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Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey, whose campaign manager on Friday
新澤西州參議員科里·布克——周五，他的競選經理發布了一份備忘錄，
released a memo stating he would have to drop out of the race
聲明如果科里·布克未能在9月底前籌集到170萬美元的資金，
if he failed to raise $1.7 million before the end of September, remarked that “this is not a partisan issue.”
屆時就只能退出選舉——對此表示，“這不是黨派問題?！?/div>
He and former Representative Beto O’Rourke of Texas reiterated their calls for Mr. Trump to be impeached.
他與德克薩斯州前眾議員貝托·奧羅克二人再次呼吁彈劾特朗普。
Even if Mr. Biden’s primary competitors don’t take direct aim,
即便拜登的主要競爭對手沒有直接針對拜登，
the perception of Mr. Biden’s son leveraging his connections cuts a stark contrast with two leading rivals,
但對拜登的兒子利用拜登的人脈為自己謀利的猜測還是在拜登和他的兩大對手，
Ms. Warren and Senator Bernie Sanders, who have centered their candidacies around a fierce populist message of rooting out corruption in Washington.
參議員伊麗莎白·沃倫和伯尼·桑德斯之間劃了一條鮮明的分界線，而二者競選的核心主題就是根除華盛頓政壇的腐敗作風這一極其民粹主義的理念。
It’s a message that worked in 2016 for Mr. Trump,
2016年美國大選時，這一理念就在特朗普身上起效了，
who cast Ms. Clinton as the avatar of establishment self-dealing,
當時，特朗普將希拉里·克林頓塑造成了一個假公濟私，
a past-her-prime creature of Washington unable to adjust to the times and to produce real change.
一個已經日薄西山，無法適應時代變化，帶來真正的變革的華盛頓政客的代表。
Mr. Biden’s team is acutely aware of that comparison.
拜登團隊敏銳地察覺到了這一差別。
After Mr. Biden initially gave only a meager retort on the Ukraine issue Friday, his campaign decided to go further.
周五，拜登就烏克蘭問題只做出了輕微的反駁，之后，他的競選團隊決定加大反駁力度。
Sensing an opportunity to highlight Mr. Trump’s fixation with Mr. Biden,
看到了拿特朗普緊咬拜登不放一事大作文章的機會，
his campaign released a statement in his name,
他們便以拜登的名義發表了一份聲明，
condemning the president for “abhorrent” conduct and demanding Mr. Trump release the transcript of his call with the Ukrainian leader
譴責總統的舉止“令人憎惡”，要求其公布與烏克蘭領導人通話錄音文本，
and allow the director of national intelligence to release the whistle-blower’s claims to Congress.
還要求特朗普允許國家情報總監向國會公布舉報人的聲明。
Advisers to Mr. Biden said his initial reluctance to comment reflected his prudence
拜登的顧問表示，拜登最初不愿發表評論，是因為他對討論敏感的國家安全問題十分謹慎，
about discussing sensitive national security matters rather than unease with the work of his son in Ukraine.
而非對他兒子在烏克蘭工作感到不安。
But the former vice president is highly sensitive about questions regarding his family,
然而，這位前副總統對有關其家庭的問題頗為敏感，
and it was not until several outlets reported on what Mr. Trump said in the phone call last month
直到幾家媒體報道了特朗普上個月的通話錄音內容，
that the Biden campaign determined it should try to go on the offensive.
拜登的競選團隊才決定應該繼續向特朗普進攻。
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