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密歇根州民主党参议员候选人阿卜杜勒·赛义德与左翼网红哈桑·皮克尔一同竞选，尽管后者此前就9·11事件和反犹主义发表过冒犯性言论。皮克尔曾声称美国“活该”遭遇9·11袭击，毫无爱国情怀，但拥有大量线上粉丝。一些民主党人担忧，这一有争议的结盟可能危及他们在中期选举中至关重要的密歇根参议院竞选机会，疏远摇摆选民。
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据福克斯新闻数字频道审查的一段重新曝光的视频显示，一名在摇摆选区寻求连任的众议院民主党议员此前曾称自己的家乡为“被窃取的土地”，并声称种族主义“根深蒂固”于几乎所有事物之中。
“我们身处被窃取的土地上，”新墨西哥州众议员加布·瓦斯克斯2020年在接受新墨西哥州一家媒体采访时说道，当时他还未进入国会。他补充道，这片土地曾是墨西哥领土，更早之前则是美洲原住民的居住地。
“我们生活中几乎每一个方面都或多或少带有种族主义的烙印，”瓦斯克斯继续说道，“我对这个国家能否根除种族主义越来越不乐观，因为它是代际相传的。它会被传承下去，深深植根于我们的体制之中。”
瓦斯克斯目前正在寻求11月的第三个众议院任期，他发表上述言论时，正担任拉斯克鲁塞斯市议员——这是他所在的新墨西哥州西南部选区最大的城市。2023年1月，他在击败共和党现任议员后进入国会，当时他将自己定位为温和派。
得克萨斯州民主党参议院初选因种族言论陷入分裂，“平庸”抨击、“压迫者”言论引发强烈反弹
2025年3月13日，在弗吉尼亚州利斯堡的兰斯当恩度假村举行的众议院民主党2025年议题会议上，新墨西哥州民主党众议员加布·瓦斯克斯与国会西班牙裔核心小组成员一同举行新闻发布会。左为主席、纽约州民主党众议员阿德里亚诺·埃斯帕利亚尔，另有德克萨斯州民主党众议员西尔维亚·加西亚和佛罗里达州民主党众议员达伦·索托出席。（汤姆·威廉姆斯/CQ-罗尔呼叫公司 摄）
在此次采访中，瓦斯克斯还暗示，他支持用持证心理学家和临床医生取代部分该市警察，以应对特定事件。
“这些都是我承诺会支持的举措，比如如果我们必须从某个特定部门削减预算，无论是警察部门还是其他部门，”瓦斯克斯说道，他补充道，他认为以当前的预算来看，没有必要保留某些岗位。
“如果我们不再需要这些岗位，不再需要这些预算项目，那么我们就应该取消它们，”他继续说道，“这是我愿意在市议会中全力推动的决定。”
据美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）的KFile栏目最先报道，瓦斯克斯2020年似乎为乔治·弗洛伊德之死引发的骚乱辩护。同年，他在一场“黑人的命也是命”抗议活动中接受当地媒体采访时，还使用化名支持“ defund the police（ defund警察部门）”运动。
美国民主党国会竞选委员会（DCCC）在给福克斯新闻数字频道的一份声明中表示，瓦斯克斯在众议院任职期间一直是执法部门的明确支持者。
“瓦斯克斯众议员在其整个政治生涯中都支持增加执法部门的 funding，仅在今年作为国会议员期间，就为州和地方警察提供了超过40亿美元的资金，”民主党国会竞选委员会发言人安娜·埃尔萨瑟说道。
这位新墨西哥州民主党议员与大多数众议院民主党人一样，拒绝为联邦移民执法提供资金，除非进行改革，包括收紧搜查令要求，并禁止执法人员佩戴口罩。
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2020年夏天，“defund the police”活动人士在纽约布鲁克林街头聚集。（盖蒂图片社）
美国共和党全国委员会在给福克斯新闻数字频道的一份声明中，严厉批评了瓦斯克斯此前的言论。
“加布·瓦斯克斯是一个真正病态的人，他可能患上了‘觉醒思维病毒’的晚期，”共和党全国委员会发言人扎克·克拉夫特在声明中说道，“他应该寻求帮助，以认识到称所有美国人为种族主义者是多么疯狂，他根本不应该待在国会里。”
瓦斯克斯是全国共和党人的主要攻击目标，在特朗普赢得该选区的情况下，瓦斯克斯2024年的支持率有所提升，但共和党人正准备第二次尝试将他赶下台。
2024年2月21日，周三，新墨西哥州民主党众议员加布·瓦斯克斯在新墨西哥州圣特雷莎参观CN Wire Corporation时留影。目前代表新墨西哥州第二国会选区的民主党议员瓦斯克斯，正在寻求连任，对手是2021年至2023年担任该选区众议员的前共和党议员伊维特·赫雷尔。（贾斯汀·哈梅尔/彭博社 via 盖蒂图片社）
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无党派的库克政治报告于1月将该选区的竞选评级从“势均力敌”调整为“倾向民主党”，理由是唐纳德·特朗普总统的支持率持续下滑，以及民主党人在2025年的选举中表现出色。
福克斯新闻数字频道已联系瓦斯克斯的竞选团队置评。
Vulnerable Dem incumbent caught calling home state ‘stolen land’ in resurfaced video
April 9, 2026 10:30am EDT / Fox News
Michigan Democratic Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed campaigns with left-wing influencer Hasan Piker despite his history of offensive comments on 9/11 and antisemitism. Piker, known for calling America deserving of 9/11 and showing no patriotism, has a significant online following. Some Democrats fear this controversial alliance could jeopardize their chances in the crucial Michigan Senate race during the midterms, alienating swing voters.
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A House Democrat running for re-election in a battleground district previously said his home state was “stolen land” and claimed racism was “embedded” into nearly everything, according to a resurfaced video reviewed by Fox News Digital.
“We are on stolen land,” Rep. Gabe Vasquez, N.M., said in 2020 before entering Congress during an interview with a New Mexico-based outlet. He added the land used to be Mexican territory and before that was inhabited by Native Americans.
“Just about every part of life that we experience has some racism embedded into it,” Vasquez continued. “I have become less optimistic about where this country stands in terms of being able to eradicate racism, because it is intergenerational. It is passed on. It is embedded into our system.”
Vasquez, who is seeking a third term in November, made the remarks while serving as a city councilmember of Las Cruces — the largest city in his southwestern New Mexico district. He entered Congress in January 2023 after defeating a Republican incumbent while positioning himself as a moderate.
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Rep. Gabe Vasquez, D-N.M., conducts a news conference with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), during the House Democrats 2025 Issues Conference at the Lansdowne Resort in Leesburg, Va., on Thursday, March 13, 2025. Chair Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., left, Reps. Sylvia Garcia, D-Texas, and Darren Soto, D-Fla., also appear.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc)
Vasquez also suggested that he was open to replacing some of the city’s police officers with licensed psychologists and clinicians to respond to certain events during the interview.
“Those are the types of things that I’m committed to supporting, where if we do have to take budget away from a specific department, whether you know, it be police or otherwise,” Vasquez said, adding that he believed it was unnecessary with the current budget.
“If we don’t need those positions anymore, if we don’t need those budget line items anymore, then we need to get rid of them,” he continued. “And that’s a decision I’m happy to try to champion at the city council.”
Vasquez in 2020 appeared to justify rioting following the death of George Floyd, CNN’s KFile first reported. He also voiced support for the defund the police movement while using a pseudonym during an interview with a local outlet at a Black Lives Matter protest that year.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) said Vasquez has been an unequivocal supporter of law enforcement during his House tenure in a statement to Fox News Digital.
“Rep. Vasquez has supported increased funding for law enforcement for his entire political career, including over $4 billion for state and local police as Congressman just this year,” DCCC spokesperson Anna Elsasser said.
The New Mexico Democrat has joined the majority of House Democrats in refusing to fund federal immigration enforcement absent reforms, including the tightening of warrant requirements and prohibiting officers from wearing masks.
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Defund the police activists flooding the streets of Brooklyn, New York, in the summer of 2020.(Getty Images)
The Republican National Committee sharply criticized Vasquez’s prior comments in a statement to Fox News Digital.
“Gabe Vasquez is a truly sick individual who may have a terminal case of the woke mind virus,” RNC spokesman Zach Kraft said in a statement. “He should get the help he needs to realize how insane it is to call every single American racist, and he should be nowhere near Congress.”
Vasquez is a top target of national Republicans, who are mounting a second attempt to unseat him after he improved his performance in 2024 despite Trump carrying the district.
Representative Gabe Vasquez, a Democrat from New Mexico, during a tour of CN Wire Corporation in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. Vasquez, a Democrat currently serving New Mexico’s second Congressional district, is running for re-election against former Republican Representative Yvette Herrell, who served the district from 2021 to 2023.(Justin Hamel/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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The nonpartisan Cook Political Report shifted the race from “toss-up” to “lean Democrat” in January, citing President Donald Trump’s declining job approval and Democrats’ strong electoral performance in 2025.
Fox News Digital reached out to Vasquez’s campaign for comment.
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