| From failing to extend the ACA tax credits, to rubber-stamping Trump’s chaotic tariffs, to praising Republicans’ war of choice that’s causing pain at the pump, Gabe Evans has done nothing but raise costs for Coloradans.
Now, CO-08 voters have taken to protesting outside of Evans’ Northglenn office, blasting his failure to bring down prices.
 One local doctor warned that high health care costs will force patients “to make some really tough choices: pay the mortgage or pay for health care, go to the doctor or put food on the table.” Another local leader blasted Evans for putting “money into wars and a ballroom” instead of lowering costs.
The kicker? Evans can’t even face his constituents: with “no one answer[ing] a knock on the door at Evans’ office.” Evans also refuses to hold in-person town halls that are open to the public.
DCCC Spokesperson Lindsay Reilly:
“Gabe Evans’ loyalty is to his D.C. party bosses, not to Coloradans. Evans can try and hide from voters, but his disastrous record of making their lives more expensive will cost him his seat in November.”
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Colorado Times Recorder: Displaying Receipts for Groceries & Gas, Protesters Blame GOP Congressman Gabe Evans for Busting Their Budgets
- “I used to budget $50 for spending on gas, and that’s kind of expensive, and now it costs me $80 to fill my gas,” Jazzel Gardea Pinera, a recent college graduate and a “proud child” of immigrants, told fellow demonstrators. “That is money I can’t spend on groceries, bread, books, education. The cost of housing has become unaffordable for young people like me.”
- Dr. Dan Richlie […] pointed to Evans’ votes to cut Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act — as well as his support of the war in Iran — as driving up prices.
- “For years, health care has been becoming less and less affordable, but lately, politicians like our Congressman Gabe Evans are making it even worse, and the receipts are in his votes… When a health issue comes up, those patients might have to make some really tough choices: pay the mortgage or pay for health care, go to the doctor or put food on the table.”
- Evans’ office did not return an email asking if his position on the Iran war had changed — and if he wanted to comment on the protesters’ accusation that he is responsible for high prices due to his support for the war, Trump’s tariff policy, and cuts to health care programs like the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid.
- No one answered a knock on the door at Evans’ office across the street from today’s protest.
Northglenn Thornton Sentinel: Showing their receipts: Evans’ CD8 critics protest costs
- Dozens of 8th Congressional District residents displayed their personal receipts from Costco, Safeway, Home Depot and Walmart on a poster board outside of Evans’s congressional office in Northglenn last week to demonstrate their battles with the skyrocketing cost of living.
- “Now Congress wants to put money into wars and a ballroom,” said Jazzel Garcia Pinera of Mi Familiae En Accion, an advocacy group for Latinos.
- Her organization and several others gather nearly every Friday outside of the Evans office in Northglenn to air grievances about his work representing the 8th District in Congress.
- Evans has been criticized for seemingly being out of touch with his constituents in the sprawling district, which includes Northglenn and Thornton but also parts of southern Weld County.
- Protestors on Friday said Evans has never walked out of his office in Northglenn and talked to them about their worries over high prices for everyday items.
- “I just don’t think he cares about me and these others,” Garcia Pinera said. “There is just a lack of trust and accountability.”
- Westminster resident Loren Eckhardt ticked off how much more it costs her to pay for gas and food.
- “At Costco, I used to spend $500 a month; now it’s like $1,000 a month, ” said the retired Eckhardt. “Even just over a week, I spend much more than I used to. I don’t think I can keep this up.”
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