在最近的一次美国广播公司新闻采访中，众议院议长南希·佩洛西说，她对这种反差有清晰的认识在她的民主党和共和党之间希望在中期选举中把她赶下台。
但是佩洛西也很清楚，她告诉ABC新闻的乔治·斯特凡诺普洛斯在Hulu的“权力之旅”中关于如何才能在11月赢得大选——尽管有重大的政治阻力比如高通胀和对经济的不满情绪。
佩洛西从另一个角度看待这个问题，作为证据，她引用了最高法院推翻全国堕胎权的分歧性裁决，即多布斯诉杰克逊妇女健康组织案。
“我们知道公众是支持我们的，这只是一个投票的问题，”她争辩道。“任何人对民主党选民热情的怀疑都应该被多布斯的判决所消除。”
《权力之旅》讲述了7名年轻记者在乔治·斯特凡诺普洛斯的带领下，在期中考试前追逐候选人的故事。
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这位加州议员强调说，众议院中很少有共和党人支持确保避孕的法律没有人投票来制定法律堕胎进入联邦法律。
“我们的竞选是谨慎的，”她承认中期选举，在中期选举中，复兴的共和党希望至少翻转所需的少数席位，以消除佩洛西的多数。
“但是，”她说，民主党人可以强调另一个优势:“在每场竞选中，对比国会议员或候选人对社会保障、医疗保险、女性选择权、禁止堕胎和破坏我们民主的言论——这就是他们(共和党人)试图做的。”
斯特凡诺普洛斯告诉她，那些错误地否认2020年总统竞选结果的人，“选票上有很多共和党人仍然不接受上次选举”。
“好吧，那太可悲了，”佩洛西对他说，并向足球教练阿尔·戴维斯点头示意，“只要赢了，宝贝。”
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks during her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill, Sept. 22, 2022.
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美国广播公司新闻民调显示，这一壮举面临重大挑战，因为选民说经济和通货膨胀仍然是关键问题，而总统乔·拜登在这两个问题上的得分都很低。民主党还不得不应对执政党在中期选举中的长期失利。
佩洛西说:“我们要传达的信息是，在你家的餐桌上，这对你意味着什么。”
“这是人们现在的感受吗?”斯特凡诺普洛斯问道。“现在他们感觉到通货膨胀，他们看着边境，看到人们一直在穿越边境，他们感觉到城市中的犯罪。”
当Stephanopoulos进一步追问通货膨胀、犯罪和边境这三个共和党人在这个选举周期中重点关注的领域时，佩洛西说，她不相信共和党州长最近的移民航班起作用，并声称通货膨胀是一个“全球问题”。
“他们对通货膨胀无能为力，”她说。
众议院少数党领袖凯文·麦卡锡对佩洛西的一些批评做出了反应，他在“权力之旅”中告诉ABC新闻的布列塔尼·谢泼德众议院共和党竞选季的“对美国的承诺”-民主党人“不能在他们的记录上运行。”
“‘对美国的承诺’是一个新方向的计划，一个将使我们的经济强大、使我们的国家安全的计划。这将是一个建立在自由基础上的未来，给我们华盛顿内部的制衡。
至于佩洛西批评共和党人是对民主的威胁，鉴于党内有许多人接受关于2020年竞选的毫无根据的说法，麦卡锡并不担心。“这很愚蠢，”他说。
《权力之旅》周日在Hulu发布新剧集。
Nancy Pelosi says midterm elections 'are just a question of turning out the vote'
In a recent ABC News interview, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she felt clear-eyed about the contrastbetween her Democratic Party and the Republicanshoping to oust her from power in the midterm elections.
But Pelosi was also clear, she told ABC News' George Stephanopouloson Hulu's "Power Trip,"about what it would take to win in November -- despite major political headwindslike high inflation and a sour mood on the economy.
Pelosi saw it another way, and as evidence she cited the Supreme Court's divisive ruling striking down nationwide abortion access, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.
"We know that the public is with us, it's just a question of turning out the vote," she argued. "Any doubt that anyone might have in their minds about the enthusiasm of the Democratic voter -- should be dispelled by the Dobbs decision."
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The California lawmaker stressed how few Republicans in the House had supported a law ensuring access to contraception andhow none had voted to codifyabortion access into federal law.
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"Our races are discreet," she acknowledged of the midterms, in which a resurgent GOP hopes to flip at least the handful of seats needed to erase Pelosi's majority.
"But," she said, Democrats could press another advantage: "Going into each race with the contrast of what that member of Congress or that candidate said about Social Security, Medicare, a woman's right to choose, a ban on abortion and undermining our democracy -- and that is what they [Republicans] are trying to do."
"You've got a lot of Republicans on the ballot who still don't accept the last election," Stephanopoulos told her of those who falsely deny the results of the 2020 presidential race.
"Well, that's pathetic," Pelosi told him, adding, in a nod to football coach Al Davis, "Just win, baby."
ABC News polling shows there are major challenges to such a feat as voters say that the economy and inflation remain key issues -- while giving low marks to President Joe Biden on each. Democrats also have to contend with a long history of midterm losses for the party in power.
"Our message is what this means to you in your home at your kitchen table," Pelosi said.
"Is that what people are feeling right now?" Stephanopoulos asked. "Right now they're feeling inflation, they're looking at the border, seeing people cross the border all the time, they feel crime in the cities."
When pressed further by Stephanopoulos about inflation, crime and the border -- three areas Republicans are focusing on this election cycle -- Pelosi said she didn't believe recent migrant flights by GOP governors were working and contended inflation is a "global issue."
"They can't do any more about inflation than we are," she said.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy had a reaction to some of Pelosi's criticism, telling ABC News' Brittany Shepherd in "Power Trip" -- at an event previewing theHouse GOP's campaign-season "Commitment to America"-- that Democrats "can't run on their record."
"The 'Commitment to America' is a plan for a new direction, one that will make our economy strong, will make our nation safe. It'd be a future built on freedom and give us check and balance inside Washington," McCarthy said.
As to Pelosi's criticism of Republicans as a threat to democracy, given how many in the party embrace baseless claims about the 2020 race, McCarthy was not fazed. "It's idiotic," he said.
"Power Trip" releases new episodes on Sundays on Hulu.
