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With less immigration and fewer imported goods, he reasoned,
他的理由是，隨著移民和進(jìn)口商品的減少，
companies would be forced to produce their wares in America, using American workers paid a substantial wage.
各大企業(yè)將不得不在美國(guó)生產(chǎn)他們的產(chǎn)品，雇傭美國(guó)的工人并給他們支付可觀的工資。
Most economists disagree, arguing that even if these policies were feasible, they would raise prices and lower living standards.
大多數(shù)經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家都不同意這種觀點(diǎn)，聲稱即便這些政策可行，也會(huì)抬高物價(jià)，降低人們的生活水平。
Another crucial element of Sessions' world-view was his sense of resentment against elites.
塞申斯世界觀里的另一個(gè)關(guān)鍵要素是他對(duì)精英的憎恨。
He saw what he called "Wall Street geniuses" and "masters of the universe" as out of touch with his workingclass constituents' lives.
他認(rèn)為，那些所謂的“華爾街天才”，“宇宙的主人”和他的工人階級(jí)選民的生活是脫節(jié)的。
"He was extraordinarily consistent," says Josh Holmes, a former chief of staff to Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell,
“他非常有恒心，”參議院多數(shù)黨領(lǐng)袖米奇·麥康奈爾的前幕僚長(zhǎng)喬什·霍姆斯說，
and "sort of the opposite of a chamber of commerce Republican."
而且，“可以說與負(fù)責(zé)貿(mào)易的共和黨人是截然不同。”
Although his crusades were often lonely, Sessions could be effective.
雖然塞申斯通常都是在孤軍奮斗，但他行事時(shí)也頗有效率。
In 2013, when a bill providing a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants had support from powerful advocates across the political spectrum,
2013年，一項(xiàng)為無證移民提供獲得公民身份的途徑的法案在各政治派別中都得到了強(qiáng)有力的支持，
Sessions was its loudest critic.
塞申斯就是當(dāng)時(shí)反對(duì)聲中最響亮的那位。
He couldn't keep it from passing the Senate, but successfully led the charge to stop it in the House.
他雖然沒能阻止參議院通過該法案，但卻成功地領(lǐng)導(dǎo)了眾議院阻止該法案的通過。
The conservative National Review dubbed him "Amnesty's worst enemy."
保守派期刊《國(guó)家評(píng)論》稱他為“大赦國(guó)際（世界性民間人權(quán)組織）最大的敵人。”
If many of Sessions' colleagues regarded him as a gadfly, a growing faction of the hard right came to see him as a hero.
如果說塞申斯的許多同事都視他為討厭鬼的話，那么，越來越多的極右派則將他視為了英雄。
The nationalist views he espoused attracted the attention of Breitbart.com and its then chairman, Stephen Bannon.
他信奉的民粹主義觀點(diǎn)引起了Breitbart網(wǎng)站及網(wǎng)站當(dāng)時(shí)的董事長(zhǎng)斯蒂芬·班農(nóng)的注意。
At a time when many Republicans thought only a message of moderation could win back the White House,
當(dāng)許多共和黨人都認(rèn)為只有轉(zhuǎn)向中庸的訊號(hào)才能幫助他們重新贏得白宮時(shí)，
Bannon, who would go on to become Trump's chief campaign and White House strategist,
班農(nóng)，當(dāng)時(shí)他即將成為特朗普競(jìng)選首席戰(zhàn)略家和白宮首席戰(zhàn)略家，
was inspired by Sessions' insistence that restricting immigration and trade could be a political winner.
則受到了塞申斯堅(jiān)持認(rèn)為限制移民和貿(mào)易或許能讓他們?cè)谡紊险紦?jù)上風(fēng)這一觀點(diǎn)的鼓舞。
As Sessions wrote in a 2012 memo to his colleagues:
正如塞申斯在2012年給同事的備忘錄中所寫的那樣：
This humble and honest populism— in contrast to the (Obama) Administration's cheap demagoguery—
“這種謙遜而誠(chéng)實(shí)的民粹主義——與(奧巴馬)政府那種廉價(jià)的蠱惑人心的伎倆形成了鮮明對(duì)比——
would open the ears of millions who have turned away from our party.
將會(huì)打開數(shù)百萬(wàn)已經(jīng)拋棄我們黨的人的耳朵。”
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