鲍勃·古德称，共和党在政策上“近乎两年都像是弱化版民主党”
2026年9月1日 美国东部时间上午9:43 / 福克斯新闻
作者：亚历克斯·尼茨伯格
曾在国会任期内担任众议院自由核心小组主席的前众议员鲍勃·古德表示，共和党已“不再是保守政党”。
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曾在国会任期内担任众议院自由核心小组主席的前众议员鲍勃·古德近日告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，无论“以任何衡量标准”，共和党都已“不再是保守政党”。
“近两年来，共和党在政策上都像是弱化版民主党，”古德在周五接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时表示。他于2024年在弗吉尼亚州的共和党联邦众议院初选中输给了时任前总统唐纳德·特朗普支持的挑战者。
在特朗普的第二任任期内，共和党迄今掌控着国会两院的多数席位。但古德指出，在过去“一年半、约19个月”的时间里，他们“大幅浪费了选民赋予他们的机会”。
“我们的债务已达40万亿美元。我们新增了特朗普账户等新的福利项目，”古德说。他还提及“政府收购私营公司股权”的现象，并补充道：“我们没有解释清楚我们为何要卷入这场已持续六个多月的战争。”
“真正的紧急情况、真正的危机是债务危机，”古德断言。
前自由核心小组主席鲍勃·古德抨击特朗普的背书记录：“特朗普就是问题所在”
2024年3月22日，时任弗吉尼亚州共和党众议员、众议院自由核心小组主席鲍勃·古德在华盛顿特区美国国会大厦就政府拨款法案举行的新闻发布会上发言。（凯文·迪奇/盖蒂图片社摄）
古德认为，特朗普并未“严肃地”讨论债务问题。
“我认为他意识到削减开支和支出改革并不特别受欢迎，”这位前众议员告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。“而且我认为他想保持受欢迎的形象。”
共和党全国委员会发言人艾玛·霍尔周一在给福克斯新闻数字频道的一份声明中表示：“特朗普总统和共和党每天都在兑现‘美国优先’的成果——这也是我们将打破历史规律，在11月获胜的原因。没人想听自认失败的鲍勃·古德的建议。”
白宫发言人库什·德赛在给福克斯新闻数字频道的一份声明中宣称：“美国人民以压倒性的授权赋予特朗普总统，让他打破华盛顿特区那种让美国人失望的共识正统观念执念。特朗普政府正在翻页，告别乔·拜登时期的经济灾难，推行真正有效的传统自由市场政策——比如放松管制和减税——同时纠正长期以来将美国置于次要地位、让美国人被抛在身后的政策。”
古德表示，他认为投票率将是共和党在中期选举中面临的“主要挑战”。
他认为，共和党竞选的基调是“不像民主党那么糟”。
“‘保住众议院，因为我们不像民主党那么糟’并不是真正能鼓舞人心的动员因素，”古德指出。
美国经济状况比拜登离任时“更糟”，彼得·希夫称，并警告2028年民主党社会主义“威胁”
古德表示，共和党本应在去年大幅精简政府机构。
“他们本应在2025年的第一年就大幅削减开支、大幅精简政府、全面推行支出改革，趁还未到选举年时放手一搏，我认为届时美国人民会用中期选举的胜利奖励他们……”他说。
他表示，希望共和党能凭借重新划分选区，以及“因为民主党政策极不受欢迎，民主党候选人过于极端”而取得好成绩。
尽管批评共和党，古德仍坚称“民主党无疑更糟”。
“特朗普总统做了很多了不起的事。特朗普总统立即加固了边境，成效之大，甚至都没人再提了，”他说。
前自由核心小组主席鲍勃·古德指出“所有共和党政府都存在的明显软肋”
2023年7月14日，时任弗吉尼亚州共和党众议员鲍勃·古德在华盛顿特区与众议院自由核心小组成员就《国防授权法案》举行的新闻发布会上聆听发言。（安娜·莫尼梅克/盖蒂图片社摄）
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古德还指出了其他问题，比如特朗普致力于削减监管和税收，以及在联邦政府和教育领域打击多元化、公平性和包容性（DEI）意识形态。
“民主党人绝不会做这些事，”古德说，并补充道，在“共和党失败、态度温和、软弱、不温不火或未能兑现承诺”的所有领域，民主党的表现会更糟。
亚历克斯·尼茨伯格是福克斯新闻数字频道的撰稿人。
Ex-House Freedom Caucus chair says GOP isn’t ‘a conservative party anymore,’ but Democrats are ‘worse’
‘Republicans have kind of been Democrat-lite in their policies’ for ‘nearly two years,’ Bob Good said
September 1, 2026 9:43am EDT / Fox News
By Alex Nitzberg
Former Rep. Bob Good, who during part of his congressional tenure chaired the House Freedom Caucus, indicated that the Republican Party is not “a conservative party anymore.”
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Former Rep. Bob Good, who chaired the House Freedom Caucus during part of his congressional tenure, recently told Fox News Digital that the GOP is not, based on “any standard of measurement, a conservative party anymore.”
“Republicans have kind of been Democrat-lite in their policies” for “nearly two years,” Good, who lost a 2024 GOP U.S. House primary in Virginia to a challenger backed by then-former President Donald Trump, told Fox News Digital during an interview on Friday.
Republicans have held the majority in both chambers of Congress so far throughout Trump’s second term. But Good suggested that during the last “year and a half, 19 months or so,” they “have massively squandered the opportunity that was given to them by the voters.”
“We’ve taken the debt to $40 trillion. We’ve added new entitlement programs like Trump accounts,” Good said. He pointed to “government taking ownership stakes in private companies,” adding, “We haven’t made the case for why we’re in a war that’s lasted over six months now.”
“The real emergency, the real crisis, is the debt crisis,” Good asserted.
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Then-U.S. Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., then-Chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, speaks at a press conference on the government funding bill at the U.S. Capitol on March 22, 2024, in Washington, D.C.(Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Good argued that Trump does not discuss the debt issue “in a serious way.”
“I think he suspects that spending cuts and spending reforms aren’t particularly popular,” the former congressman told Fox News Digital. “And I think wants to be popular.”
Republican National Committee spokeswoman Emma Hall said in a statement to Fox News Digital on Monday, “President Trump and Republicans are delivering America First results every day — and it’s why we’ll defy history and win in November. No one is interested in advice from certified loser Bob Good.”
White House spokesman Kush Desai declared in a statement provided to Fox News Digital, “President Trump was given a resounding mandate by the American people to smash Washington, D.C.’s obsession with consensus orthodoxy that has let Americans down. The Trump administration is turning the page on Joe Biden’s economic disaster by implementing traditional free market policies that do work — like deregulation and tax cuts — while rectifying longtime America Last policies that have left Americans behind.”
Good said he thinks that turnout will represent the “primary challenge” for the GOP during the midterm elections.
He opined that Republicans are running on not being “as bad as Democrats.”
“Keep the House cuz we’re not as bad as Democrats is not a truly inspirational motivating factor,” Good noted.
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Good indicated that the GOP should have drastically downsized government last year.
“What they should have done in year one, in 2025, was to massively cut spending, massively shrink government, massively implement spending reforms, go for broke while they had the power before it was an election year, and then the American people I think would’ve rewarded them… with midterm victory,” he said.
He expressed hope that Republicans could perform well due to redistricting, as well as “because Democrat policies are so unpopular, and Democrat candidates are so extreme.”
And despite his criticisms of Republicans, Good asserts that “the Democrats are certainly worse.”
“President Trump has done a lot of great things. President Trump immediately secured the border, to such degree, it’s not even talked about anymore,” he said.
FORMER FREEDOM CAUCUS CHAIR BOB GOOD CALLS OUT ‘THE BIG GLARING WEAKNESS FOR ALL OF REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT’
Then-Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., listens during a press conference on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) with members of the House Freedom Caucus on July 14, 2023, in Washington, D.C.(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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Good pointed to other issues such as Trump’s efforts to cut regulations and taxes, and to target diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) ideology in the federal government and education.
“Democrats would do none of those things,” Good said, adding that every area in which “the Republicans have failed or been benign or weak or tepid or not followed through, Democrats would be even worse.”
Alex Nitzberg is a writer for Fox News Digital.