上周在达拉斯举行的共和党中期大会上，唐纳德·特朗普总统要求人群举起右手，宣誓效忠“美国历史上最伟大的总统”。
共和党众议员迈克·劳勒周日回避了他是否会宣誓效忠特朗普的问题，他在“本周”节目中告诉乔治·斯特凡诺普洛斯，“我发誓效忠我的选民，我一直都是。”
代表纽约第17区的劳勒将在11月竞选连任。他的对手是民主党人凯特·康利，一名退伍军人。
最近的民调显示，共和党人在众议院中期选举周期中的立足点可能不稳固。昆尼皮亚克大学（Quinnipiac University）周四公布的一项全国民调显示，选民支持民主党，而不是共和党，以11个百分点的优势控制美国众议院。
劳勒在共和党大会上发言时表示，他一直在努力接触他所在地区的民主党和独立选民，这些选民在2024年投票支持前副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯。
“事实是，总统和我并不总是意见一致，”劳勒在达拉斯说。“这没关系。”
自大会以来，特朗普承诺，如果他的政党在11月获胜，他将向美国成年人发放5000美元红利，共和党人对此反应不一。
当被问及他是否会支持“本周”的股息提案时，劳勒没有表示反对。
相反，劳勒质疑钱从哪里来，以及如何通过立法让红利到达美国人手中。
“我支持把钱放回勤劳的美国人的口袋，”他说。“问题是，你怎么付钱？”
周四，在特朗普宣布股息提案后，负责任的联邦预算委员会估计，该提案将耗资超过1．2万亿美元。该委员会报告称，这些红利给联邦政府带来的成本将高于冠状病毒肺炎时代所有三笔刺激支出的总和。
包括参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默（Chuck Schumer）在内的民主党人对拟议的股息表示了担忧和批评。舒默说，这是特朗普试图“贿赂美国人民的选票”。
就连佛罗里达州州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯和缅因州参议员苏珊·科林斯等共和党人也持怀疑态度。柯林斯称该提议“成本极高”，并谴责她所说的是出于政治动机的提议。
柯林斯说：“税收和支出决定应该基于美国人民的需求和经济状况，而不应该看起来与选举结果挂钩。”
Republican Rep． Lawler dodges pledge of allegiance to Trump： ＇I pledge my allegiance to my constituents＇
At the Republican midterm convention in Dallas last week， President Donald Trump asked the crowd to raise their right hands and pledge allegiance ＂to the greatest president in the history of the United States．＂
Republican Rep． Mike Lawler on Sunday sidestepped a question on whether he would pledge allegiance to Trump， telling George Stephanopoulos on ＂This Week，＂ ＂I pledge my allegiance to my constituents， which I always have．＂
Lawler， who represents New York’s 17th District， is up for reelection in November． His opponent is Democrat Cait Conley， an Army veteran．
Recent polling has suggested that Republicans might be on shaky footing this midterm election cycle for the House of Representatives． A Quinnipiac University National Poll published on Thursday pointed to voters favoring Democrats over Republicans to control the U．S． House of Representatives by 11 points．
Speaking at the GOP convention， Lawler said he has been trying to reach Democratic and independent voters in his district， which voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris over Trump in 2024．
＂The truth is that the president and I don＇t always agree，＂ Lawler said in Dallas． ＂And that＇s OK．＂
Since the convention， Trump has received mixed reactions from Republicans over his promise to hand out $5，000 dividends to American adults if his party wins in November．
When asked whether he would support the dividend proposal on ＂This Week，＂ Lawler did not voice opposition．
Instead， Lawler questioned where the money would come from and how legislation might be passed for the dividend to reach Americans．
＂I support putting money back in the pockets of hardworking Americans，＂ he said． ＂The question is， how do you pay for it？＂
On Thursday， after Trump announced the dividend proposal， the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget estimated that the proposal would cost over $1．2 trillion． The cost for the federal government with these dividends， the Committee reported， would be higher than the combined cost of all three COVID-era stimulus payments．
Democrats， including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer， have voiced concern and criticism about the proposed dividends． Schumer said it was an attempt by Trump to ＂bribe the American people for their votes．＂
Even Republicans like Florida Gov． Ron DeSantis and Maine Sen． Susan Collins are skeptical． Collins called the proposal ＂extraordinarily costly＂ and denounced what she suggested was a politically motivated proposal．
＂Tax and spending decisions should be made based on the needs of the American people and the state of the economy， they should not appear to be tied to election results，＂ Collins said．
