Jennifer Chavez, Gabe Evans’ Maternal Aunt, Said Gabe Evans’ Rhetoric Around Immigration “Would Have Pissed My Dad Off”

Evans’ Maternal Aunt Jennifer Chavez Said Her Father (Evans’ Grandfather) Said Evans’ Misrepresentation Of “[My] Father In His Campaign By Portraying My Dad As Being In Support Of Everything That Gabe Is In Support Of — (That) Would Have Pissed My Dad Off.” “Though Cuauhtemoc died in 2014, his union service and the death of his nephew top the list of reasons why Jennifer Chavez, Cuauhtemoc’s daughter and Evans’ aunt, is certain that he would have strongly opposed Trump’s presidential candidacy two years later. ‘I can’t even begin to imagine what my dad would have thought of Trump — being that, you know, he was a coward and a deserter,’ Jennifer said in an interview, referring to Trump’s five draft deferments during the Vietnam War. ‘My dad would have had zero, and I mean zero, tolerance for someone like that.’ ‘When Gabe started to misrepresent our father in his campaign,’ she added, ‘by portraying my dad as being in support of everything that Gabe is in support of — (that) would have pissed my dad off.’” [Colorado Newsline, 7/31/25]

Evans’ Aunt Said Evans “Barely Knew” His Grandfather And “Misrepresented” His Story To Suggest He Would Have Supported Trump

Evans’ Aunt Said Evans “Barely Knew” His Grandfather. “When contacted by Newsline, Jennifer Chavez said that while she wasn’t shocked by the news that her father’s family entered the country unlawfully — ‘that was just the way of life back then,’ she said — their undocumented status was not common family knowledge… ‘Gabe, in reality, barely knew my dad,’ she said. ‘They just didn’t see each other very often. My sister (Evans’ mother) just didn’t click with the family anymore. … He’s trying to cultivate the Latino heritage thing, but he really didn’t know my father, because he rarely saw him.’” [Colorado Newsline, 7/31/25]

Evans’ Aunt Said Evans “Misrepresented” His Grandfather’s Story To Suggest He Would Have Supported Trump. “’Gabe, in reality, barely knew my dad,’ she said. ‘They just didn’t see each other very often. My sister (Evans’ mother) just didn’t click with the family anymore. … He’s trying to cultivate the Latino heritage thing, but he really didn’t know my father, because he rarely saw him.’ Evans’ representatives didn’t respond to repeated requests to respond to Jennifer’s characterization of his relationship with his grandfather. ‘For Gabe to portray my dad as being in support of someone like Trump would have gone over like a lead balloon,’ Jennifer added. ‘He really misrepresented who my father was.’” [Colorado Newsline, 7/31/25]