Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) swiped at Rep. Gabe Evans (R-Colo.) at a rally in his district on Friday, telling his constituents they “deserve better.”
“I hear that you have a representative that has not done a town hall,” Ocasio-Cortez informed a crowd on the second cease of her “Fighting Oligarchy” tour with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in Greeley, Colo.
“You know, I will say usually your first three months on a new job you are on your best behavior and working your hardest,” she continued. “If this is the best that you all are getting, I think you deserve better.”
Ocasio-Cortez went on to slam Evans, together with Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), for his or her votes final week in favor of a Home GOP-drafted authorities funding invoice.
“Gabe Evans, you know that guy who hasn’t been showing up? Maybe it’s because he voted to cut Medicaid,” she mentioned.
An evaluation by the nonpartisan Congressional Funds Workplace discovered that the GOP plan couldn’t be reached with out decreasing Medicaid spending.
Evans is considered one of numerous weak Home Republicans who Democrats have focused with city halls in current weeks. Earlier this week, Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) held a city corridor Greeley.
In an announcement responding to the rally, a spokeswoman for Evans referred to Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders as “extreme.”
“Democrats may not know what their brand is right now, but Congressman Gabe Evans knows his. Congressman Evans is fighting for lower costs, safer communities, and making the American Dream possible for all Coloradans. His commonsense approach stands in stark contrast to AOC and Bernie Sanders’ extreme, anti-oil and gas rhetoric,” the spokeswoman mentioned.
Evans’s crew famous they’ve held over 300 conferences with voters within the state and have performed 45 press interviews since he was sworn in in January.
Evans’s crew additionally famous that he didn’t vote for cuts to Medicaid. The Washington Examiner reported earlier this week that the Democratic group Home Majority Ahead was compelled to take down billboards focusing on Republicans, together with Evans, after the Nationwide Republican Congressional Committee despatched a cease-and-desist letter on Wednesday.
The nonpartisan Prepare dinner Political Report charges Colorado’s eighth congressional district as a toss up.
