资料图:美国众议院共和党领袖麦卡锡。中新社记者 沙晗汀 摄
由于两党对立加剧、党派内斗、利益分配不均等因素,众议长选举陷入一场拉锯战。在此次众议长竞选中,美国民主党议员继续抱团,多轮投票中,一票不投麦卡锡,共和党右翼“强硬派”领头的约20人小团体也拒绝投票麦卡锡。
麦卡锡的当选之路一波三折,除了本人的“政治投机派”角色在国会不受欢迎外,与共和党内部政治分歧关系密切。
一方面,共和党党内反对者认为,麦卡锡对民主党态度过于软弱,无力对抗民主党控制的参议院和拜登政府,另一方面,因为共和党的多数优势微弱,党内一些影响力较小的派系的政治力量则被放大,有利于他们巩固自己的选票。
此外,党内反对者也认为,自己的选票没有换取更多利益,希望以此作为筹码换取麦卡锡更大的让步,比如让他们获得众议院重要委员会中的职务。
作为仅次于美国总统、副总统的政坛三号人物,众议院议长通常由众议院多数党领袖担任,选举几乎没有悬念。然而,麦卡锡此次为当选,不得不做出多个关键让步,其中可能包括恢复一项罢黜议长动议机制,使得众议长的权力被削弱,难以掌控众议院。
美国有线电视新闻网CNN称,麦卡锡在这场不合时宜的政治勒索中作出让步,这种绥靖政策只会让极端主义势力更加强大。
这场引发全世界围观的尴尬选举暴露出美国政治存在严重的对立和分化。在权力博弈思维的裹挟下,党派利益凌驾于国家和人民利益之上,美国两党相互拆台,陷入“为反对而反对”的无脑对垒。而即便是一党内,也会因为利益分配问题产生不同的小派系,相互对抗,选票变成了谋利益的工具。
从国会山骚乱到打破记历史记录的15轮众议长选举,“对抗式民主”让美国政治陷入瓶颈,长期对抗势必会让政客们丧失客观公正的判断能力,其政治阶层是否有能力治理国家也会引发质疑。
两党之争和党派内斗进一步放大了美国政治体制弊病,美国所谓的“民主”形象,让全世界大跌眼镜。鼓吹以选民利益为先的美式选举,变成了政客们利益置换的游戏,进一步彰显出美国“民主政治”日渐失能,不断极化的党争已使美国政治制度陷入死循环。
House speaker election reveals deep-rooted problems in U.S. democracy
(ECNS) -- The Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was elected as the 55th speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives after 15 ballots. As the most grueling House speaker election in the past 164 years, the election has highlighted the defects of the country’s "confrontational democracy".
The election once reached a stalemate due to intense partisan strife, inner-party struggle among the Republicans, uneven distribution of interests, and more. Democratic Party members forged a close alliance, refusing to vote for McCarthy, while about 20 Republicans also declined to cast ballots for the GOP leader.
Except for his unpopular role as a "political speculator" in Congress, McCarthy’s hard-won election can be attributed to turmoil within the Republican Party.
On the one hand, opponents in the Republican Party believe that the GOP leader's attitude toward the Democrats is too weak to confront the Senate controlled by Democrats and the Biden administration.
On the other hand, the political power of some less influential factions in the Republican Party has been amplified due to the Party’s weak majority advantage in the House of Representatives, which is conducive to consolidating their ticket warehouses.
Meanwhile, these opponents believe that their votes failed to win them more benefits, hoping to use this as a bargaining chip for McCarthy's further concessions, such as getting them positions in important House Committees.
As the third political figure after the President and Vice President of the U.S., the speaker, by tradition, is the head of the majority party in the House of Representatives.
But McCarthy has made many concessions in order to bring the ultra conservatives along, involving what’s known as the “motion to vacate,” a mechanism by which members can force a vote to depose the speaker. The reported concessions will empower individual members at the expense of McCarthy’s sway as speaker.
CNN thought the concessions he made during this unseemly political shakedown would only make the extremist faction more powerful.
This embarrassing election, which has drawn global attention, exposed the serious opposition and polarization in American politics. Both Democrats and Republicans put their interests before that of the country and its people, attacking and opposing each other irrationally.
Besides, different factions arise within a single party and confront each other because of the distribution of interests. Votes have become a tool to win more benefits.
From Capitol riots to the House Speaker election with record-breaking ballots, "confrontational democracy" has become a bottleneck of American politics. Long-term confrontation will surely impede politicians to think objectively and fairly while their capacity of governing the country will also raise doubts among the public.
Both parties’ struggle and infighting among the Republicans have further amplified the defects of the American political system, with its "democratic" image shocking the world.
The U.S.-style election, which advocates putting voters' interests first, has become a game of interest exchange among politicians. In addition, it further demonstrates the malfunction of American "democratic politics" and the constantly polarized party struggle that has trapped the American political system into an infinite cycle.
“防疫消毒卡”可防新冠杀病毒?测评团队:多款产品除菌率为0****** 陈燃 近日,各种“新冠防疫消毒卡”出现在网络平台。这些消毒卡号称“日本进口”“网红推荐”,一张卡即可防范新冠杀死病毒。扬子晚报/紫牛新闻记者注意到,在商家的宣传中,最便宜的5元多的消毒卡,有效期长达30天。记者以消费者的身份询问了部分卖家,他们均表示消毒卡真实有效。真是如此吗?记者对此进行了调查。 P图网红名人引流销售 商家均回避关键问题 扬子晚报/紫牛新闻记者在多个电商平台检索发现,用消毒卡做关键词可搜索到超4000条商品,销量最高的店铺已有上十万单销量。消毒卡还有着多种别称,比如“随身防疫卡”“空间防疫卡”,价格在5元到400元不等。在部分商品展示页上还能看到李佳琦、小杨哥等网红在直播间推荐的图片。但记者查询了李佳琦、小杨哥的直播间商品橱窗后并未发现相关商品。检索到的一些“消毒卡”推广视频,也只是将上述网红的经典台词剪辑后插入消毒卡商品介绍。记者仔细观察商家展示的网红推荐图片,几乎都是截取直播截图后再P图上一双手拿着产品,作假痕迹明显。 对于消毒卡的效用,一名商家告诉记者:“消毒除菌卡缓慢散发的气体会结合空气中的水分,与二氧化碳反应产生微量二氧化氯,二氧化氯可吸附并穿过病毒的衣壳蛋白损伤核酸(RNA或DNA)基因组,有效阻止病毒复制繁殖,达到消除细菌的作用。”商家还补充说,消毒卡有效范围是佩戴者周围一立方米范围,每多开封佩戴一份消毒卡,就能多一份保护更加安全。 对于记者提出的有效性质疑,多位商家均选择回避作答,有商家表示,“消毒卡只是起辅助作用。” 被牵连团队澄清商家作假 实验证明消毒卡除菌率为0 记者注意到在商品评论中,有疑似刷单的评论称“老爸测评”也推荐过该消毒卡,甚至做过评测。 记者联系上“老爸测评”团队,相关工作人员当即对此作出澄清,“这是拿我们做噱头卖商品。”工作人员表示,团队确实在2019年疫情还未暴发时就做过相关消毒卡评测,但经过实验室专业检测,多款打着消毒卡名义的产品除菌率均为0。 “老爸测评”团队专业人员告诉记者,这些所谓的消毒卡基本原理都是通过固态的颗粒或粉末释放二氧化氯气体来除菌。虽然二氧化氯是国际上公认的除菌剂,但在他们团队评测过的消毒卡中,除菌剂的含量微少到根本不可能发挥作用。 “如果真的要用二氧化氯气体进行空气消毒,那也要在密闭的空间里进行。但这样做,可能细菌还没杀死,你自己就先被熏晕了。”“老爸测评”团队表示,这类消毒卡在完全起不到作用的情况下,很可能还会因二氧化氯对皮肤的刺激性而导致皮肤灼伤,最好不要给孩子使用。 海外多年前曾警示危害 大量相关产品仍在销售 记者根据相关“日本进口”消毒卡信息在海外购物平台进行检索后发现,检索出的消毒卡均为使用中文介绍商品的商家在售卖,而与商品封面相关联的日本企业店铺却没有相关产品销售。有细心的消毒卡购买者指出,买到的消毒卡没有任何中文标识,并不符合进口商品的管理规定。 通过资料查询,记者发现,类似产品其实早在2013年就在日本出现过。2013年2月,日本相关部门还专门发布调查报告,指出消毒卡对人体的危害,消费者应该停止使用相关产品。 记者最后通过电商平台投诉渠道对部分产品进行了投诉,截至记者发稿前,大量打着“新冠消毒卡”名义的产品仍在各大平台销售。 扬子晚报/紫牛新闻见习记者 陈燃 (文图:赵筱尘 巫邓炎) [责编:天天中] 阅读剩余全文() |