NBC晚间新闻 众议员史蒂夫·金因种族言论遭抨击

In an interview with the new york times, Republican Congressman¹ Steve King defending what he called the culture of America. "White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization. How did that language become offensive?" King asked according to the paper. Liz Cheney, a member of House Republican leadership slamming the comments, tweeting they are "abhorrent² and racist³". How could you not understand that that was offensive? No, what I was really talking about was the continuation of applying labels on to people as freely as they are.

I reject white nationalism, I reject white supremacy⁴, it's not part of any of my ideology⁵ and I reject anyone who carries that ideology. So why'd you say? That's what's in the context of a long interview with the New York Times. In a written statement King said "under any fair political definition I am simply a nationalist." But he did not say he was misquoted. Did The Times misquote you? I don't think, I don't think I can answer that clearly but I'll just say I have responded to this and I think you understand where I stand. Just last year King tweeted this photo from his annual pheasant hunt, saying different breeds of dogs indicated diversity. His rhetoric⁶ finally seems to be catching⁷ up to him. Just yesterday a prominent Iowa Republican announced he's running against King in next year's primary.

在接受《纽约时报》的一次采访中，共和党众议员史蒂夫·金捍卫了他眼中的美国文化。根据《纽约时报》报道，史蒂夫·金问道，白人民族主义者，白人至上主义者，西方文明，这些用语怎么会具有冒犯性呢？众议院共和党领袖之一莉兹·切尼猛烈抨击了这些评论，她在推特中写道，这些是“可恶的、带有种族歧视的”评论。你怎么会不明白那些用语具有冒犯性呢？不，我真正想说的是人们应一直享有贴标签的自由。我反对白人民族主义，我反对白人至上，这不是我意识形态的一部分，我反对任何持有这种意识形态的人。那你为什么这么说?这是在《纽约时报》的一次长篇采访的语境之中提到的。史蒂夫·金在一份书面声明中说，“在任何公正的政治定义下，我只是一个民族主义者。”但他没有说他的话被《纽约时报》错误引用。《纽约时报》错误引用了你的话了吗?我无法清楚地回答这个问题，但我只想说，我已经对这个问题做出了回应，我认为你们理解我的立场。就在去年，在他一年一度的猎雉活动中，史蒂夫·金在推特上发布了这张照片，他写道，不同品种的狗表明了多样性的存在。他的言辞最终让自己惹上了麻烦。就在昨天，爱荷华州一位杰出的的共和党人宣布，他将在明年的初选中与史蒂夫·金竞争。

1 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。

2 abhorrent   

adj.可恶的，可恨的，讨厌的

参考例句：

• He is so abhorrent,saying such bullshit to confuse people.他这样乱说，妖言惑众，真是太可恶了。
• The idea of killing animals for food is abhorrent to many people.许多人想到杀生取食就感到憎恶。

3 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。

4 supremacy   

n.至上；至高权力

参考例句：

• No one could challenge her supremacy in gymnastics.她是最优秀的体操运动员，无人能胜过她。
• Theoretically,she holds supremacy as the head of the state.从理论上说，她作为国家的最高元首拥有至高无上的权力。

5 ideology   

n.意识形态，(政治或社会的)思想意识

参考例句：

• The ideology has great influence in the world.这种思想体系在世界上有很大的影响。
• The ideal is to strike a medium between ideology and inspiration.我的理想是在意识思想和灵感鼓动之间找到一个折衷。

6 rhetoric   

n.修辞学，浮夸之言语

参考例句：

• Do you know something about rhetoric?你懂点修辞学吗？
• Behind all the rhetoric,his relations with the army are dangerously poised.在冠冕堂皇的言辞背后，他和军队的关系岌岌可危。

7 catching   

adj.易传染的，有魅力的，迷人的，接住

参考例句：

• There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
• Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。