October 14, 2025 12:40 PM UTC

Gabe Evans Tour of Destruction Update: Getting Worse At Weld Food Bank

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• by: Colorado Pols

Over the summer, America’s Most Vulnerable Incumbent™ Rep. Gabe Evans developed a routine of holding photo-ops at locations in his district that were directly affected by adverse votes Evans himself took, principally with the passage of the “We’re All Going To Die Act” federal budget bill, as well as retaliation by the Trump administration against blue states like Colorado with funding recissions that collaterally damaged institutions in Evans’ district. The “Gabe Evans Tour of Destruction” stopped at hospitals, schools, and renewable energy businesses across CO-08, where none of the warnings from these stakeholders made any difference in Evans’ votes and/or full-throated support for President Donald Trump’s every move. Evans most famously excused the chaotic rollout of Trump’s global tariffs as the master break of a pool shark, which by all available economic indicators has not aged well.

Another unfortunate host of Rep. Evans on the “Tour of Destruction,” Greeley’s Weld Food Bank, is back in the news today, reporting a massive spike in demand for their increasingly limited resources–a situation that, thanks to Gabe Evans’ vote, is going to get worse before it gets better. CBS4’s Dillon Thomas:

“We are at about 30,000 visits a month, up about 230% in folks coming just for our emergency food program,” [director of marketing and communications Weston] Edmonds said. “In all honesty, we aren’t providing what we used to. Unfortunately, some days, it may not be enough to make a full meal.”

Edmonds applauded all the donors who have helped support the Weld Food Bank via financial and food donations, as well as the volunteers who help make sure the operation stays moving.

However, he said the cost of gas and groceries has resulted in more people needing the help of the food bank. He also said the recent cuts to SNAP and Medicare are projected to only make the number of visitors to the food bank rise. [Pols emphasis]

Back in July, Gabe Evans was interviewed by Colorado Public Radio’s Bente Birkeland about Weld Food Bank’s plight, and his vote to cut food assistance programs that directly offset the demand the food bank struggles to meet. Gabe’s answer suggested that in his “conversations” with the food bank, their complaints were not about his votes at all, but the unsightly “line of folks” in need of food–a problem that could only be solved with tinkle-down economics:

EVANS: Yeah, so I sat down and had this exact same conversation with the Weld County Food Bank, and you know what they told me? They said, “Gabe, we need to cut down” and, and the line he was referring to was the line of folks, that were coming to the food bank. He said, we need to cut down on the line. And the way you cut down on the line of folks that are relying on the food bank is you fix the economy…

We’re sorry to report that the economy is not growing fast enough in the MAGA Golden Age to close the gap–and with the worst of the cuts to food assistance that Gabe Evans voted for still yet to take effect, it’s unlikely that the situation will improve between now and November of 2026. In fact, all indicators point to demand only continuing to grow for the Weld Food Bank’s services, with fewer resources to meet it.

In normal people, a healthy sense of shame limits such straightforward exposure to criticism. When we see any sign of shame from Gabe Evans, we’ll take note.