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Days after Gabe Evans jeopardized health care coverage by voting with his extreme party bosses for House Republicans’ cruel budget blueprint, the vulnerable Colorado Republican is going out of his way to double down on how he “stands behind” his vicious vote.
In CO-08 alone, Evans’ dangerous vote risks health care coverage for 73,000 people and food assistance for more than 29,000 households.
Just last night, a new report by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office confirmed what other outside analysts have already written: the House Republican budget will result in severe cuts to Medicaid. Yet Gabe Evans voted for and “defends” it anyway.
Earlier this week, as vulnerable House Republicans like Evans face heat back home over the GOP’s agenda, the NRCC is doling out advice to “stop holding in-person town halls amid a wave of angry backlash.”
DCCC Spokesperson Ellie Dougherty:
“Gabe Evans doubling down on his decision to rip away health care coverage for Coloradans and ignore his constituents’ needs is ruthless, cruel, and a completely tone deaf re-election strategy. With each passing day, Evans’ extremist loyalties will prove perilous for him come next November.”
In case you missed it:
Axios: U.S. Rep. Evans defends federal budget proposal, despite threat of Medicaid cuts
Esteban L. Hernandez | March 4, 2025
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U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans exclusively tells Axios he stands behind a federal budget resolution that could prompt Medicaid cuts — even as it draws ire from within his suburban Denver district.
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This vote, just two months after Evans took office, could impact his 2026 reelection bid in Colorado’s most competitive district and further jeopardize health care coverage for thousands of disabled and low-income people in the district.
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Roughly 73,000 people in Evans’ congressional district would be at risk of losing Medicaid for not meeting work requirements under the Republicans’ proposal, according to an estimate from the nonpartisan Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
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More than a quarter of his constituents are on Medicaid, per POLITICO.
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…The freshman congressman did not directly answer Axios when asked whether he would still support a bill that included language stipulating cuts to Medicaid.
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Protesters gathered at Evans’ Northglenn office over the past two weeks, demanding direct responses to both the budget vote and his support of Trump’s policies.
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Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee spokesperson Justin Chermol in a statement criticized Evans’ vote by calling potential Medicaid cuts “cruel and disastrous.
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Evans did not say whether he plans to host a town hall in the near future, telling us he would be willing to only if it’s “constructive.”
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