June 20, 2025 09:50 AM UTC

Gabe Evans Caught On Classic Fake Phone Call

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• by: Colorado Pols

It’s a maneuver beloved by shifty politicians and others looking for a quick way out of unpleasant interactions with bill collectors, small talk with in-laws, and other such dodgeable moments–and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) this week caught America’s Most Vulnerable Freshman™ Rep. Gabe Evans red-handed pulling the “fake phone call” trick to avoid answering questions about the unpopular things he’s doing in Washington:

Here’s the whole painfully obvious clip:

When it works, it works. When it doesn’t, as in this case, it becomes the gaffe Evans tried to avoid.

Gabe Evans’ fake phone call is 2025’s version of Cory Gardner vanishing down an elevator.