Here’s the first of a new regular feature. A weekly list of the top extremism stories from the Colorado Times Recorder and beyond. All of this week’s articles are from CTR, but in the future, we’ll include the work of other news outlets too.
Gabe Evans
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DAVIS: The GOP’s Gabe Evans Problem
The national Republican Party’s path to maintaining its majority in the House of Representatives this November runs straight through Colorado’s 8th Congressional District (CD-8). It’s a new district, created by the 2021 redistricting process, and this year’s contest will mark only the second time it has appeared on local ballots. Despite currently being represented by Democrat Yadira Caraveo, CD-8 also has the unique distinction of being one of the most evenly balanced districts in the country: of 435 seats in the House, Cook Political Report ranks Colorado’s 8th as the 221st most conservative.
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After Calling on His Party’s Leadership to Resign, Will Evans Disavow Their Support?
Last Friday Republican congressional candidate Gabe Evans publicly called on his own state party chair to resign, and for the party’s central committee to vote him out if he refused to step down. GOP calls for Williams to step down boiled over last month when Williams sent a vicious anti-gay missive via the party’s email account attacking anyone who supports Pride month.
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Congressional Candidate Evans ‘Does Not Support’ Obamacare, Concludes Expert
When asked if he supports the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Colorado congressional candidate Gabe Evans has responded not with a yes-or-no answer but by suggesting that he wants a healthcare system “without all the ACA-imposed red tape.”
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National Republican Congressional Committee Launches “Battlestation” in Thornton
Rep. Gabe Evans (R-Fort Lupton), the Republican Congressional District 8 candidate, welcomed supporters during the grand opening of his National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) “Battlestation Office” last night in Thornton.
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Anti-Abortion Candidate Says He Doesn’t Understand the ‘Nuances to That Female Reproductive Care Stuff’ Because ‘I Don’t Got the Right Parts’
In an interview last week, Colorado congressional candidate Gabe Evans said he didn’t remember how he voted on a 2020 ballot initiative that would have partially banned abortion, but he did recall that he and his wife “were split on the issue.”
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‘Like a Flashing Neon Sign’- Gabe Evans’ Volunteers Credit Trump Endorsement With Boosting Him to Primary Win in CO’s Top Race
Soon after Colorado’s election polling centers closed at 7:00 p.m., onlookers at Congressional candidate Gabe Evans’ primary election watch party erupted in cheers.
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CO Congressional Candidates Boebert and Evans Promote Their Trump Endorsements and MAGA Stances To GOP Base Voters
In today’s primary election, U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert and state Rep. Gabe Evans are both leaning hard on their Colorado endorsements from Donald Trump — and both are using the former president’s thumbs-up to attract Republican voters.
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In Interviews, Congressional Candidate Evans Says He Supports Mass Deportation — But Only If Interviewers Ask Him Twice
Gabe Evans has been asked at least three times whether he supports the mass deportation of immigrants, and in each case, he didn't answer the question on the first try.
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CO Congressional Candidate Evans Refused To Say the 2020 Prez Election Was Legitimate. Then Trump Endorsed Him. Was There a Connection?
The Trump Campaign won’t say whether Trump’s endorsement of Colorado congressional candidate Gabe Evans was influenced by Evans’ refusal to say, two days before the endorsement, whether he thinks the 2020 presidential election was legitimate or stolen from Trump.