yes, and provided you don't have a year and a half bloody primary

是的假如没有一年半时间的血腥恐吓
to put him through.

来让他通过初选
Now, this would be a brutal, brutal election, in its rhetoric.

这可能成为一场残酷的选举
Just an example or two.

举一两个例子吧
Republicans now, facing this frankly virulently,

共和党人现在面临着民主党候选的
openly white supremacist campaign on the part of the Democrats,

恶毒并且公开的白人至上主义者
but also facing the charges of scandal and corruption,

还面临着丑闻和腐败的挑战
which are very real, they want to misdirect people's,

非常现实所以他们希望能转移人民的
their attention.

注意力
They don't want people to think about those scandals,

他们不想人民记起那些丑闻
and if they can help it they don't even want people to have to

如果他们能帮助做到让民众
think about Reconstruction for awhile.

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