美国前副总统暗示会参加2024总统竞选

Republican presidential hopefuls are starting to pop up in Iowa ahead of the 2024 election.

在2024年大选之前，数位共和党总统候选人开始突然出现在爱荷华州。

This is a sign that primary season is getting underway. But this time around, it seems to be getting off to a slow start.

这表明初选正在进行中。但这一次，初选似乎启动得很慢。

Here to help us get a sense of the landscape for Republicans is Iowa Public Radio's Clay Masters.

爱荷华州公共广播电台的克莱·马斯特斯将帮助我们了解共和党的形势。

Clay, why has it seemed to take so long for things to really kick off?

克莱，为什么花了这么长时间才真正开始初选?

I would say, first off, in modern history, we've never had a former president announce they're going to make another run for the White House.

我想说，首先，在现代历史上，我们从来没有一位前总统宣布他们将再次问鼎白宫。

And that's, of course, what former President Donald Trump did right after the midterm election.

当然，这就是前总统唐纳德·特朗普在中期选举后立马采取的行动。

That seemed to have maybe a bit of a chilling effect on candidates testing the waters here.

这似乎对试水的候选人产生了一些寒蝉效应。

We're starting to see them start coming here.

我们开始看到他们启程来到这里。

You know, even if you're not officially running for president, Iowa is the place to be even if you have kind of an inkling of ambition to do so.

即使你不是正式竞选总统，爱荷华州也是一个合适的地方，即使你只有一点点竞选总统的野心。

Former Vice President Mike Pence was here last week in Cedar Rapids.

前副总统迈克·彭斯上周来到了锡达拉皮兹市(爱荷华州东部城市)。

Nikki Haley, the former U.N. ambassador, announced her run and is heading to Iowa today.

前联合国大使尼基·黑利宣布参选，今天前往爱荷华州。

And Pence even used his time in Iowa last week to possibly allude to his own plans, maybe.

彭斯甚至利用他上周在爱荷华州的时间，可能暗示了他自己的计划。

Ambassador Nikki Haley did a great job in our administration.

尼基·黑利大使在本届政府中工作表现出色。

And she may have more company soon in the race for president.

在总统竞选中，她可能很快就会有更多的同伴。

And I promise folks here in Iowa and all of you, I'll keep you posted.

我向爱荷华州的人们和你们所有人保证，我会随时向你们汇报。

So that's Pence speaking after an event at a Pizza Ranch restaurant in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

这是彭斯在爱荷华州锡达拉皮兹市一家“披萨牧场”餐厅举行活动后发表的讲话。

And like I said, Haley is in Iowa today and tomorrow.

如我所言, 黑利今明两天都在爱荷华州。

Senator Tim Scott will be here later this week.

参议员蒂姆·斯科特将于本周晚些时候来到这里。

Notably, Trump himself hasn't been here since he announced he's running again.

值得注意的是，特朗普本人在宣布再次参选后就没有来过这里。

But I should note that yesterday, a local group with some clout in the state called the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition - they're known for hosting presidential hopefuls.

但我应该指出的是，昨天，该州一个具有一定影响力的地方组织被称为“爱荷华信仰与自由联盟”，他们以招待总统候选人而闻名。

And they put out an invitation list that's got about 20 candidates they've asked to come speak at a spring fundraiser.

他们发布了一份邀请名单，邀请了大约20名候选人来参加春季筹款活动的演讲。

Yeah. And I know Iowans are famous for their political chops when it comes to presidential primary candidates. What are voters telling you?

是的。我知道爱荷华人在总统初选候选人上的政治手腕是出了名的。选民们在告诉你什么?

I was at an event a couple of weekends ago for Kari Lake.

几周前我参加了卡莉·雷克的活动。

She's the failed Republican governor candidate. She was in Iowa.

她是败选的共和党州长候选人。她那时在爱荷华州。

She drew hundreds of people who were familiar with her and just wanted to see what she had to say.

她吸引了数百个选民，这些人熟悉她，只是想看看她有什么要说的。

And I should note, she's conveniently also from Iowa.

我要提醒一下，她正好也是爱荷华州人。

The main thing I heard from folks there at that event at a suburb of Des Moines was they still like former President Trump.

在得梅因郊区的那次活动上，我从人们那里打听到的重要事情是，他们仍然喜欢前总统特朗普。

But they're eager to hear from potential newbies in 2024.

但他们也渴望听到2024年潜在新候选人的消息。

Here's John Whipple, who likes Trump but would also like to see Florida Governor Ron DeSantis get into the race.

以下是约翰·惠普尔的发言，他喜欢特朗普，但也希望看到佛罗里达州州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯参加竞选。

I think they would both do a good job.

我认为他们都会有出色的表现。

And it's just some people seem to - even though they support Trump, they just are kind of thinking maybe it's time to move on.

有些人似乎——尽管他们支持特朗普，但他们在思考，也许是时候向前看了。

And there were also a lot of people at that event and other folks that I've talked to that were at the Pence event that were concerned about southern U.S. border, talking about so-called election integrity also getting some conversation here.

那次活动上的很多人，以及我在彭斯活动中交谈过的其他人，他们都担心美国南部边境问题，所谓的选举公正也在这里得到了一些讨论。