PBS高端访谈:特朗普对巴尔的摩发起攻击

JUDY WOODRUFF: President Trump¹ is doubling down on his assault on the city of Baltimore. As Lisa Desjardins reports, there are echoes of previous attacks of his on urban areas of the United States and their leaders.

LISA DESJARDINS: In Baltimore today, condemnation² of President Trump's words about the city, seen there as stoking racial divide, from the left, civil rights activist³ Reverend Al Sharpton:

AL SHARPTON, Civil Rights Activist: He has a particular venom⁴ for blacks and people of color.

LISA DESJARDINS: And the right, former Republican Party Chairman and former Maryland Lieutenant⁵ Governor Michael Steele.

MICHAEL STEELE (R), Former Maryland Lieutenant Governor: Mr. President, your reprehensible⁶ comments are like water off a duck's back when it comes to this community. It just washes over them.

LISA DESJARDINS: This after the president fired off over a dozen weekend tweets criticizing Maryland Congressman⁷ Elijah Cummings and his Baltimore-area district. He called Cummings a brutal⁸ bully⁹ and said his district is considered the worst in the USA, adding that the district, which includes part of Baltimore and its suburbs, is a disgusting, rat and rodent¹⁰ infested¹¹ mess. The Baltimore Sun defended its city with an op-ed blasting the president as returning to an old standby, using the most emotional and bigoted¹² of arguments. The paper also stressed pride points, like Baltimore's Inner Harbor and Johns Hopkins Hospital. The most recent FBI crime statistics showed Baltimore with the nation's highest murder rate and second highest violent crime rate. But Cummings' district also has above average rates of college education and home prices and it's the second wealthiest black district in the country. This is coming up amidst a mental tensions between the president and Cummings, who gave this response last week:

QUESTION: Do you believe the president is a racist¹³?

REP. ELIJAH CUMMINGS (D-MD): I believe that he is, yes, no doubt about it.

LISA DESJARDINS: Cummings also chairs the House Oversight¹⁴ Committee, which is investigating the White House on several fronts. Last Thursday, he authorized¹⁵ subpoenas¹⁶ for White House advisers¹⁷, including Mr. Trump's daughter and son-in-law, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner. And earlier this month, Cummings slammed the administration's previous zero tolerance¹⁸ policy that led to thousands of separated families at the border. This is not the first time the president has responded to criticism from a black lawmaker this way.

REP. JOHN LEWIS (D-GA): I don't see this president-elect as a legitimate¹⁹ president.

LISA DESJARDINS: Georgia Congressman and civil rights icon²⁰ John Lewis said that to NBC in 2017, commenting on Russian interference in the election. The next day, Mr. Trump tweeted: Congressman John Lewis should spend more time on fixing and helping²¹ his district and called it crime-infested. More recently, the president faced bipartisan criticism for tweeting four Democratic congresswomen should go back where they came from. Three were born in the U.S. and all are citizens. Like that attack, Mr. Trump is showing no signs of backing down or apologizing for his latest. Instead, the president pointed²² to a rival's words about Baltimore.

SEN. BERNIE SANDERS (I-VT), Presidential Candidate: You would think that you were in a Third World country.

LISA DESJARDINS: That was Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders after touring part of Baltimore in 2015. It was a tour meant to highlight a specific run-down area and income inequality. The White House and president insist the tweets were not about race. What is this about? Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney Sunday said that Cummings' attacks are about his criticism of the president's border policy.

MICK MULVANEY, Acting²³ White House Chief of Staff: What this is about, though, is the president fighting back against what he saw as being illegitimate attacks about the border in the hearing this week. When the president hears lies like that, he is going to fight back, and that's what you saw in his tweets.

LISA DESJARDINS: Cummings and the House of Representatives are out of Washington on recess²⁴ until September. For the PBS NewsHour, I'm Lisa Desjardins.

朱迪·伍德拉夫：特朗普总统正铆足劲儿攻击巴尔的摩市。根据我台记者丽莎·德雅尔丹的报道，许多人都反映特朗普此前也曾攻击过城市地区及其领导人。

丽莎·德雅尔丹：今天，巴尔的摩市的民众都在谴责特朗普对本市的攻击性言论，这种言论煽动了种族分裂。左翼的民权活动家阿尔·夏普顿牧师有话要说：

民权活动家，阿尔·夏普顿牧师：特朗普对黑人和有色人种总是报以恶意。

丽莎·德雅尔丹：而右翼的前共和党主席兼前马里兰州副州长迈克尔·斯蒂尔也表示不平。

迈克尔·斯蒂尔，前马里兰州副州长：总统先生，您的言论应该受到谴责，这样的言辞会让人觉得一只鸭子在自己的地盘被浇了一头水，成了落汤鸭。

丽莎·德雅尔丹：特朗普做出此番言论之前，曾在长达数周的时间里发过多条推文炮轰马里兰州国会议员及伊利亚·康明斯，以及他所在的巴尔的摩区。特朗普称康明斯是欺凌他人的凶残者，特朗普还说康明斯所在的辖区是美国最差的区域。特朗普补充说道，该地区就包含巴尔的摩及其郊区，这个区域恶心得很，老鼠满街跑。《巴尔的摩太阳报》通过一篇专栏进行了反击，专栏中炮轰特朗普本性难移，又开始散布带有感情色彩的偏见言论。这篇专栏还强调了该市引以为傲的地方，比如巴尔的摩内港以及约翰·霍普金斯医院。美国联邦调查局（FBI）最近的数据显示，巴尔的摩是美国谋杀率最高的城市，暴力犯罪率也排名第二。但康明斯所在的区域，大学教育率和房价超过了全国的平均水准，而且是美国第二富有的黑人区。此事爆发之际正值特朗普与康明斯之间关系紧张的时候，康明斯上周做出了回应：问：您认为特朗普总统是种族主义者吗？

众议员，及伊利亚·康明斯：我认为他是种族主义者，这一点是毫无疑问的。

丽莎·德雅尔丹：康明斯还担任众议院监管委员会的主席，该委员会负责从几个方面调查美国政府。上周四，康明斯授权传唤多名白宫顾问，包括特朗普的女儿和女婿，即伊万卡·特朗普以及贾里德·库什纳。本月初，康明斯炮轰特朗普政府此前的零容忍政策，称该政策导致数千个家庭天各一方，流落边境。这已经不是特朗普总统第一次以这种方式回应一位黑人议员的批评了。

众议员，约翰·刘易斯：我认为我们的总统并不称职。

丽莎·德雅尔丹：乔治亚州国会议员以及民权榜样约翰·刘易斯在2017年接受全国广播公司（NBC）采访时曾发表过对通俄案的看法。就在第二天，特朗普发推文称：国会议员约翰·刘易斯应该把更多时间花在处理本区域事务上，毕竟他所在的区犯罪行为高发。最近，特朗普面临来自两党的谴责，因为他发推文让4位民主党国会议员回老家。其中3位是在美国出生的，而且她们4位都是美国公民。就像他的言论攻击一样，他丝毫没有让步的意思，也没有为最近所作所为道歉的意思。相反，他还直指一位对手关于巴尔的摩的言论。

参议员，伯尼·桑德斯，总统候选人：你会认为自己生活在第三世界国家。

丽莎·德雅尔丹：说这句话是因为佛蒙特州参议员桑德斯曾于2015年去过巴尔的摩。那次去往巴尔的摩主要是关注这个破败地区所存在的收入不平等问题。美国政府以及特朗普都坚持认为推文与种族歧视无关。那推文是关于什么的呢？幕僚长马尔瓦尼周日表示，康明斯的攻击是关于特朗普的边境政策。白宫代理幕僚长马尔瓦尼：这件事其实只是特朗普总统在反击他眼中本周关于边境问题出现的无端言论。每次他听到这样的谎言就会反击，这一点，大家在他的推文中也能看到。

丽莎·德雅尔丹：康明斯以及众议院会一直休息到9月份。感谢收听丽莎·德雅尔丹发回的《新闻一小时》。

1 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。

2 condemnation   

n.谴责; 定罪

参考例句：

• There was widespread condemnation of the invasion. 那次侵略遭到了人们普遍的谴责。
• The jury's condemnation was a shock to the suspect. 陪审团宣告有罪使嫌疑犯大为震惊。

3 activist   

n.活动分子，积极分子

参考例句：

• He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
• He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。

4 venom   

n.毒液，恶毒，痛恨

参考例句：

• The snake injects the venom immediately after biting its prey.毒蛇咬住猎物之后马上注入毒液。
• In fact,some components of the venom may benefit human health.事实上，毒液的某些成分可能有益于人类健康。

5 lieutenant   

n.陆军中尉，海军上尉；代理官员，副职官员

参考例句：

• He was promoted to be a lieutenant in the army.他被提升为陆军中尉。
• He prevailed on the lieutenant to send in a short note.他说动那个副官，递上了一张简短的便条进去。

6 reprehensible   

adj.该受责备的

参考例句：

• Lying is not seen as being morally reprehensible in any strong way.人们并不把撒谎当作一件应该大加谴责的事儿。
• It was reprehensible of him to be so disloyal.他如此不忠，应受谴责。

7 Congressman   

n.（美）国会议员

参考例句：

• He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
• The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。

8 brutal   

adj.残忍的，野蛮的，不讲理的

参考例句：

• She has to face the brutal reality.她不得不去面对冷酷的现实。
• They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.他们表面上温文有礼，骨子里却是野蛮残忍。

9 bully   

n.恃强欺弱者，小流氓；vt.威胁，欺侮

参考例句：

• A bully is always a coward.暴汉常是懦夫。
• The boy gave the bully a pelt on the back with a pebble.那男孩用石子掷击小流氓的背脊。

10 rodent   

n.啮齿动物；adj.啮齿目的

参考例句：

• When there is a full moon,this nocturnal rodent is careful to stay in its burrow.月圆之夜，这种夜间活动的啮齿类动物会小心地呆在地洞里不出来。
• This small rodent can scoop out a long,narrow tunnel in a very short time.这种小啮齿动物能在很短的时间里挖出一条又长又窄的地道来。

11 infested   

adj.为患的，大批滋生的（常与with搭配）v.害虫、野兽大批出没于( infest的过去式和过去分词 )；遍布于

参考例句：

• The kitchen was infested with ants. 厨房里到处是蚂蚁。
• The apartments were infested with rats and roaches. 公寓里面到处都是老鼠和蟑螂。

12 bigoted   

adj.固执己见的，心胸狭窄的

参考例句：

• He is so bigoted that it is impossible to argue with him.他固执得不可理喻。
• I'll concede you are not as bigoted as some.我承认你不象有些人那么顽固。

13 racist   

n.种族主义者，种族主义分子

参考例句：

• a series of racist attacks 一连串的种族袭击行为
• His speech presented racist ideas under the guise of nationalism. 他的讲话以民族主义为幌子宣扬种族主义思想。

14 oversight   

n.勘漏，失察，疏忽

参考例句：

• I consider this a gross oversight on your part.我把这件事看作是你的一大疏忽。
• Your essay was not marked through an oversight on my part.由于我的疏忽你的文章没有打分。

15 authorized   

a.委任的，许可的

参考例句：

• An administrative order is valid if authorized by a statute.如果一个行政命令得到一个法规的认可那么这个命令就是有效的。

16 subpoenas   

n.（传唤出庭的）传票( subpoena的名词复数 )v.（用传票）传唤（某人）( subpoena的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• My company has complied with committee subpoenas by supplying documents confirming all that I have said. 本公司按照委员会的要求，提供了能够证实我刚才发言的文件。 来自辞典例句
• Congressional Investigations: Subpoenas and Contempt Power. Report for Congress April 2, 2003. 金灿荣：《美国国会的监督功能》，载《教学与研究》2003年第2期。 来自互联网

17 advisers   

顾问，劝告者( adviser的名词复数 )； （指导大学新生学科问题等的）指导教授

参考例句：

• a member of the President's favoured circle of advisers 总统宠爱的顾问班子中的一员
• She withdrew to confer with her advisers before announcing a decision. 她先去请教顾问然后再宣布决定。

18 tolerance   

n.宽容；容忍，忍受；耐药力；公差

参考例句：

• Tolerance is one of his strengths.宽容是他的一个优点。
• Human beings have limited tolerance of noise.人类对噪音的忍耐力有限。

19 legitimate   

adj.合法的，合理的，合乎逻辑的；v.使合法

参考例句：

• Sickness is a legitimate reason for asking for leave.生病是请假的一个正当的理由。
• That's a perfectly legitimate fear.怀有这种恐惧完全在情理之中。

20 icon   

n.偶像，崇拜的对象，画像

参考例句：

• They found an icon in the monastery.他们在修道院中发现了一个圣像。
• Click on this icon to align or justify text.点击这个图标使文本排齐。

21 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

22 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

23 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

24 recess   

n.短期休息，壁凹（墙上装架子，柜子等凹处）

参考例句：

• The chairman of the meeting announced a ten-minute recess.会议主席宣布休会10分钟。
• Parliament was hastily recalled from recess.休会的议员被匆匆召回开会。