2026年3月26日 23:45 UTC / 路透社
得克萨斯州葡萄藤市，3月26日（路透社） – 一年一度的保守政治行动会议（CPAC）上，共和党人周四在很大程度上团结支持美国对伊朗发动的打击行动，在这一已削弱特朗普整体支持率并可能危及共和党在11月中期选举前景的问题上坚定支持总统唐纳德·特朗普。
从一位著名福音派传教士到特朗普的前顾问，再到伊朗政治活动人士，多位发言人在得克萨斯州葡萄藤市的保守派集会上走上讲台，在特朗普”让美国再次伟大”运动的支持者面前为这场战争进行道德辩护。
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这种支持与全国范围内对战争的普遍怀疑形成对比，后者增加了特朗普的政治压力，迫使他结束这场已扰乱全球市场的冲突。许多美国人表示，他们仍不清楚冲突的理由，并质疑政府对军事进展的乐观评估。
CPAC高级研究员梅塞德斯·施拉普（Mercedes Schlapp）承认美国人担忧长期冲突的前景，但在一个以2022年抗议活动中被安全部队枪击的两名伊朗人为主角的环节中，她坚持为这场战争辩护，称这将解放伊朗人民。
“疯狂必须停止。我们必须让伊朗重获自由，我们将确保美国坚定地站在他们一边，”施拉普在名为” MAGA vs. 毛拉疯狂”的环节中表示。她是特朗普第一任期的高级顾问。
然而，特朗普不再谈论推翻伊朗政权，而过去四周美国和以色列的空袭并未引发伊朗民众对伊朗领导层的大规模反抗。
选民对战争和油价上涨的不满情绪加剧
此次会议是共和党政治家和保守派活动人士的年度关键聚会，正值选民对战争和高油价的担忧日益加剧之际——这些因素正笼罩着共和党在11月保住参议院和众议院微弱多数席位的希望。
路透社/益普索周一完成的民调显示，特朗普的支持率已降至36%，为他重返白宫以来的最低点。然而，他核心支持者群体的支持依然稳固，74%的共和党人支持对伊朗发动打击。
在达拉斯郊外为期三天会议的开幕日，尽管一些知名的”MAGA派”人物最近指责特朗普违背了其2024年竞选承诺，即避免让美国卷入外国战争，但没有发言人直接批评此次军事行动。
前美国众议员马特·盖茨（Matt Gaetz）发出了罕见的谨慎声音，称美国过于受以色列利益左右，重复了他过去提出的批评。
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该国最知名的基督教福音派人士之一富兰克林·格雷厄姆牧师（Reverend Franklin Graham）从宗教角度阐述了伊朗战争，他告诉CPAC与会者，特朗普攻击伊朗的决定是为了维护以色列的存在。
福音派是特朗普政治基础的核心部分，许多人将现代以色列视为与耶稣再来相关的圣经预言的实现。
“他挺身而出保护以色列和犹太人，免受我认为是激进伊斯兰政权可能实施的核毁灭，”格雷厄姆说，”感谢上帝，有特朗普总统。”
伊朗裔美国人现身支持特朗普
数十名伊朗裔美国人出席了会议，其中许多人手持伊朗和美国国旗，支持对伊朗发动战争。
他们中的一群人计划周四晚上在会议场地外举行集会，支持伊朗被推翻的国王的流亡儿子礼萨·巴列维（Reza Pahlavi），后者希望领导过渡政府，但一直难以获得特朗普的支持。巴列维定于周五在CPAC发表演讲。
尼玛·普尔苏希（Nima Poursohi）的父母来自伊朗，他穿着”波斯人支持特朗普”（Persians for Trump）T恤，称这是他第二次参加CPAC以表达对战争的支持。
“47年来，这个政权是时候倒台了，”普尔苏希告诉路透社，”投下炸弹和军事行动很可怕，但生活在伊斯兰政权统治下更可怕。”
对战争的支持还延伸到了CPAC的副舞台。保守派记者约翰·所罗门在史蒂夫·班农的”战争室”直播节目中强调了打击的杀伤力，而前超人演员迪恩·凯恩（Dean Cain）在其支持MAGA的播客直播中赞扬了美国的军事战略。
79岁的弗雷德里克（Frederick）和卡罗尔·库尔皮耶（Carol Kurpiel）夫妇表示，他们被梅尔塞德·沙欣卡尔（Mersedeh Shahinkar）和拉赫勒·阿米里（Raheleh Amiri）的故事所感动，这两名伊朗政治活动人士向CPAC与会者讲述了自己在2022年抗议活动中被安全人员枪击的经历。
“当他们（指美国）除掉哈梅内伊时我很高兴，”卡罗尔说，她指的是已故伊朗最高领袖阿亚图拉·阿里·哈梅内伊。”他的死让我开心。”
Nathan Layne 报道，Ross Colvin 和 Lincoln Feast 编辑。
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At CPAC, Republicans close ranks behind Trump on Iran war
March 26, 2026 11:45 PM UTC / Reuters
GRAPEVINE, Texas, March 26 (Reuters) – Republicans at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference largely rallied behind U.S. strikes on Iran on Thursday, backing President Donald Trump on an issue that has dented his wider approval ratings and could jeopardize the party’s prospects in the November midterm elections.
Speakers ranging from a prominent evangelist to a former Trump adviser and Iranian political activists took to the stage at the conservative gathering in Grapevine, Texas, to argue the moral case for the war before supporters of Trump’s Make America Great Again movement.
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That support stood in contrast to broader national skepticism about the war, which has increased political pressureon Trump to exit a conflict that has roiled global markets. Many Americans say they remain unclear about the rationale for the conflict and question the administration’s upbeat assessments of military progress.
While acknowledging that Americans are concerned about the prospect of a protracted conflict, CPAC senior fellow Mercedes Schlapp used a session featuring two Iranians shot by security forces during 2022 protests to press the case for a war she said would liberate its people.
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“The madness needs to stop. We’ve got to make Iran free again and we are going to make sure America stands strong by their side,” Schlapp, a senior adviser to Trump during his first term, said during the session titled “MAGA vs. Mullah Madness.”
Trump, however, no longer talks of regime change in Iran and the air strikes by the U.S. and Israel over the past four weeks have not triggered any popular revolt against the Iranian leadership.
VOTER UNEASE GROWS OVER WAR, RISING FUEL PRICES
The conference, a key annual gathering for Republican politicians and conservative activists, comes at a moment of growing voter unease over the war and high fuel prices – factors clouding the party’s chances of retaining its slim majorities in the Senate and the House of Representatives in November.
Trump’s approval rating has fallen to 36%, its lowest since his return to the White House, a Reuters/Ipsos poll completed on Monday found. Support among his core base remains firm, however, with 74% of Republicans backing the strikes.
On the opening day of the three-day event outside Dallas, no speaker criticized the military operation outright, despite some prominent MAGA figures accusing Trump in recent days of breaking his 2024 campaign pledge to avoid entangling the U.S. in foreign wars.
Former U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz stood out as a rare voice of caution, saying the United States was too beholden to Israel’s interests, repeating a criticism he has made in the past.
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Reverend Franklin Graham, one of the country’s best-known Christian evangelists, framed the Iran war in religious terms, telling the CPAC crowd that Trump’s decision to attack Iran was necessary to preserve Israel’s existence.
Evangelicals are a core part of Trump’s political base and many view the modern state of Israel as a fulfillment of a biblical prophecy linked to the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.
“He stepped up to protect Israel and the Jewish people from what I believe was the possibility of a nuclear annihilation by the radical Islamic regime,” Graham said. “Thank God for President Trump.”
IRANIAN-AMERICANS SHOW UP IN SUPPORT OF TRUMP
Dozens of Iranian-Americans were in attendance, many of them carrying Iranian and American flags and advocating for the war.
A group of them planned a rally outside the conference venue on Thursday evening to show support for Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran’s toppled shah who hopes to lead a transitional government but has struggled to win Trump’s support. Pahlavi is due to speak at CPAC on Friday.
Nima Poursohi, whose parents are from Iran, wore a “Persians for Trump” T-shirt and said he was attending CPAC for the second time to show his support for the war.
“It is time for this regime to go after 47 years,” Poursohi told Reuters. “Dropping bombs and military action is scary, but living under an Islamic regime is a lot scarier.”
Support for the war extended to CPAC’s side stages. Conservative journalist John Solomon highlighted the strikes’ lethality on Steve Bannon’s “War Room,” which was broadcasting live, while former Superman actor Dean Cain praised U.S. military strategy during a live showing of his MAGA-aligned podcast.
Frederick and Carol Kurpiel, both 79, said they were moved by the stories of Mersedeh Shahinkar and Raheleh Amiri, two Iranian political activists who spoke to the CPAC crowd about being shot by security agents during protests in 2022.
“I was happy when they got Khamenei,” Carol said, referring to the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. “His death made me happy.”
reporting by Nathan Layne, editing by Ross Colvin and Lincoln Feast.
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