特朗普在扬斯敦集会为赫斯特德与拉马斯瓦米站台 油价与通胀成选战焦点
俄亥俄州扬斯敦消息：总统特朗普10月12日（周一）在扬斯敦科韦利中心（Covelli Centre）举行中期选举集会，为共和党联邦参议员乔恩·赫斯特德和州长候选人维韦克·拉马斯瓦米站台。这是他约十天内第二次来到俄亥俄州，此前他于10月3日在万达利亚举行过一场集会。
当前俄亥俄州两场关键选举选情胶着：赫斯特德是接替副总统万斯参议员席位的任命参议员，将迎战民主党前参议员谢罗德·布朗；拉马斯瓦米则与民主党候选人、前州卫生厅长艾米·阿克顿角逐接替任期届满的州长德瓦恩。11月3日投票日临近，特朗普预测共和党将迎来「大惊喜」。
选民的经济感受是这场选战的背景：根据美国汽车协会（AAA）数据，全国油价已升至每加仑4美元以上；美联储偏好的通胀指标PCE在8月同比上涨3.4%，仍高于2%的目标。特朗普在讲话中谈及取消小费税和社会保障金税、收紧选民身份要求等政策主张，并重申若共和党赢得国会两院将向选民发放款项的承诺。
拉马斯瓦米在集会上表示，他将推行吸引企业、留住年轻劳动力的政策，主张降低税负，并承诺若当选将与白宫密切合作，为俄亥俄带来更多资金和高薪工作。本报道仅陈述集会事实，不代表任何政治立场。
信息来源：《阿克伦灯塔报》（Beacon Journal）；Political.org
Trump Rallies in Youngstown for Husted and Ramaswamy as Gas Prices, Inflation Loom Over Midterms
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — President Donald Trump held a midterm rally at the Covelli Centre in Youngstown on Monday, Oct. 12, campaigning for Republican Sen. Jon Husted and gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy. It was his second Ohio trip in about ten days, following an Oct. 3 rally in Vandalia.
Both Ohio races are tight ahead of the Nov. 3 election. Husted, appointed to fill the Senate seat vacated by Vice President JD Vance, faces Democrat Sherrod Brown. Ramaswamy, the Republican nominee for governor, faces Democrat Amy Acton, a former state health director, in the race to succeed term-limited Gov. Mike DeWine. Trump predicted a 'big surprise' for Republicans.
The economic backdrop is central to the campaign: national gas prices have climbed above $4 a gallon, according to AAA, and the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge, PCE, was running at a 3.4% annual pace in August, above the 2% target. At the rally Trump outlined policies including no tax on tips and Social Security payments and stricter voter ID laws, and repeated a promise to send payments to voters if Republicans win both houses of Congress.
Ramaswamy told the crowd he would pursue policies to attract businesses and retain young workers, cut taxes, and, if elected, work closely with the White House to bring more funding and higher-paying jobs to Ohio. This report states the facts of the event without taking a political position.
Sources: Akron Beacon Journal; Political.org
图片来源：特朗普在俄亥俄州扬斯敦集会现场人群，公共领域（Wikimedia Commons）
