Amid chaos and dysfunction in the Republican-led House, Gabe Evans and Scott James have already jumped at the chance to support extreme conspiracy theorist Jim Jordan’s bid for speaker. This development is no surprise with this primary turning into a fight to the far-right.
Evans and James have already pushed the same extreme anti-choice agenda as Jordan, who has led efforts for a national abortion ban and voted to punish doctors for providing abortions.
Evans supported banning abortion with no exceptions for rape or incest. James introduced a “Sanctity of Life” resolution before the Weld County Commission that sought to undermine abortion protections outlined in Colorado law. He also called Colorado’s current abortion protections “horrible.”
DCCC Spokesperson Mallory Payne:
“With the GOP primary in CO-08 shaping up to be a race to the extremes, Scott James and Gabe Evans fit right in with their party’s extreme, anti-choice candidate for speaker. Voters deserve to know their GOP candidates stand with the founder of the Freedom Caucus over Coloradans.”
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