至少七名新当选民主党参议员不愿表态支持舒默连任领袖：参议院领导层之争提前打响
华盛顿——民主党夺回参议院多数还不到两天，党内领导层之争已经公开化：至少七名新当选的民主党参议员已公开表示不会承诺、或明确拒绝支持舒默在下月党团领导层选举中连任领袖。
七人分别是：伊利诺伊州的斯特拉顿，其发言人称她不会支持舒默；堪萨斯州的汉密尔顿直言「我不支持舒默」；缅因州的杰克逊称已当面告诉舒默将支持其他人；密歇根州的埃尔-赛义德周四在CNN采访中重申力挺马里兰州参议员范霍伦出任领袖，并表示对特朗普人事提名将设「极高门槛」；明尼苏达州的弗拉纳根称「是时候换新领导层了」；新罕布什尔州的帕帕斯称选民渴望「新一代领导层」；德克萨斯州的塔拉里科则称想先听舒默陈述其对参议院的愿景再决定。
现年75岁的舒默周三表示：「我将连任多数党领袖。」他只需在预计54至56人的民主党党团中获得简单多数即可保住职位，参议员布克等盟友称赞他主导了这场历史性大胜。但范霍伦本人对彭博社表示，民主党人不应在对方承诺「大胆议程」之前就表态支持任何人；据报道，范霍伦本人无意参选领袖。进步派组织「不可分割」正敦促选民要求举行一场真正有竞争的领导层选举，而不是无人挑战的连任安排。
不满的根源包括：舒默去年在政府停摆对峙中的退让被加州州长纽森称为「投降」，其未能阻止多名特朗普内阁提名过关，以及在对以色列援助问题上的立场。参议院民主党领导层选举定于下月举行，采党团秘密投票、简单多数制。
关联：舒默：民主党将终结伊朗战争，用拨款权与调查权制衡特朗普
（来源：半岛电视台）
At Least Seven Incoming Democratic Senators Won't Commit to Backing Schumer as Leader, Setting Up an Early Senate Leadership Fight
Washington — Less than two days after Democrats won back the Senate majority, the party's leadership fight is already in the open: at least seven newly elected Democratic senators have publicly declined to commit to — or outright refused — backing Chuck Schumer to remain leader in next month's caucus leadership vote.
The seven are: Juliana Stratton of Illinois, whose spokesperson said she will not support Schumer; Adam Hamilton of Kansas, who said flatly, "I'm not supporting Schumer"; Troy Jackson of Maine, who said he told Schumer he would support somebody else; Abdul El-Sayed of Michigan, who reiterated on CNN on Thursday that he backs Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen for leader and said he would set an "extremely high bar" for confirming Trump nominees; Peggy Flanagan of Minnesota, who said it is time for new leadership; Chris Pappas of New Hampshire, who said voters are hungry for a new generation of leadership; and James Talarico of Texas, who said he first wants to hear Schumer's vision for the Senate.
Schumer, 75, said on Wednesday: "I'll be reelected as majority leader." He needs only a simple majority of a Democratic caucus projected at 54 to 56 members, and allies such as Senator Cory Booker credit him with leading one of the most historic sweeps in party history. But Van Hollen told Bloomberg that Democrats should not commit to anyone without a commitment to a "bold agenda" first; Van Hollen himself reportedly does not intend to run. The progressive group Indivisible is urging voters to demand a contested leadership election rather than a cleared field.
The discontent traces to Schumer's retreat in last year's government-shutdown standoff — which California Governor Gavin Newsom called a capitulation — his failure to block several Trump cabinet nominees, and his stance on aid to Israel. Senate Democrats choose their leader by secret caucus ballot next month, by simple majority.
Related: Schumer: Democrats Will End the Iran War and Use Spending and Oversight Powers to Check Trump
(Source: Al Jazeera)
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图片来源：图：美国参议院民主党领袖舒默官方肖像。公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Official portrait of U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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