Gabe Evans Claimed His Mother, Rebecca Chavez, “Thought The Best Life Had To Offer Was A Dirt Floor Hut In Juarez, Mexico” At Least 10 Times
In A Fundraising Email, Evans Claimed His Mother, Rebecca Chavez, “Thought The Best Life Had To Offer Was A Dirt Floor Hut In Juarez, Mexico.” “Colorado Congressman Gabe Evans’ mom was born in the United States. Yet, throughout his election campaign and after he entered Congress, Evans repeatedly stated that his mother believed she’d spend her entire life in a ‘hut’ with a ‘dirt floor’ in Mexico. Evans is careful to say that his mother, Rebecca Chavez, ‘thought’ she’d pass her life in Mexico, not that she actually did or that she was born there. His mom ‘thought the best life had to offer was a dirt floor hut in Juarez, Mexico,’ he stated in a May 6 email titled, ‘A Dirt Floor.’” [Colorado Times Recorder, 8/26/25]
- The Colorado Times Recorder Concluded Evans Used The Dirt Floor Story In At Least Ten Interviews And Emails. “The Colorado Times Recorder corroborated key elements of Jennifer Chavez’s story and found that Evans or his campaign delivered versions of the carefully constructed dirt-floor line in at least 10 interviews or emails, including in the September 10, 2023, email that launched his campaign (and was reported by Newsline).” [Colorado Times Recorder, 8/26/25]
September 2023: An Evans’ Fundraising Email Claimed His Mother “Thought She Would Spend Her Whole Life In A One-Room Hut With A Dirt Floor In Juarez, Mexico.” “My mom, Rebecca Chavez, thought she would spend her whole life in a one-room hut with a dirt floor in Juarez, Mexico– but faith, hard work, and American opportunity allowed her to earn a prestigious job as a flight attendant during the glamorous peak of air travel in the 70s and 80s.”
Image: see original report, p. 60
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August 2024: An Evans’ Fundraising Email Claimed Evans’ Mother “Thought She Would Spend Her Whole Life In A One-Room Hut With A Dirt Floor In Juarez, Mexico.”
Image: see original report, p. 61
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April 2025: An Evans’ Fundraising Email Claimed Evans’ Mom “Thought The Best Life Had To Offer Was A One-Room Hut With A Dirt Floor In Juarez, Mexico.” “When my mom was little, she thought the best life had to offer was a one-room hut with a dirt floor in Juarez, Mexico. But because her family immigrated to the U.S., everything changed. My mom’s pursuit of the American Dream catapulted me in a direction she would have never thought possible for anyone in her family. My name is Gabe Evans. I flew Black Hawk helicopters as a U.S. Army officer in the Middle East, then served as a police lieutenant in Colorado. After more than 20 years in public service, I decided to run for Congress — to take a stand against the socialist Left.”
Image: see original report, p. 61
[Elect Gabe Evans via PoliticalEmails.org, 4/29/25]
Evans Said His Mother’s Story Of Achieving The American Dream Despite Thinking “She Was Going To Grow Up In A Dirt Floor Hut In Juarez” Resonated “With Hispanics [And] With Most Folks In The 8th Congressional District”
Evans Said His Mother’s Story Of Achieving The American Dream Despite Thinking “She Was Going To Grow Up In A Dirt Floor Hut In Juarez” Resonated “With Hispanics [And] With Most Folks In The 8th Congressional District.” “In another example from last year’s campaign, Evans told the Hispanic Patriots podcast, which is hosted by a GOP activist, who’s Latino, ‘I can have those conversations and I can say, look, I want to fix that because my story is your story.’ ‘I didn’t grow up rich. My mom’s first generation American, she thought she was going to grow up in a dirt floor hut in Juarez, across the river from El Paso. But because of the American dream, she was able to move up in the world. … She was able to pass on that generational wealth and that American dream to me. That story resonates with Hispanics, with non-Hispanics. That resonates with most folks in the 8th Congressional District, because it is the story of the American Dream. That’s what I want to preserve and protect for them.’” [Colorado Times Recorder, 8/26/25]