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苏城，艾奥瓦州—— 总统特朗普计划周四在艾奥瓦州与众议员阿什利·辛森共同举行集会，助力共和党候选人。当前共和党政治环境黯淡，甚至引发其所支持的部分候选人的温和反对。
辛森正在角逐艾奥瓦州开放的参议院席位，她最初曾承诺将成为总统在参议院的“头号盟友”。但随着她与民主党州众议员乔希·图雷克的选战变得比预期更激烈——和爱荷华州的其他几场选战一样——她在最近几周调整了这一承诺。
本月早些时候的一场辩论中，这位前本地新闻主播表示，在对“艾奥瓦州重要”的事情上，她会成为特朗普先生的盟友。但她也表示，在必要时她会“对他提出反对”——并称无论白宫由谁执掌，她都会这么做。
上周，辛森在接受福克斯新闻采访时表示：“如果他说了错误的话，我会当面指出。”
“我不怕说‘嘿，我在这件事上不同意你’，”她说，“但当对方和我站在同一阵线时，我会成为他的盟友。”
对共和党而言，艾奥瓦州的参议院席位竞选只是多个民主党看似有竞争力的竞选之一——尽管特朗普2024年曾以两位数优势赢得该州。艾奥瓦州深受高油价和去年美中贸易战的重创，当时北京方面抵制美国大豆。这种局面在选战初期完全不可想象，也将直接影响共和党能否保住参议院多数席位。
自2021年起在众议院代表该州的辛森表示，她将出席周四的集会，欢迎特朗普先生到访艾奥瓦州，“因为我认为这是一场关乎理念对比的选举”。
随着美国面临诸多挑战，她抛出了一个问题：艾奥瓦州民众希望谁来掌舵？
“你们想要一位母亲，一位开着小型货车的普通母亲，她秉持常识，将这种常识带回华盛顿特区，”她说，“我认为这就是艾奥瓦州民众想要的联邦参议员。”
辛森将小型货车的形象作为其竞选活动的核心元素。本周早些时候，她将这一形象与她强调与特朗普合作为艾奥瓦州民众谋利的立场联系起来，并讲述了最近与总统的一通电话。
“我刚送完孩子们，正准备去办点事，”辛森在得梅因一场面向母亲群体的活动上说道，当时她与参议员凯蒂·布里特一同出席，“然后我的来电显示在我的小型货车里跳出了‘DJT’。”
她继续说道：“‘阿什利，是你最爱的总统’，他就是这样自我介绍的。”
辛森表示，这次通话持续了五分钟，特朗普先生“只是来了解我们在艾奥瓦州的情况”。她说她感谢总统为推进美中贸易所做的努力，并就中国购买更多大豆的协议向他提出了询问。
据《塞玛福尔》报道，在这场活动中，辛森还首次公开与总统产生分歧，告诉记者“我认为我们不需要再和俄罗斯达成任何协议”，这是针对特朗普取消对莫斯科制裁的举措。
此前，辛森于上月就已在伊朗战争问题上与总统划清界限。在一篇呼吁采取措施遏制高油价（如暂停柴油出口）的帖文中，辛森首次公开表示共和党参议院候选人反对总统对伊战争，写道：“这场战争需要立即圆满结束。”
这一声明与辛森9月初的投票立场形成反差。当时众议院审议了一项旨在限制总统对伊行动的决议。其他两位处于激烈选战中的艾奥瓦州共和党议员都支持该决议，但辛森投了反对票。
几周后的辩论中，图雷克就这些投票指责辛森，在讨论能源成本时说道：“我们陷入当前困境，就是因为阿什利·辛森投票支持继续这场不必要的伊朗战争。”
辛森在辩论中澄清，她认为必须通过不让伊朗拥有核武器、确保美国在该地区的盟友得到保护，来实现这场战争“立即圆满结束”。当被问及为何不支持国会通过战争权力决议的努力时，辛森表示：“我认为我们不需要另一项决议。”
“而且我当然不希望看到总统无法有序结束这场战争，”她补充道。
周四的集会是特朗普今年第二次到访艾奥瓦州，此前他于1月前往得梅因地区开启中期选举竞选活动。上个月，特朗普还在椭圆形办公室与辛森一同出席活动，宣布美国历史上最大的钢铁厂将在艾奥瓦州建成。在宣布仪式上，总统承诺将到访该州举行一场“盛大集会”，助力共和党候选人当选。
“我们会为您留上好的艾奥瓦猪排，先生，”辛森回应道。
Trump rallying with Senate hopeful Ashley Hinson in Iowa as she pledges to push back on White House
2026-10-22 06:00:13 EDT / CBS News
Sioux City, Iowa — President Trump is set to rally Thursday with Rep. Ashley Hinson in Iowa as he seeks to boost Republican candidates in a political environment that has dimmed for the party — prompting modest pushback from the very candidates he’s supporting.
Hinson, who is running for Iowa’s open Senate seat, initially pledged to be the president’s “top ally” in the upper chamber. But as she faces off against Democratic state Rep. Josh Turek in a contest that, like several in the Hawkeye State, has grown more competitive than expected, she’s adjusted that commitment in recent weeks.
When she and Turek went head-to-head at a debate earlier this month, the former local news anchor said she would be Mr. Trump’s ally when it’s “important for Iowa.” But she said she would “push back on him” when it’s needed — as she said she would regardless of who’s in the White House.
Last week, Hinson told Fox News: “If he’s going to say something that’s wrong, I’m going to challenge him on it.”
“I’m not afraid to say, ‘hey, I disagree with you on this,’” she said. “But I’ll be an ally to somebody when they’re with me.”
For Republicans, the Senate race in Iowa is just one of several in which Democrats appear competitive despite Mr. Trump winning the state by double digits in 2024. Iowa has been hit hard by high energy prices and last year’s U.S.-China trade war, which led Beijing to boycott American soybeans. It’s a picture that appeared unthinkable at the outset of the cycle — and puts Republicans’ Senate majority on the line.
Hinson, who’s represented the state in the House since 2021, said she would be at the rally on Thursday to welcome Mr. Trump to Iowa, “because I think this is a contrast election.”
As the nation experiences challenges, she posed the question: Who do Iowans want at the helm?
“You want a mom, a minivan-driving mom who’s common sense, who’s driving that common sense back into Washington, D.C.,” she said. “I think that’s what Iowans want as their U.S. senator.”
Hinson has made the minivan motif central to her campaign. She connected the image to her emphasis on working with Mr. Trump for Iowans earlier this week, describing a recent call with the president.
“I had just finished dropping off the boys, I was ready to run an errand,” Hinson said at an event in Des Moines geared toward moms, alongside Sen. Katie Britt. “And I see pop up on my caller ID in my minivan, ‘DJT.’”
She continued, “‘Ashley, it’s your favorite president,’ that’s how he introduced himself.”
Hinson said the call lasted five minutes and that Mr. Trump was “just checking in on us here in Iowa.” She said she thanked the president for his efforts to move forward on trade with China and asked about a deal for China to buy more soybeans.
At the event, Hinson also delivered her latest break with the president, according to Semafor, telling reporters, “I don’t think we need to be making any more deals with Russia,” regarding Mr. Trump’s waiver of sanctions against Moscow.
The criticism follows Hinson’s move to separate herself from the president’s handling of the war with Iran late last month. Tucked within a post expressing support for methods to combat high prices, such as a pause on diesel exports, Hinson made one of the first splits by a GOP Senate candidate with the president over the war, writing: “The war needs to be brought to a successful and immediate end.”
The statement appeared in contrast to Hinson’s vote earlier in September, when the House considered a resolution aimed at reining in the president in Iran. While two other Iowa Republicans locked in tight races supported the resolution, Hinson opposed it.
At the debate a couple weeks later, Turek pressed Hinson over those votes, saying during a discussion on energy costs: “We are in this situation because of this unnecessary war in Iran that Ashley Hinson voted in favor of continuing.”
Hinson clarified during the debate that she believes the war must be brought to an “immediate and successful end” by not allowing Iran to have a nuclear weapon and by making sure that U.S. allies in the region are protected. Asked why she doesn’t support the efforts to pass war powers resolutions in Congress, Hinson said, “I don’t think we need another resolution.”
“And I certainly don’t want to see the president not be able to do a orderly end to this war,” she added.
Thursday’s rally marks the president’s second visit to Iowa this year, after he kicked off campaigning in the midterms with a trip to the Des Moines area in January. Mr. Trump also announced plans last month for the largest steel plant in U.S. history to be built in Iowa, in an Oval Office event with Hinson in attendance. During the announcement, the president pledged to visit the state for a “great rally” to help get the Republican candidates elected.
“We’ll save you a good Iowa pork chop, sir,” Hinson replied.
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