美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump Endorses Kobach For Kansas Governor Over Republican Incumbent

 

DAVID GREENE, HOST:

Kansas voters are going to choose their nominees² for governor tomorrow. And on the Republican ballot³ is Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach. Now, he became nationally known for imposing⁴ a strict voter registration⁵ law that was later tossed out by a court. While Kobach says he wants to protect electoral integrity, critics call him a master of voter suppression. As Celia Llopis-Jepsen of the Kansas News Service reports, he believes he can win it all in November.

CELIA LLOPIS-JEPSEN, BYLINE⁶: In order to do that, Secretary Kobach has to beat the incumbent⁷, Governor Jeff Colyer, in tomorrow's primary. Being provocative⁸ may help. Take a recent parade when Kobach rode down the streets of Shawnee in a jeep with a giant replica⁹ gun. The city apologized. But here's Kobach at the next debate.

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KRIS KOBACH: And the snowflake said, you can't have a machine gun on top of a jeep in a parade. We said, yes, we can. And now we're taking it to every parade we can in the entire state.

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LLOPIS-JEPSEN: Kobach, a former law professor with degrees from Harvard, Yale and Oxford¹⁰, lost his bid for Congress in 2004 but has built a high profile...

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UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: He's the ACLU's worst nightmare.

LLOPIS-JEPSEN: ...With tough talk on immigration, Breitbart columns, Fox News appearances and talk radio.

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UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: And this is The Kris Kobach Show.

LLOPIS-JEPSEN: His war against voter fraud bonded¹¹ him with President Trump¹². Then he was tapped for the president's short-lived commission on just that. Also, Donald Trump Jr. has campaigned for him. If Kobach's style turns off some Republicans, it may not matter, says Bob Beatty, a political scientist at Washburn University. There are four experienced candidates on the GOP ballot, and in Kansas, the nominee¹ just needs the highest percentage of votes to win.

BOB BEATTY: His strategy - and it may be a very good one - is, I don't need to change anybody's mind; I just need to get my people out.

LLOPIS-JEPSEN: Governor Jeff Colyer, a mild-mannered fellow conservative, is fighting back against Kobach by throwing the secretary's legal woes¹³ in his face.

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JEFF COLYER: And there is only one candidate on this stage who has been fined by a federal judge for lying to a federal court.

LLOPIS-JEPSEN: That stems from Kobach's 2011 law requiring would-be voters to show birth certificates, passports, something proving U.S. citizenship¹⁴. It decimated voter registration efforts like this.

LOIS ORTH-LOPES: You guys are registered to vote, right?

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #2: Yeah.

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #3: Yes.

ORTH-LOPES: Good.

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #3: Thank you.

LLOPIS-JEPSEN: Lois Orth-Lopes is a volunteer for the League of Women Voters. The group registers voters here at the Lawrence Farmers' Market or at libraries, high schools, wherever.

ORTH-LOPES: OK. Just have a seat.

LLOPIS-JEPSEN: Kobach has called them communists. The league and others sued Kobach for blocking tens of thousands of people from registering to vote. In June, the law was declared unconstitutional, and he was held in contempt for violating court orders. At trial, the judge rebuked¹⁵ him day after day for, quote, "flagrant violations¹⁶ of evidence rules." None of this seems to faze Kobach.

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KOBACH: Look; every time a noncitizen votes, it effectively cancels out the vote of a U.S. citizen. And that's a problem.

LLOPIS-JEPSEN: He claims thousands of noncitizens are on Kansas voter rolls. But without proof, his claim is made on statistical¹⁷ projections¹⁸ and testimony¹⁹ that experts tore apart in court. But it's unclear if that'll hurt his political aspirations²⁰. If Kobach wins the primary, he thinks he can woo enough voters in November, too, including people who don't fully²¹ share his point of view.

KOBACH: I think they still will decide, hey, it's worth voting for Kobach because at least I know that he's going to deliver on the two or three issues that I agree with him on.

LLOPIS-JEPSEN: Much like Trump in the 2016 presidential election, Kobach says he won't pivot²² like other politicians and that that's his selling point. For NPR News, I'm Celia Llopis-Jepsen in Topeka.

GREENE: Celia is with the Kansas News Service, which is a collaboration²³ covering health, politics and education.

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1 nominee   

n.被提名者；被任命者；被推荐者

参考例句：

• His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
• Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。

2 nominees   

n.被提名者，被任命者( nominee的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• She's one of the nominees. 她是被提名者之一。 来自超越目标英语 第2册
• A startling number of his nominees for senior positions have imploded. 他所提名的高级官员被否决的数目令人震惊。 来自互联网

3 ballot   

n.（不记名）投票，投票总数，投票权；vi.投票

参考例句：

• The members have demanded a ballot.会员们要求投票表决。
• The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.工会称他们将要求会员投票表决是否罢工。

4 imposing   

adj.使人难忘的，壮丽的，堂皇的，雄伟的

参考例句：

• The fortress is an imposing building.这座城堡是一座宏伟的建筑。
• He has lost his imposing appearance.他已失去堂堂仪表。

5 registration   

n.登记，注册，挂号

参考例句：

• Marriage without registration is not recognized by law.法律不承认未登记的婚姻。
• What's your registration number?你挂的是几号？

6 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

7 incumbent   

adj.成为责任的，有义务的；现任的，在职的

参考例句：

• He defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality.他以压倒多数票击败了现任州长。
• It is incumbent upon you to warn them.你有责任警告他们。

8 provocative   

adj.挑衅的，煽动的，刺激的，挑逗的

参考例句：

• She wore a very provocative dress.她穿了一件非常性感的裙子。
• His provocative words only fueled the argument further.他的挑衅性讲话只能使争论进一步激化。

9 replica   

n.复制品

参考例句：

• The original conservatory has been rebuilt in replica.温室已按原样重建。
• The young artist made a replica of the famous painting.这位年轻的画家临摹了这幅著名的作品。

10 Oxford   

n.牛津（英国城市）

参考例句：

• At present he has become a Professor of Chemistry at Oxford.他现在已是牛津大学的化学教授了。
• This is where the road to Oxford joins the road to London.这是去牛津的路与去伦敦的路的汇合处。

11 bonded   

n.有担保的，保税的，粘合的

参考例句：

• The whisky was taken to bonded warehouses at Port Dundee.威士忌酒已送到邓迪港的保稅仓库。
• This adhesive must be applied to both surfaces which are to be bonded together.要粘接的两个面都必须涂上这种黏合剂。

12 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

13 woes   

困境( woe的名词复数 )； 悲伤； 我好苦哇； 某人就要倒霉

参考例句：

• Thanks for listening to my woes. 谢谢您听我诉说不幸的遭遇。
• She has cried the blues about its financial woes. 对于经济的困难她叫苦不迭。

14 citizenship   

n.市民权，公民权，国民的义务(身份)

参考例句：

• He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。
• Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。

15 rebuked   

责难或指责( rebuke的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The company was publicly rebuked for having neglected safety procedures. 公司因忽略了安全规程而受到公开批评。
• The teacher rebuked the boy for throwing paper on the floor. 老师指责这个男孩将纸丢在地板上。

16 violations   

违反( violation的名词复数 )； 冒犯； 违反（行为、事例）； 强奸

参考例句：

• This is one of the commonest traffic violations. 这是常见的违反交通规则之例。
• These violations of the code must cease forthwith. 这些违犯法规的行为必须立即停止。

17 statistical   

adj.统计的，统计学的

参考例句：

• He showed the price fluctuations in a statistical table.他用统计表显示价格的波动。
• They're making detailed statistical analysis.他们正在做具体的统计分析。

18 projections   

预测( projection的名词复数 )； 投影； 投掷； 突起物

参考例句：

• Their sales projections are a total thumbsuck. 他们的销售量预测纯属估计。
• The council has revised its projections of funding requirements upwards. 地方议会调高了对资金需求的预测。

19 testimony   

n.证词；见证，证明

参考例句：

• The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。
• He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。

20 aspirations   

强烈的愿望( aspiration的名词复数 )； 志向； 发送气音； 发 h 音

参考例句：

• I didn't realize you had political aspirations. 我没有意识到你有政治上的抱负。
• The new treaty embodies the aspirations of most nonaligned countries. 新条约体现了大多数不结盟国家的愿望。

21 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

22 pivot   

v.在枢轴上转动；装枢轴，枢轴；adj.枢轴的

参考例句：

• She is the central pivot of creation and represents the feminine aspect in all things.她是创造的中心枢轴，表现出万物的女性面貌。
• If a spring is present,the hand wheel will pivot on the spring.如果有弹簧，手轮的枢轴会装在弹簧上。

23 collaboration   

n.合作，协作；勾结

参考例句：

• The two companies are working in close collaboration each other.这两家公司密切合作。
• He was shot for collaboration with the enemy.他因通敌而被枪毙了。