2026年8月20日 美国东部时间早上6:30 / 福克斯新闻
瑟恩担忧：围绕《拯救美国法案》的内斗正令2026年中期选举前的独立选民疏离共和党
作者：亚历克斯·米勒，福克斯新闻
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参议员约翰·瑟恩详解《拯救美国法案》在参议院面临阻碍的原因
参议院多数党领袖约翰·瑟恩就唐纳德·特朗普总统呼吁解雇参议院议事专家并通过《拯救美国法案》一事发表看法。
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福克斯独家首发： 一些参议院共和党人担忧，他们竞选活动中的秘密武器——唐纳德·特朗普总统，并未向选民充分论证为何参议院需要更多共和党议员。
距离11月的选举仅剩为数不多的几场初选，届时参议院的权力平衡可能从共和党手中滑落，多个席位悬而未决，参议院民主党人正急切渴望重新夺回控制权。
而让共和党陷入困境、引发内部敌意的一个核心问题是：《拯救美国法案》。特朗普施压要求通过这项选举诚信法案，并因共和党未能通过该法案而抨击他们，这让处境脆弱的现任议员陷入两难境地。
参议院多数党领袖、南达科他州共和党人约翰·瑟恩在接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时表示，尽管一些共和党人向选民承诺该法案可以立即通过，但更好的策略应该是向选民解释为何参议院需要更多共和党议员。
参议院彻夜混乱，特朗普的《拯救美国法案》被束之高阁
国会共和党人、唐纳德·特朗普总统以及共和党基础选民都希望将选民身份证制度写入法律，但有一个障碍横亘在前：参议院的政治现实。(莱昂·尼尔/盖蒂图片社；安德鲁·哈尼克/盖蒂图片社)
“总统提出的论点是，‘好吧，通过《拯救美国法案》，这将激励我们的基础选民’，”瑟恩说，“没错，但我认为基础选民可以被其他议题充分调动起来，尤其是总统亲自踏上竞选之路，向他们解释为何选举共和党人参议院如此重要。”
“每个人都对如何最好地传达我们的信息有自己的想法，但我认为，从现在到11月，我们的信息应该是说明民主党人完全与美国民众脱节，以及为何我们需要选举更多共和党人，这样我们才能推进《拯救美国法案》这类议题，”他补充道。
焦虑的共和党人希望看到信息转向：从对内攻击转向火力全开对准民主党人，而民主党自身也正经历竞选道路上的意识形态混乱。共和党人将密歇根州阿卜杜勒·埃尔赛义德医生和明尼苏达州副州长佩吉·弗拉纳根等候选人作为主要攻击目标，指责他们推行左翼政策。
舒默称“民主党支持选民身份证”——随后全体参议院民主党人投票反对共和党法案
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观看：莱维特批评瑟恩未通过《拯救美国法案》，称特朗普的耐心正在耗尽
但《拯救美国法案》已经占据了选举周期倒数第二阶段的大部分舆论空间。
该法案催生了一种线上教条，惩罚任何试图向同僚传达参议院政治现实的共和党人，包括瑟恩——民主党人持续阻挠该法案，且目前共和党议员人数不足以直接通过该法案。
这导致私下分歧在社交媒体上公开化，犹他州共和党人迈克·李参议员等法案支持者在社交媒体上抨击同僚，尽管今年已五次尝试以不同版本推进该法案，但均未成功。
全国共和党参议员竞选委员会（NRSC）主席、南卡罗来纳州共和党人蒂姆·斯科特警告称，内斗将给共和党在11月的选举带来灾难。
“通往社会主义的道路无疑会穿过分裂的共和党，”斯科特告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，“我希望每个美国人都能明白这一点，记住这一点，并在选举日之前多次听到这一点。”
而在参议院中期选举地图中，处境脆弱的共和党议员席位多于民主党，共和党要维持并扩大其在参议院53席的微弱多数席位将是一项艰巨任务。
尽管就《拯救美国法案》公开争执，特朗普仍持续致电瑟恩
2026年6月17日，南卡罗来纳州共和党人蒂姆·斯科特参议员抵达美国国会大厦参加投票。(CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via 盖蒂图片社)
共和党人深知特朗普将是激励基础选民的关键，正如他往年激励选民那样，一些人希望他停止大肆抨击党内同僚。瑟恩并非唯一希望特朗普将更多精力放在对外攻击上的人。
据报道，蒙大拿州共和党人史蒂夫·戴恩斯上周在一次闭门会议上询问特朗普的政治团队，总统何时会开始攻击民主党人而非本党成员。
戴恩斯在2024年斯科特接任前曾领导参议院共和党竞选机构，当时共和党成功夺回参议院控制权，他告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，特朗普将是“2026年选举中最重要的声音之一”。
他认为，特朗普将有力地展现“常识与疯狂”之间的对比，而这种对比正日益出现在民主党内部。
“我们看到民主党人正向左走得越来越远，以至于现在民主党阵营的核心立场令人恐惧，”戴恩斯说，“这一直是2026年选举最有说服力的论点之一，总统可以像任何人一样出色地传达这一点。”
当被问及特朗普在竞选活动中的参与度时，戴恩斯指出中期选举往往归结为选民的倦怠与积极性。
“我认为他在这里是非常重要的声音，因为在中期选举中，关键在于动员你的基础选民。在中期选举中，在野党往往更愤怒，更有动力，也确实会投票，”戴恩斯说，“执政党选民往往会更倦怠一些。我们必须让那些开心却倦怠的共和党选民走出投票站，因为我们绝不能让民主党掌控政权。”
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与此同时，瑟恩表示：“何不将[《拯救美国法案》]打造成一个竞选议题”，并认为本届选举周期获胜的关键在于不依附任何党派的独立选民。
但就目前而言，废除议事阻挠规则以及为3月以来停滞的法案争吵不休等华盛顿圈内议题，并未帮助共和党向这些选民证明共和党应该掌权。
“看看缅因州、北卡罗来纳州、俄亥俄州、爱荷华州、阿拉斯加州，你就会知道，是独立选民，也就是选民中的中间派，当我们就是否废除议事阻挠规则互相争执时，我们并没有和他们沟通，”瑟恩说。
“我的意思是，这根本不是一个能在11月赢得美国民众民心的议题，”他继续说道，“所以，我会将火力对准民主党人，抨击他们反对一项美国民众能够理解的基本、简单的议题，并意识到让《拯救美国法案》最终通过的最佳方式是选举更多共和党参议员。”
亚历克斯·米勒是福克斯新闻数字频道记者，负责报道美国参议院事务。
Trump urged to stop targeting fellow Republicans as GOP fights to keep majority
August 20, 2026 6:30am EDT / Fox News
Thune worries that internal fights over the SAVE America Act are alienating independent voters ahead of 2026 midterms
By Alex Miller, Fox News
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6398393949112Sen John Thune details why SAVE America Act faces hurdles in the Senate
Senate Majority Leader John Thune addresses President Donald Trump’s call to fire the Senate parliamentarian and pass the SAVE America Act.
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FIRST ON FOX: Some Senate Republicans worry that their secret weapon on the campaign trail, President Donald Trump, isn’t making a strong enough case to voters that there needs to be more Republicans in the upper chamber.
There are only a handful of primary races left between now and November, when the balance of power in the Senate could slip from the GOP’s grasp, with several seats on the line and Senate Democrats hungry to regain control.
And there’s a major issue bogging Republicans down that has spurred internal animosity: the SAVE America Act. Trump’s pressure to pass the election integrity measure and his tendency to bash Republicans for not getting it done has placed vulnerable incumbents in between a rock and a hard place.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., told Fox News Digital in an interview that while some Republicans are making promises to voters that the bill could pass right now, the better tact would be to push why more Republicans are needed in the Senate.
INSIDE THE SENATE’S CHAOTIC ALL-NIGHTER THAT LEFT TRUMP’S SAVE AMERICA ACT ON THE SHELF
Congressional Republicans, President Donald Trump and the GOP base want voter ID turned into law, but one barrier stands in the way: the political reality of the Senate.(Leon Neal/Getty Images; Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
“The president made the argument, ‘Well, pass the Save America Act, it will motivate our base,’” Thune said. “Yeah, but I think the base can be plenty motivated by other issues, and particularly by the president getting out there on the campaign trail and telling them why it’s important that they elect Republicans to the Senate.”
“Everybody has their own ideas about how best to communicate our message, but I think our message between now and November ought to be why the Democrats are completely out of step with the American people and why we need to elect more Republicans so we can do things like the SAVE America Act,” he continued.
Anxious Republicans hope to see a shift in messaging from shooting inward at their own to turning their fire on Democrats, who themselves are undergoing a messy ideological change on the campaign trail. Republicans see prime messaging targets with candidates like Dr. Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan in Minnesota pushing left-leaning policies.
SCHUMER SAID ‘DEMOCRATS SUPPORT VOTER ID’ — THEN EVERY SENATE DEMOCRAT VOTED AGAINST GOP BILL
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But the SAVE America Act has consumed much of the oxygen heading into the penultimate stretch of the election cycle.
The legislation has produced an online dogma that punishes any Republican, including Thune, who tries to convey the political reality in the Senate that Democrats continue to block the bill, and there just aren’t enough Republican votes to pass it as is.
It’s caused private disagreements to take a new life on social media, where proponents, like Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, are sniping at their colleagues for the bill’s failure to launch, despite five attempts at trying to pass it throughout the year in various iterations.
Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., who chairs the National Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee (NRSC), warned that division would sow disaster for the GOP heading into November.
“There’s no doubt that the road to socialism runs right through a divided Republican Party,” Scott told Fox News Digital. “I hope every American understands that, remembers that, and hears it several times between now and Election Day.”
And with a Senate midterm map with more vulnerable Republicans in play than Democrats, it will be a difficult task for the GOP to maintain and grow their thin, 53-seat majority in the upper chamber.
TRUMP KEEPS CALLING THUNE DESPITE PUBLIC FIGHT OVER SAVE AMERICA ACT
Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., arrives for a vote in the U.S. Capitol on June 17, 2026.(CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
Republicans know that Trump will be the key to motivating their base, just as he’s motivated voters in years past, and some hope he’ll stop dragging Republicans through the mud. Thune isn’t the only one that wants to see Trump push more on the road.
Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., reportedly questioned members of Trump’s political operation during a closed-door meeting last week on when the president would start attacking Democrats instead of members of his own party.
Daines, who helmed the Senate GOP’s campaign arm before Scott in 2024 when they flipped the upper chamber, told Fox News Digital that Trump would be “one of the most important voices in the 2026 election.”
He contended that Trump would be a powerful influence on showing the contrast between “common sense versus crazy” that’s been developing in the Democratic Party.
“We’re seeing the Democrats are just running so far to the left that it’s frightening where the center of gravity is now a Democrat Party,” Daines said. “And this has been one of the more compelling arguments for ‘26, and the president can make that as well as anybody.”
When pressed on Trump’s involvement on the campaign trail, Daines noted that midterm election cycles tend to boil down to complacency versus motivation.
“I think he’s a very important voice here, because in midterm elections, it’s about turning out your base. In midterm elections, the party that’s not in power tends to be angry, and they’re motivated, and they do vote,” Daines said. “The party that is in powers base tends to be a bit more complacent. We’ve got to get our happy, complacent Republican voters out to the polls, because we cannot allow Democrats to take control.”
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Meanwhile, Thune said, “Why not turn [the SAVE America Act] into a campaign issue,” and argued that the key to winning out this cycle will be independent voters who aren’t moored to either party.
But the Beltway issues, like nuking the filibuster and squabbling over legislation that has stalled since March, aren’t helping make the case to those voters, for now, that Republicans should be in charge.
“If you look at Maine, in North Carolina, in Ohio, in Iowa, in Alaska, you know, it’s the Indy voters, it is the middle of the electorate, and we are not talking to them when we are arguing with each other over whether or not to eliminate the filibuster,” Thune said.
“I mean, that’s just not an issue that’s going to win the hearts and minds of the American people in November,” he continued. “So, I’d turn my fire on the Democrats, attack them for being against something that is fundamentally straightforward, simple to understand for the American people, and realize that the best way to get the SAVE Act across the finish line is to elect more Republican senators.”
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.