Original title: Reporter's Observation丨Political Tearing the United States Party Rivalry Will Become More and More Intense
On January 6, 2021, a Capitol riot occurred in the United States that shocked the international community. In the past three years, investigations related to the Capitol riot have sparked widespread controversy in the United States, and have become one of the important factors that have intensified partisan tensions and divided public opinion. At the same time, many Americans are gradually declining in their trust in the U.S. political system, the U.S. government's ability to govern, and their trust. Public opinion in the United States generally believes that political polarization in the United States is intensifying, and ubiquitous partisanship is leading the United States to a dangerous situation.
In a recent report, Reuters pointed out that the U.S. Congress is heading for the most torn and turbulent state in history, from the U.S. debt ceiling negotiations, to dealing with illegal immigration, to last year's House Speaker recall turmoil, the two parties have been unable to agree on almost all issues and are happy to cause trouble for each other. The article emphasizes that the biggest cause of political polarization is not gender, education, income and other factors, but the conflict between the political agendas of the Democratic and Republican parties in pursuit of their own interests.
Liliana Mason, a professor of political science, said that the Democratic and Republican parties represent different interest groups, and this is also the fundamental reason for the obvious difference in the political stances of the two parties; the two parties blame each other on various issues, which has seriously hindered the progress and development of American society.
As social problems such as hatred, racial discrimination, gun violence, and inflation intensify in the United States, the lives of every American are affected, but the Democratic and Republican parties are still obsessed with continuous political showmanship and attacking each other, making it difficult to protect the interests of ordinary people.
Erniszo, Resident: The social problems that have come to the world include hatred, racism, and the loss of control of human nature.
Vienna: I think it's very scary that the Democratic and Republican parties are hostile in our [U.S.] administration, and I hope that politicians really think about the interests of the people.
As Mark Brewer, a professor of political science at the University of Maine, said on social media recently, today's Republican and Democratic parties in the United States have evolved into two groups that emphasize differences and incite fear and hatred. In fact, if there is one thing that Americans agree on, it is that endless partisanship is dragging the United States into a very dangerous situation.
CCTV reporter Liu Xu: Although the Capitol riot three years ago has shocked the world and witnessed the collapse of American-style democracy, many Americans said in our interviews that in today's increasingly politically polarized United States, many people will not be surprised if there is another chaos like the Capitol riot. No matter how the political chaos in the United States continues to manifest itself in the new year, people believe that the ugly political ecology in which the Democratic and Republican parties continue to fight will surely intensify.
Source: CCTV news client