Gabe Evans Sells Out Colorado Families To Donald Trump

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
CONTACT: Sara Loflin, Executive Director at 303-349-1617 or sara@progressnowcolorado.org

DENVER: After vulnerable freshman Rep. Gabe Evans of Colorado cast a decisive vote tonight to pass House Speaker Mike Johnson’s devastating budget proposal that would force severe cuts to Medicaid and a host of other critical government services to extend tax breaks for people like Elon Musk, ProgressNow Colorado, the state’s largest multi-issue progressive advocacy organization, condemned Rep. Evans’ abandonment of over 100,000 of his constituents to curry favor with the political masters and donors of his party.

“Tonight, Gabe Evans gave the wrong answer to the most important question of his political career,” said ProgressNow Colorado executive director Sara Loflin. “Gabe Evans had a choice tonight, and instead of protecting the healthcare of the 125,900 seniors, children, and families in his district, he decided to join Elon Musk and Donald Trump–taking a chainsaw to the health care services his district relies on. The people of CD8 know now that Gabe Evans will choose to just go with Musk and Trump over the working people of his district when it matters most.”

“Gabe Evans’ vote tonight to slash Medicaid funding and countless other vital services Coloradans depend on is a defining moment in Evans’ short career in elected office,” said Loflin. “Evans represents one of the most economically and culturally diverse populations in Colorado, and Evans’ political vulnerability in a district drawn to be closely competitive affords him no margin for the colossal error he made tonight. Evans has inextricably tied himself to the Musk-Trump brand that is already sinking in the polls, and voters will remember that Gabe Evans chose to just go with it.”