You have to be mindful if there are breaks in the ranks(队伍中出现分歧). You have to be vigilant. So says Marty Obst, a Republican operative(政治操盘手；特工) in Indiana and enforcer for the president. Last summer Mr Obst was tasked with pushing a gerrymandered congressional map through Indiana’s Republican-held statehouse. Had it passed, it would have drawn Democrats out of existence in the state congressional delegation. But unlike in Florida, Missouri, North Carolina, Texas and, most recently, Tennessee, where lawmakers dutifully complied, Republicans in Indiana balked(犹豫；拒绝). Naturally Donald Trump turned to retribution.
你必须提防队伍中出现裂痕。你必须保持警惕。印第安纳州的共和党政治操盘手、总统的执法人马蒂·奥布斯特如是说。去年夏天，奥布斯特受命推动一项不公正划分的国会选区地图，使其在共和党控制的印第安纳州议会通过。如果该法案通过，它将使民主党在该州国会代表团中不复存在。但与佛罗里达、密苏里、北卡罗来纳、得克萨斯以及最近的田纳西州不同，那里的立法者尽职顺从，而印第安纳州的共和党人却拒绝了。唐纳德·特朗普自然采取了报复。
What followed was a scorched-earth effort to punish seven obscure(不知名的；默默无闻的) Republican lawmakers who voted against the map. In the primary on May 5th, at least five lost to challengers backed by the president. He may be more unpopular than ever but, among the MAGA base, his endorsement matters. Success in Indiana will only deepen his appetite for fealty pledges(效忠宣誓) and intraparty purges. Mr Trump’s next targets include Bill Cassidy(① 背景：比尔·卡西迪是一名医生，自20...), a senator from Louisiana, and Thomas Massie, a congressman from Kentucky. Both face Trump-endorsed opponents later this month.
随之而来的是一场焦土式的努力，旨在惩罚七名反对该地图的不知名共和党议员。在5月5日的初选中，至少五人输给了总统支持的挑战者。他可能比以往任何时候都更不受欢迎，但在MAGA基本盘中，他的背书至关重要。印第安纳州的成功只会加深他对效忠承诺和党内清洗的渴望。特朗普的下一个目标包括路易斯安那州参议员比尔·卡西迪和肯塔基州众议员托马斯·马西。两人都将在本月晚些时候面对特朗普支持的对手。
What differentiates Indiana was the small-potatoes-ness(小规模、微不足道) of it. These are part-time lawmakers who make $33,000 a year and handle campaign business from their Gmails. Yet Mr Trump was aggrieved enough to deploy Chris LaCivita, an adviser to his presidential campaign, and involve Club for Growth, a conservative Super PAC that normally plays at the national level. Mr Trump’s intervention initiated an arms race(军备竞赛；激烈竞争)—in total, $13.5m was spent on ads, up from a few hundred thousand dollars in years past.
印第安纳州的不同之处在于其“小土豆”性质。这些是兼职议员，年收入33000美元，通过个人Gmail账户处理竞选事务。然而，特朗普先生感到足够受伤害，以至于动用了他的总统竞选顾问克里斯·拉西维塔，并引入了“增长俱乐部”——一个通常在全国层面运作的保守派超级政治行动委员会。特朗普的干预引发了一场军备竞赛——广告总支出达到1350万美元，而过去只有几十万美元。