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Pa. GOP Senate primary is close despite Trump¹ endorsing² Dr. Oz

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Pennsylvania Senate candidates were out on the campaign trail over the weekend ahead of the key state's primaries on Tuesday. The Republican side has emerged as a three-way race.

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:

Pennsylvania is one of five states holding primaries tomorrow, and the Senate race there has a lot of last-minute surprises. On the Democratic side, the leading candidate, John Fetterman, announced that he suffered a stroke while campaigning on Friday. He's the current lieutenant⁴ governor. Doctors say he suffered no cognitive⁵ damage. Fetterman and his wife Gisele released a short video from the hospital.

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JOHN FETTERMAN: It was on Friday. I just wasn't feeling very well. So I decided⁶, you know what? I need to get checked out. So I went to the hospital.

GISELE FETTERMAN: I made you get checked out...

FETTERMAN: Yeah.

FETTERMAN: ...Because I was right, as always.

MARTIN: Meanwhile, the Republican Senate contest has suddenly become a very close three-person race. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

DON GONYEA, BYLINE⁷: The late surprise in Pennsylvania's Republican U.S. Senate primary is the sudden rise in polls by TV commentator⁸ Kathy Barnette. In recent weeks, as abortion⁹ has dominated news coverage¹¹, Barnette's own personal story has gained attention. Her mother gave birth after being raped¹² at age 11. This is from a Barnette campaign video.

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KATHY BARNETTE: Aborting¹³ me would not have eased the trauma¹⁴ that my mother suffered. Aborting me would not have allowed me to be in a place today where I can now take care of my mother.

GONYEA: Barnette's understaffed campaign has struggled to manage the rise in attention - opponents have responded with negative ads, old social media posts have resurfaced, a number of homophobic and Islamophobic statements, even criticism of Donald Trump. Meanwhile, Trump has issued a statement saying flatly that Barnette can't win in November. And over the weekend, Barnette blocked media organizations, including NPR, from covering her campaign events.

One of her main rivals is former hedge fund CEO and George W. Bush administration official Dave McCormick.

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DAVE MCCORMICK: Thank you all so much.

GONYEA: This was Sunday afternoon at a restaurant in Franklin, Pa. McCormick, too, is talking a lot about abortion these days.

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MCCORMICK: And if the Supreme¹⁵ Court memo¹⁶ that was leaked becomes the Supreme Court's ruling, I believe that'll be a great step forward for protecting innocent life. But I also think it'll take those decisions and place them back where they belong - with the states and the voters.

GONYEA: Now to the candidate endorsed¹⁷ by Trump - Mehmet Oz. He leads in polls, but just barely. Oz's campaign relies on his celebrity¹⁸ and big-name backers. Yesterday, it was a tele-town hall with gun rights activist¹⁹ and rock musician Ted¹⁰ Nugent, who laid out Oz's task in Washington.

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TED NUGENT: Clean up this horrible treachery that we find ourselves in in 2022 because of horrible, treacherous²⁰ people that are abusing their power and violating the constitutional law. So Godspeed, my friend.

GONYEA: Oz responded.

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MEHMET OZ: I'm voting for you, Ted. I'm voting for you.

GONYEA: Later on the call, Oz said Trump endorsed him because he'll win.

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OZ: And he's laser-focused on winners, people who will actually win Republican seats in the Senate and hold those seats for our party so that we can actually make the decisions that will help our country.

GONYEA: Even with Trump backing Oz, more than a month ago, a large percentage of GOP voters haven't yet made up their mind in the Senate contest. They've got one day to do so.

Don Gonyea, NPR News.

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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 endorsing   

v.赞同( endorse的现在分词 )；在（尤指支票的）背面签字；在（文件的）背面写评论；在广告上说本人使用并赞同某产品

参考例句：

• Yet Communist leaders are also publicly endorsing religion in an unprecedented way. 不过，共产党领导层对宗教信仰的公开认可也是以前不曾有过的。 来自互联网
• Connecticut Independent Senator Joseph Lieberman is endorsing Republican Senator John McCain. 康涅狄格州独立派参议员约瑟夫。列波曼将会票选共和议员约翰。麦凯恩。 来自互联网

3 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

4 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。

5 cognitive   

adj.认知的，认识的，有感知的

参考例句：

• As children grow older,their cognitive processes become sharper.孩子们越长越大，他们的认知过程变得更为敏锐。
• The cognitive psychologist is like the tinker who wants to know how a clock works.认知心理学者倒很像一个需要通晓钟表如何运转的钟表修理匠。

6 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

7 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。

8 commentator   

n.注释者，解说者；实况广播评论员

参考例句：

• He is a good commentator because he can get across the game.他能简单地解说这场比赛，是个好的解说者。
• The commentator made a big mistake during the live broadcast.在直播节目中评论员犯了个大错误。

9 abortion   

n.流产，堕胎

参考例句：

• She had an abortion at the women's health clinic.她在妇女保健医院做了流产手术。
• A number of considerations have led her to have a wilful abortion.多种考虑使她执意堕胎。

10 ted   

vt.翻晒，撒，撒开

参考例句：

• The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
• She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。

11 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

12 raped   

v.以暴力夺取，强夺( rape的过去式和过去分词 )；强奸

参考例句：

• A young woman was brutally raped in her own home. 一名年轻女子在自己家中惨遭强暴。 来自辞典例句
• We got stick together, or we will be having our women raped. 我们得团结一致，不然我们的妻女就会遭到蹂躏。 来自辞典例句

13 aborting   

v.（使）流产( abort的现在分词 )；（使）（某事物）中止；（因故障等而）（使）（飞机、宇宙飞船、导弹等）中断飞行；（使）（飞行任务等）中途失败

参考例句：

• Target machine is rebooting due to a different deployment task. Aborting deployment. 由于有另一个部署任务，目标计算机正在重新启动。正在中止部署。 来自互联网
• The number of seconds elapsed before aborting a connection attempt. 在中止连接尝试之前经过的秒数。 来自互联网

14 trauma   

n.外伤，精神创伤

参考例句：

• Counselling is helping him work through this trauma.心理辅导正帮助他面对痛苦。
• The phobia may have its root in a childhood trauma.恐惧症可能源于童年时期的创伤。

15 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

16 memo   

n.照会，备忘录；便笺；通知书；规章

参考例句：

• Do you want me to send the memo out?您要我把这份备忘录分发出去吗？
• Can you type a memo for me?您能帮我打一份备忘录吗？

17 endorsed   

vt.& vi.endorse的过去式或过去分词形式v.赞同( endorse的过去式和过去分词 )；在（尤指支票的）背面签字；在（文件的）背面写评论；在广告上说本人使用并赞同某产品

参考例句：

• The committee endorsed an initiative by the chairman to enter discussion about a possible merger. 委员会通过了主席提出的新方案，开始就可能进行的并购进行讨论。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The government has broadly endorsed a research paper proposing new educational targets for 14-year-olds. 政府基本上支持建议对14 岁少年实行新教育目标的研究报告。 来自《简明英汉词典》

18 celebrity   

n.名人，名流；著名，名声，名望

参考例句：

• Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
• He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。

19 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。

20 treacherous   

adj.不可靠的，有暗藏的危险的；adj.背叛的，背信弃义的

参考例句：

• The surface water made the road treacherous for drivers.路面的积水对驾车者构成危险。
• The frozen snow was treacherous to walk on.在冻雪上行走有潜在危险。