BEST T!MES編集部「【米紙報道】ただの「インターン」だった！？高市首相「コングレッショナルフェロー」経歴が揺らぐ」https://www.kk-bestsellers.com/articles/-/4285489/ *1
約40年前の自称元「米連邦議会立法調査官」*2について。Congressional FellowではなくてCongressional Internだったこと。そして、勤務地はワシントンではなくコロラド州デンヴァーだったこと。
但し、この記事、元ネタへのリンクが貼られていない。
Hannah Metzger “Japan’s First Female Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, Learned From a Colorado Trailblazer” https://www.westword.com/news/japan-first-female-prime-minister-connection-colorado-trailblazer-40795365/
この記事は、高市早苗に対して批判的であるかも知れないが、攻撃的ではない。
But Kip Cheroutes remembers her as the bright, outgoing intern in his Denver office — a lover of fast cars and American peanut butter who was anxious to learn from their boss, Democrat U.S. Representative Pat Schroeder.In 1987, 26-year-old Takaichi reportedly reached out to Schroeder after being moved by the congresswoman’s tearful speech in Civic Center Park announcing that she would not run for president. Takaichi encouraged Schroeder to try again someday, and Schroeder hired her as a congressional intern. Takaichi went to D.C. for the job, later relocating to Denver to work out of Schroeder’s district office, Cheroutes recalls.
Takaichi’s political views have dramatically deviated from Schroeder’s, however.Takaichi, 64, is among the most right-leaning members of Japan’s traditionalist, conservative Liberal Democratic Party*3. She supports traditional gender roles and male-only succession to the Japanese throne, opposes same-sex marriage and allowing separate surnames for married couples, and advocates for harsher regulations on immigration. She has also downplayed Japan’s atrocities during World War II.
彼女の雇用主だったパトリシア・シュローダーは2023年に他界した；
Takaichi’s embrace of the right could be partially inspired by the troubles she witnessed Schroeder face in office.Despite her seniority, Schroeder was never appointed to head a full committee during her decades in Congress. She was known for openly challenging the male-dominated establishment, even to her political detriment, proclaiming that she wasn’t willing to join “the good old boys’ club.” After ending her exploratory bid for president, Schroeder said, “I realized that America was not man enough to elect a woman,” lamenting that her gender “eclipsed” her political message.
Shaun Boyd “Friends and colleagues remember Colorado's first congresswoman Pat Schroeder as iconic feminist” https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/friends-and-colleagues-remember-colorados-first-congresswoman-pat-schroeder-iconic-feminist/
上の記事には、 Kip Cheroutes氏も”her district director”として登場している。
*1:Cited in 「【米紙報道】ただの「インターン」だった！？高市首相「コングレッショナルフェロー」経歴が揺らぐ（BEST T!MES）」https://kojitaken.hatenablog.com/entry/2026/06/26/090857
*2:https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/2026/06/07/154558
*3:Rachel Treisman "5 things to know about Sanae Takaichi, Japan's first female prime minister" https://www.npr.org/2025/10/21/nx-s1-5581255/sanae-takaichi-japan-prime-minister
