| Vulnerable Republicans Gabe Evans and Jeff Crank are “on the defensive” as rising gas and diesel prices remind voters they broke their promise to lower costs for families, the Denver Post reports.
In Evans’ district, Coloradans are painting a bleak picture of how higher prices are squeezing their families:
- “‘It’s the first time I’ve had a full tank in three weeks — and it will be gone in three days,’ he said, also using choice words to describe Trump and Republicans in general. ‘I run my own business with this truck and I don’t have food on my table. Any Republican has got to go.’”
- “McDowell said she was able to part with only $30 to fill her Chevy Silverado’s tank halfway. Her husband, who works for the delivery service DoorDash, is taking a real hit. ‘It’s impacting his ability to make money,’ she said.”
REMINDER: Last week, the DCCC launched a digital ad campaign to hold Crank and Evans responsible for skyrocketing prices at the pump.
DCCC Spokesperson Lindsay Reilly:
“Any Coloradan who has filled up at the pump recently knows Gabe Evans and Jeff Crank lied to them about going to D.C. to lower costs. Voters are fed up, and they’ll hold Evans and Crank accountable in November.”
Read the coverage for yourself…
The Denver Post: Rising gas prices put Colorado Republican congressmen on the defensive as midterm elections approach
- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee last week launched an ad campaign targeting Republican incumbents it believes are vulnerable in 44 congressional districts, including U.S. Reps. Jeff Crank in the Colorado Springs-based 5th District and Gabe Evans in the 8th District north of Denver.
- The ultrashort six-second video ad shows numbers racing upwards on a pump with the words “D.C. Republicans Did That!” It’s being “geo-targeted” to people’s Facebook and Instagram feeds when they come within close range of select gas stations in either district.
- “Now, when voters fill up at the pump, they’ll have yet another reminder that D.C. Republicans are squarely to blame for the price of gas, and everything else, being too damn high,” DCCC spokeswoman Courtney Rice said.
- “Every Republican running for office should be worried about gas prices going up,” [Stanford University political science professor Jon Krosnick] said.
- Michael Kondur, a handyman who was filling up his truck last week at a Valero station at West 88th Avenue and Pecos Street in Thornton, in Evans’ congressional district… “It’s the first time I’ve had a full tank in three weeks — and it will be gone in three days,” he said, also using choice words to describe Trump and Republicans in general. “I run my own business with this truck and I don’t have food on my table. Any Republican has got to go.”
- Across the street at a Maverik station, where the price for a gallon of gas was nearly 10 cents higher, Carolyn McDowell said she was able to part with only $30 to fill her Chevy Silverado’s tank halfway. Her husband, who works for the delivery service DoorDash, is taking a real hit.
- Republicans don’t just have gas prices to worry about — diesel prices are even worse. Where a gallon of diesel fuel came in at $3.52 a month ago, according to AAA figures, on Friday it hit $4.94.
- Twenty percent to 25% of the operating cost for a long-haul trucker is fuel, said Greg Fulton, the president of the Colorado Motor Carriers Association, which represents more than 500 trucking companies in the state.
- Trump’s widespread tariffs have made things even more constrained for trucking companies when it comes to trying to keep operating expenses down these days, he said.
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