2026年9月21日 美国东部时间下午5:46 / CNN
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缅因州民主党众议员贾里德·戈尔登与纽约州共和党众议员迈克·劳勒。美联社 摄
对于全国民主党人来说，纽约州共和党众议员迈克·劳勒是今年秋季中期选举中最需要击败的重点目标之一。
但就在周一，即将退休的缅因州温和派民主党众议员贾里德·戈尔登却背书了劳勒。
这是戈尔登近几周来第三次违抗本党立场，他在一篇专栏文章中辩称，劳勒正是民主党本应竭力争取击败的那类共和党人。
“我们在这个世界上真正的对手并非本国同胞。当参选公职的候选人告诉选民，这个国家面临的最严重威胁是其他美国人以及他们选出的领导人时，这就是极端言论，也是我整个职业生涯都拒绝奉行的恐惧政治。”戈尔登在《新闻日报》的专栏中写道。
劳勒所在的纽约州北部选区，是2024年总统选举中卡玛拉·哈里斯拿下的少数几个共和党掌控的国会席位之一。《内部选举》将纽约州第17国会选区的选情评为“胜负难料”。
戈尔登一直是民主党同僚眼中的“眼中钉”，近几周尤为明显。他曾两次投票支持共和党推进程序性投票，其中包括为共和党推动一项谴责社会主义的决议投票扫清了道路。民主党很可能会在竞选活动中利用这项决议攻击本党议员。
戈尔登的这一举措在民主党内部引发了激烈争议，议员们正在讨论是否应就议员在程序性投票中倒向共和党一事进行处罚。截至目前，民主党领导层尚未采取任何惩罚措施。
在他的专栏文章中，戈尔登称赞劳勒与自己共同推动了一项支持龙虾捕捞渔民的法案，他写道，这位纽约州共和党议员并未从这项法案中获得多少实际好处。
“他的选区里连一艘龙虾捕捞船都没有。他既没因此获得任何选票，也没在老家拿到任何头条新闻。他之所以签署联名，是因为美国的这一历史性产业、数千个捕捞家庭，以及‘联邦规则应基于事实制定’的原则都岌岌可危。而且他明白，不仅仅是在缅因州，每个社区里的夫妻店都已经传承了数代人，他们的生计正是我们社区的根基所在。”戈尔登写道。
Democrat who’s broken with his party before endorses Republican in battleground race
2026-09-21 5:46 PM ET / CNN
By Lauren Fox
Rep. Jared Golden, a Democrat from Maine, and Rep. Mike Lawler, a Republican from New York.
AP
For national Democrats, Republican Rep. Mike Lawler of New York is a top target to beat in the midterm elections this fall.
On Monday, however, Rep. Jared Golden, a retiring moderate Democrat from Maine, endorsed Lawler.
It was the third time in recent weeks that Golden defied his party, arguing in an op-ed that Lawler is the exact kind of Republican that Democrats should be fighting to keep.
“We have real adversaries in this world, and they are not our fellow citizens. When candidates for office tell voters that the gravest danger to this country is other Americans and the leaders they elect, that is radical talk, and it is the same politics of fear I have refused to practice for my entire career,” Golden wrote in The Journal News.
Lawler’s upstate New York district is one of the few GOP-held seats that Kamala Harris won in the 2024 presidential election. Inside Elections rates the race in New York’s 17th Congressional District as a toss-up.
Golden has been a thorn in the side of his Democratic colleagues, especially in recent weeks. He voted twice with Republicans to advance procedural votes, including paving the way for the GOP to force a vote on a resolution denouncing socialism. The party will likely use the measure against Democrats on the campaign trail.
Golden’s move became a major flash point within the party as members discussed whether lawmakers should be penalized for voting with Republicans on procedural votes. So far, Democratic leaders have not carried out any punishment.
In his op-ed, Golden applauded Lawler for his work with him on a bill to support lobstermen, which the New York Republican didn’t exactly gain to benefit much from, Golden wrote.
“There is not a single lobster boat in his district. He got no votes in this and no headlines back home. He signed on because a historic American industry, thousands of fishing families, and the principle that federal rules should be built on facts were all on the line. And he understands that in every community, not just in Maine, mom-and-pop shops have been around for generations, and their livelihoods make up the very foundation of our communities,” Golden wrote.
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