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因为美国部分联邦政府关门和修筑美墨边境墙问题，北京时间今天（9日）上午10点，美国总统特朗普在任内首度于白宫椭圆形办公室发表全国电视讲话，表示美墨边境问题是人道和安全危机，并将政府持续关门甩锅给民主党。对此，民主党立刻回应说，美国不是靠发脾气来治理的，特朗普说的话很多是错误的，甚至是恶意的。 
在特朗普讲话之后，民主党国会领袖众议院议长南希·佩洛西和参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默也立即发表了电视讲话。在讲话中，两人对于特朗普的言论进行了毫不留情的反驳。
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南希·佩洛西表示，"令人遗憾的，在这次毫无意义的政府关门过程中，我们从特朗普那里听到的很多信息是错误的，甚至是恶意的。特朗普总统选择了忧虑，而我们想从事实开始。事实上，在本届国会的第一天，众议院民主党人就通过了参议院共和党的法案，以重开政府，并为明智、有效的边境安全解决方案提供资金。但是特朗普总统拒绝了这些政府重开的两党法案，他一直执意强迫美国纳税人在一堵昂贵而无用的墙上浪费数十亿美元，而这堵墙他一直承诺墨西哥会买单。"
参议院少数党领袖舒默则表示，"美国不是靠发脾气来治理的，任何总统都不应该拍桌子要求只能听他的，不然就让政府关门，这伤害了上百万美国人，他们被当成筹码。今晚，在这场辩论和他的总统任期中，特朗普诉诸于忧虑，而不是事实。分裂，而不是团结。"
特朗普的讲话美国主要的电视台都进行了直播。在长达十分钟的讲话当中，特朗普表示美墨边境问题是人道和安全危机，非法移民是“心灵和灵魂危机”，但他并未宣布美国进入紧急状态。特朗普罗列了种种来向美国民众说明为何一定要修筑美墨边境墙。比如，特朗普表示，大量海洛因等毒品从美墨边境进入美国，致使许多美国人丧命。比如，在过去两年，美国边防官员逮捕了26万6000名有犯罪记录的非法移民，包括那些被指控或定罪的人，10万人有攻击前科、3万人是性犯罪，还有400人是暴力杀人者。
而对于美国政府关门，特朗普则将锅甩给了民主党。"政府仍然关闭，原因只有一个：民主党不为边境安全提供资金。"特朗普表示，如果民主党满足他50多亿美元的修墙费要求，政府关门这事只要45分钟就能解决。
特朗普表示，明天将邀请国会领导人来白宫继续磋商。但分析认为，特朗普在电视讲话中的强硬态度，以及民主党人的直接回怼表明，双方很难会达成一致。
南希·佩洛西和查克·舒默回应特朗普讲话英文版
Good evening. I appreciate the opportunity to speak directly to the American people tonight about how we can end this shutdown and meet the needs of the American people.
Sadly, much of what we have heard from President Trump throughout this senseless shutdown has been full of misinformation and even malice.
The President has chosen fear. We want to start with the facts.
The fact is: On the very first day of this Congress, House Democrats passed Senate Republican legislation to re-open government and fund smart, effective border security solutions.
But the President is rejecting these bipartisan bills which would re-open government – over his obsession with forcing American taxpayers to waste billions of dollars on an expensive and ineffective wall – a wall he always promised Mexico would pay for!
The fact is: President Trump has chosen to hold hostage critical services for the health, safety and well-being of the American people and withhold the paychecks of 800,000 innocent workers across the nation – many of them veterans.
He promised to keep government shutdown for ‘months or years’ – no matter whom it hurts. That’s just plain wrong.
The fact is: We all agree that we need to secure our borders, while honoring our values: we can build the infrastructure and roads at our ports of entry; we can install new technology to scan cars and trucks for drugs coming into our nation; we can hire the personnel we need to facilitate trade and immigration at the border; and we can fund more innovation to detect unauthorized crossings.
The fact is: the women and children at the border are not a security threat, they are a humanitarian challenge – a challenge that President Trump’s own cruel and counterproductive policies have only deepened.
And the fact is: President Trump must stop holding the American people hostage, must stop manufacturing a crisis, and must re-open the government.
Thank you.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer

Thank you, Speaker Pelosi.
My fellow Americans, we address you tonight for one reason only: the President of the United States – having failed to get Mexico to pay for his ineffective, unnecessary border wall, and unable to convince the Congress or the American people to foot the bill – has shut down the government.
American democracy doesn’t work that way. We don’t govern by temper tantrum. No president should pound the table and demand he gets his way or else the government shuts down, hurting millions of Americans who are treated as leverage.
Tonight – and throughout this debate and his presidency – President Trump has appealed to fear, not facts. Division, not unity.
Make no mistake: Democrats and the President both want stronger border security. However, we sharply disagree with the President about the most effective way to do it.
So, how do we untangle this mess?
There is an obvious solution: separate the shutdown from the arguments over border security. There is bipartisan legislation – supported by Democrats and Republicans – to re-open government while allowing debate over border security to continue.
There is no excuse for hurting millions of Americans over a policy difference. Federal workers are about to miss a paycheck. Some families can’t get a mortgage to buy a new home. Farmers and small businesses won’t get loans they desperately need.
Most presidents have used Oval Office addresses for noble purposes. This president just used the backdrop of the Oval Office to manufacture a crisis, stoke fear, and divert attention from the turmoil in his Administration.
My fellow Americans, there is no challenge so great that our nation cannot rise to meet it. We can re-open the government AND continue to work through disagreements about policy. We can secure our border without an expensive, ineffective wall. And we can welcome legal immigrants and refugees without compromising safety and security.
The symbol of America should be the Statue of Liberty, not a thirty-foot wall.
So our suggestion is a simple one: Mr. President: re-open the government and we can work to resolve our differences over border security. But end this shutdown now.
Thank you.
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