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美国将于今年11月举行中期选举，民主党大概率将夺回众议院控制权。    Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was forced to exit through the backdoor of a Washington, D.C. steakhouse on Thursday after protesters gathered out front, according to Politico’s Playbook newsletter.,Kavanaugh was dining at the downtown DC location of Morton’s Steakhouse when protesters gathered outside, demanding that the restaurant’s manager kick Kavanaugh out of the restaurant.,The Twitter account ShutDown_DC claimed that Kavanaugh had snuck out the back of the restaurant.,We hear Kavanaugh snuck out the back with his security detail. @mortons should be ashamed for welcoming a man who so clearly hates women.— ShutDownDC (@ShutDown_DC) July 7, 2022,The protest was in response to the Supreme Court’s recent ruling that overturned Roe v Wade, ending national abortion protections in the country. Kavanaugh was a part of the majority in that decision. During his 2018 confirmation hearings, Kavanaugh said that Roe v. Wade was “settled as precedent of the Supreme Court.”,The court did not make a comment on Kavanaugh’s interrupted dinner but a person familiar with the situation told Politico that Kavanaugh did not hear or see the protesters and ate a full meal. They did not mention what exit Kavanaugh used to leave the restaurant.,As for the restaurant, they were not amused. Sending a statement to a Politico reporter, they stated that everyone should have the right to eat dinner.,“Honorable Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh and all of our other patrons at the restaurant were unduly harassed by unruly protestors while eating dinner at our Morton’s restaurant. Politics, regardless of your side or views, should not trample the freedom at play of the right to congregate and eat dinner. There is a time and place for everything. Disturbing the dinner of all of our customers was an act of selfishness and void of decency.”。美国总统特朗普多次表示，民主党控制众议院会后弹劾他。美媒最新爆料称，特朗普的女婿已经私下与民主党高层进行私下接触。据《纽约时报》8月23日报道，据5位知情人士透露，纽约州民主党众议员、众议院民主党领袖杰弗里斯最近几周与特朗普总统的女婿兼高级外部顾问库什纳进行了私下会面，讨论了可能合作的共同点。据两位知情人士和一位听取了简报的人士透露，这次罕见的会面是在纽约市一处私人场所举行的，场地是由两人的共同朋友提供的。一位知情人士透露，会谈内容广泛，涵盖诸多议题。然而，会谈的时机凸显出，特朗普身边的人非常清楚民主党将掌控众议院的可能性，因此正试图在任何变动发生之前尽可能地建立合作关系。如果民主党赢得多数席位，杰弗里斯有望成为众议院议长。

左为库什纳，右为杰弗里斯随着中期选举临近，民主党人和总统在竞选活动中互相攻击的火药味越来越浓，而共和党人则在努力保住他们在众议院和参议院的微弱多数席位。

B | 特朗普曾称杰弗里生为“暴徒”，并在5月份的一次竞选活动中称他为“低智商”人士。杰弗里斯则经常暗示特朗普不仅极端，而且腐败，并誓言如果民主党人赢得众议院控制权，他们一定会“追究这些骗子的责任”。据一位知情人士透露，这次私人会晤是库什纳和杰弗里斯的叙旧聚会。自特朗普第一任期中期两人共同参与一项刑事司法改革法案以来，他们一直保持联系。在最近的一次会面中，两人讨论了住房、移民和高昂的生活成本等潜在的共同话题。据两位知情人士透露，库什纳先生建议杰弗里斯与白宫幕僚长威尔斯会面。

C | 白宫与民主党人在这些问题上达成任何妥协的可能性似乎微乎其微。报道称，当前几乎所有民调都显示共和党在中期选举中处于劣势，这表明特朗普核心圈子的成员正在筹备明年民主党控制众议院可能带来的局面。

D | 特朗普8月21日在南卡罗来纳州一场竞选集会上表示，如果共和党输掉中期选举，他将被弹劾。针对库什纳和杰弗里斯的会晤，美国现任众议长、共和党人约翰逊8月23日在接受福克斯新闻采访时说：“我不知道那次会面是怎么回事。

E | 我知道贾里德（库什纳）有很多其他事情要忙。

F | ”他还补充道，库什纳“并没有直接参与政府事务，至少在白宫的日常运作中没有”。