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快科技8月22日消息，外设行业头部品牌罗技最近接连摊上大事，先是在美国遭遇了消费者发起的集体诉讼，早前还因为广告文案不当惹怒了大量中国用户，品牌口碑接连遭遇重创。    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, both 2024 Republican candidates, sounded off further on the Israel-Hamas war as President Joe Biden traveled to Israel to support the U.S. ally.Meanwhile, Illinois' Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker seized on reproductive rights, one of his party's top rallying cries for voters, amid ongoing speculation that he has future aspirations beyond Springfield.Here are tidbits from the campaign trail from Wednesday.

DeSantis, Scott go after Biden on Israel

DeSantis and Scott appeared to try to burnish their conservative bona fides on Israel on Wednesday, bashing Biden over his handling of the latest conflict as he flew into a war zone to meet directly with leaders there.DeSantis lambasted the $100 million in humanitarian aid the White House supports sending to the Palestinian territories of Gaza and the West Bank, arguing that the funds -- rather than aiding civilians caught up in the fighting -- will go toward helping Hamas extremists."We know Hamas is going to commandeer that money, and Hamas is going to use it to advance terrorism. I say no U.S. tax dollars to the Gaza Strip," the governor said in a statement.Biden has said that the aid will be cut off if there's any evidence that Hamas is siphoning it off, but former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, who has engaged in a back-and-forth with DeSantis, mocked the statement, touting the 2018 move while she was in the Trump administration to eliminate funds to the U.N. agency responsible for humanitarian aid to Palestinians.Meanwhile, Scott accused Biden of not supporting Israel enough, contending that the president needed a "backbone."Biden on Wednesday gave an impassioned speech in which he vowed to back Israel while urging its response to not be driven by "rage.""You can't look at what has happened here ... and not scream out for justice," Biden said. "Justice must be done. But I caution this: While you feel that rage, don't be consumed by it. After 9/11, we were enraged in the United States. While we sought justice and got justice, we also made mistakes."

New push on reproductive rights could produce new presidential chatter

Pritzker, the two-term Illinois governor and billionaire hotel heir, launched Think Big America, which will focus on protecting abortion access across the country and supporting ballot initiatives to enshrine protections for the procedure into state constitutions.The group is already "actively engaged" in the campaign for an Ohio ballot measure that would codify abortion protections in the state as well as in Nevada and Arizona to support their ongoing ballot measure efforts, a spokeswoman for the group said.Pritzker has sometimes been discuSeizing on a top motivator for Democrats is likely to continue to raise Pritzker's profile, though he has played down any chance of immediately running for higher office.

Cadidate redo in Arizona

Arizona Republican Rep. Debbie Lesko's retirement is setting off a new primary with some old names.Lesko's seat, located in a deep red Phoenix-area district, has already drawn a bid from Abe Hamadeh, who still baselessly claims victory in Arizona's race for attorney general last year despite narrowly losing."Our country is in desperate need of courageous fighters, and that's why I'm proud to announce I'm running for Congress in Arizona's 8th District," Hamadeh wrote on X.An aide close to Hamadeh said he will enter the race with support from Donald Trump allies including Kari Lake and former Trump official Ric Grenell, two firebrands with ties to the former president.A source close to the influential Club for Growth confirms to ABC News that David McIntosh, a former congressman and the club's president, also discussed the race with Blake Masters, who failed to unseat Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly last year.A potential matchup would pit two Trump-aligned Republicans against each other in a primary, and a win by either would make them the heavy favorite in the general election next November.

Crow heads West

Independent presidential candidate and philosopher Cornel West received a maximum campaign donation of $3,300 from Republican megadonor Harlan Crow just weeks before West changed his party affiliation from the Green Party to independent, West's latest campaign finance disclosure revealed.The move is the latest by Crow to draw eyebrows, after his close ties to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, which reportedly included lavish trips and stays at various properties, raised concerns over the influence rich donors could have over the court. Thomas has insisted the hospitality was merely between friends.ABC News' Libby Cathey, Abby Cruz, Hannah Demissie, Will McDuffie and Isabella Murray contributed to this report.。当地时间8月18日，美国某知名律师事务所正式在加利福尼亚州北区联邦地区法院圣何塞分院提起集体诉讼，将罗技列为第一被告。本次诉讼的原告代表所有符合条件的美国消费者，指控罗技在2025年以上调额外关税为理由，将旗下产品价格最高上调25%，但后续相关关税政策被美国最高法院裁定为违法，美国政府也给涉及的企业退还了已征收的关税款项，罗技拿到退款之后，却完全没有把此前让消费者额外承担的成本返还给用户。诉状公开的细节显示，罗技在2025年4月集中上调了美国市场至少一半在售产品的零售价，全品类平均涨幅约14%，部分热门外设的最高涨幅直接达到25%。比如旗下旗舰办公鼠标MX Master 3S，售价直接从99.99美元涨到119.99美元，折合人民币涨价超过130元，入门款的K400 Plus无线触控键盘也从27.99美元涨到34.99美元，涨幅远超关税给企业带来的实际成本增幅。罗技首席财务官Matteo Anversa在最近一次财报电话会议上公开透露，这一波集中涨价的举措，直接给公司带来了约150个基点的毛利率提升，而当年新增关税政策预计给企业造成的实际成本影响，仅为70个基点，涨价带来的额外收益已经远远超出了关税增加的支出。按照本次集体诉讼的主张，罗技已经全额从美国政府处拿到了对应关税的退款，本该把当初靠关税名义多收的那部分产品溢价，返还给此前承担了涨价成本的消费者，现在刻意隐瞒退款信息拒不返款的行为，已经涉嫌欺诈消费者。负责本次诉讼的律师Joe Cotchett公开表示，罗技当初明确是以关税成本上涨的理由说服消费者接受提价，如今相关关税本身已经被最高法院裁定为违法，消费者当初被迫多付的这部分溢价，自然理应拿到全额返还。这波美国集体诉讼风波还没平息，早前罗技已经因为运营宣传的低级失误，引来无数中国用户的集中吐槽，品牌的公众形象在国内市场跌到了近年的谷底。不久前，罗技为了推广新款鼠标上线过一支短视频广告，里面的文案表述被大量网友指出存在极具侮辱性的不当内容，相关措辞完全没有尊重国内用户的基本立场。视频的不当文案里直接把普通中国消费者比作宠物，暗示只要产品稍微降价，消费者就会主动凑上来争抢，这种冒犯性的内容瞬间点燃了网友的不满情绪，相关话题很快冲上了各大社交平台的热搜。整个舆论事件爆发之后，罗技第一时间紧急发布官方道歉声明，承认相关文案的表述严重伤害了中国消费者的感情。品牌方当时公开承诺会承担全部管理责任，涉事的相关运营团队已经受到严肃处理，最终官方给出了20万元的内部处罚决定。这个处理结果公开之后还引发了不少网友的不满，大家普遍认为品牌对相关责任人的处罚力度太轻，根本没有起到足够的警示作用，所谓的道歉也显得毫无诚意。

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