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This, Gaetz says, is the essential tenet of Trumpism:
蓋茲說，特朗普主義的基本信條，
not economic nationalism, not xenophobia,
不是經濟民族主義，也不是排外主義，
but rather the repudiation of the poll-tested insincerity of the political class.
而是對民意調查證實了的那種政治階層的虛偽的否定。
“Our generation, I think, has a demand for authenticity that exceeds any prior generation,” he says.
“我認為，我們這一代人，對真實性的需求已經超過了以往的任何一代人，”他說。
“We share candid moments with one another more than any other generation through social media,
“因為我們在社交媒體上對彼此坦誠相見的時刻也比以往任何一代人的多，
but it’s also that we get the fact that
同時也是因為我們明白了這樣一個事實，
the cardboard-cutout candidate with the perfect hair and the perfect life and the white picket fence—
梳著完美的發型，過著完美的生活，住著帶白色柵欄的房子的那種色厲內荏的候選人——
that no one really lives like that.
事實上是沒有人真的那樣生活的。
We’re all normal, lawed people who have off-the-cuff thoughts.
我們都是想法普通通通，有缺點的普通人。
I think the organizing principle of American politics today is to be interesting and authentic.
在我看來，今天的美國政治的組織原則就是要有趣，要真實。
If you can do those two things, voters will forgive and forget, and be O.K. with a lot of other stuff.”
如果能滿足這兩項要求，選民不僅能原諒你、忘記你犯過的錯誤，還能再次寬容你的很多錯誤。”
By embracing this philosophy, Gaetz is betting on a vision of American politics
接受了這一理念，蓋茲就賭美國會朝著這樣一種政治愿景發展，
in which Trump is not an aberration but the new normal.
在這種愿景里，特朗普不僅不是一個偏離常規的總統，反而代表了一種新常態。
“This is the front end of the wave,” he says.
“這是浪潮的前端，”他說。
“I do not believe the Democrats are nominating Cory Booker or Kirsten Gillibrand in 2020.
“我不相信民主黨2020年會提名科里·布克或柯爾斯滕·吉利布蘭德當總統。
They’re going to get themselves a celebrity, someone like Oprah or Mark Cuban.”
他們會請一位名人，像奧普拉或馬克·庫班那樣的名人，來給他們助陣。
It’s also fair to say that Gaetz’s trolling, and the visibility it creates, is an investment in his own career prospects.
而且，公平地說，蓋茲的挑釁行為，以及由此給他帶來的知名度，也是他對自己職業未來的一種投資。
He insists that he’s not thinking beyond his re-election this fall,
雖然他堅持說自己并沒有想過今年秋季連任選舉之后的事，
but it’s clear that he has big ambitions.
但很明顯，他是一個很有野心的人。
“I’m just a guy on the Judiciary Committee with a normal set of responsibilities,” he says.
“我只是司法委員會肩負著普通職責的一名普通委員而已，”他說。
“Making an argument on television, and making sure people see it on social media.”
“就是在電視上發表發表觀點，并確保人們在社交媒體上能看到我的觀點而已?！?/p>
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