remarked when the broadcast resumed.
The arguing got so bad Albin had to get stern with the candidates.
“Look, here’s the situation. We’ve got dozens of questions we want to get to. You can’t litigate all of these with 14 different rebuttals,” he told them at one point.
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Throughout the hourlong showdown, Rogers questioned El-Sayed’s medical credentials, accused him of misleading voters and repeatedly attacked his political ideology. The candidates also sparred over their respective property holdings, including Rogers’ Florida home and El-Sayed’s overseas investments.
El-Sayed, meanwhile, accused Rogers of enriching himself through corporate relationships after leaving Congress and criticized his support for President Donald Trump.
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Rogers described his Democratic opponent as a “con man” during Thursday night’s debate, while El-Sayed accused the Republican of being “weak” and “cowardly.”
“I’d like to be part of the debate, too,” Albin interjected during one particularly contentious exchange.
2. Democrat Senator accuses Republican rival of hiring ‘half the Third Reich’
Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., unleashed a series of accusations against Republican challenger Rep. Mike Collins, R-Ga., during their first head-to-head debate Oct. 8, accusing the congressman of associating with white nationalists and employing individuals with extremist ties.
“Mike Collins has brought dishonor to our state through his personal bigotry and his widely documented ties to white nationalists,” Ossoff declared in his opening statement.
Rep. Mike Collins, R-Ga., leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference at the Capitol Hill Club on Wednesday, December 4, 2024(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
The Democrat later escalated his attacks while questioning Collins about his support for tax incentives benefiting data center developers.
“It’s not just that you’ve hired half the Third Reich to staff your congressional office and you have promoted neo-Nazi content online,” Ossoff charged.
The accusations followed reporting about Collins’ former congressional staffers and son-in-law, whose social media activity and alleged associations with white nationalists have drawn scrutiny. Collins rejected the characterization, insisting he has consistently condemned extremist rhetoric.
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“I’ve condemned racism, anti-Semitism, hate. I don’t care where the source is. And I tell him that too” Collins said. “It’s wrong. We have no place in this world for that.”
Ossoff also invoked the late civil rights leader John Lewis, declaring that if Lewis were marching from Selma to Montgomery today, Collins “would be grabbing a billy club.”
Collins countered by portraying Ossoff as a radical liberal who was out of touch with Georgia voters, accusing him of supporting extremist policies and criticizing his connections to progressive political figures.
Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., speaks to members of the media during the opening of the Democratic Party of Georgia’s South DeKalb Field Office and canvass kickoff in Decatur, Georgia, on Saturday, May 23, 2026. Georgia’s Senate race is seen as a must-win for Democrats if they are to have any path toward retaking the Senate in November.(Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
3. Republican Senate candidate admits she’s ‘not that informed’ on national security
A South Carolina Republican Senate primary debate produced an unexpected admission when Sen. Darline Graham acknowledged that she wasn’t very familiar with foreign policy.
Graham, who was appointed to the Senate following the death of her brother, longtime Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, faced Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., during an Aug. 18 debate ahead of the state’s Republican primary runoff.
Asked whether Taiwan and the South China Sea represented national security concerns for the United States, Graham struggled to provide a substantive answer.
“I’m just going to be honest here,” Graham said. “I’m not that informed on national security.”
Graham went on to emphasize her support for the military, pointing to her late brother Lindsey Graham’s 33 years of service in the Air Force and her father’s service in the Army, while acknowledging that she was “not a polished politician.”
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“National security is not my thing, not my area of expertise, but I do support the military,” she said.
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The admission prompted audible reactions from the audience and a subsequent frenzy on social media.
Among Graham’s critics was former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who endorsed Graham’s Republican primary opponent, Norman.
In a post on X following the debate, Haley argued that national security expertise was not something Graham could inherit from her late brother, Sen. Lindsey Graham, emphasizing its importance for serving in the U.S. Senate.
4. Collins demands apology after Democratic rival accuses her of profiting from Iran war
Republican Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, demanded an apology from Democratic challenger Troy Jackson during an Oct. 8 debate after he accused her and her husband of financially benefiting from the ongoing war in Iran.
Jackson, a former Maine Senate president, argued that Collins had failed to use her influence in Washington to stop the conflict because of her family’s financial interests.
“Sen. Collins and her husband are making money off this war,” Jackson charged, suggesting that financial interests were helping prolong the fighting.
Collins immediately rejected the accusation and called the allegations against her “absolutely false.”
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“That is absolutely outrageous, and you owe me an apology,” the Republican senator shot back at Jackson.
But Jackson refused to back down, responding, “You owe me an apology.”
Daffron owns stock in two U.S. defense contractors, Boeing and RTX. According to the couple’s 2025 financial disclosure, filed in May 2026, Daffron held between $15,001 and $50,000 in stock in each company. A Collins spokesperson previously told the Maine Independent the investments were managed by a third party and that no individual stocks had been bought or sold from his account in more than three years.
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5. Maine Senate hopeful goes viral after citing songwriting as qualification for office
A Maine Democratic Senate candidate sparked widespread mockery on social media after citing songwriting and writing books among her qualifications for serving in Congress during a July 16 primary debate.
Ashley Webb, one of eight Democrats competing to replace former nominee Graham Platner, who had to drop out amid a flurry of accusations targeting his character, was asked directly what qualified her to serve in the U.S. Senate.
“I ran for office several times, didn’t win, but I did run and then, I’m a songwriter and then I write my own books,” Webb responded.
Webb went on to emphasize her transparency and honesty, arguing that Americans were being deceived by politicians, particularly over the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement policies.
The exchange quickly circulated on social media, drawing reactions from conservative commentators and political observers.
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“Surely you can’t be serious,” conservative commentator Dave Rubin wrote on X.
“You cannot and will not convince me that this is real,” author and political commentator Bethany Mandel added.
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Webb subsequently defended herself in a statement to Fox News Digital, dismissing the criticism and insisting that her remarks had been taken out of context.
“If people choose to spend their time trying to belittle me, more power to them,” Webb said.
Alec Schemmel is a Politics Reporter for Fox News Digital who is originally from Charlotte, North Carolina but now resides in the Washington D.C.-Baltimore Metro Area.
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