June 02, 2026 02:08 PM UTC

If Jeff Crank is Concerned About the Economy, He's Keeping it to Himself

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• by: Colorado Pols

If you have tried to purchase literally anything in the last couple of months, we don’t have to tell you that the economy is not in great shape.

President Trump was re-elected in 2024 by promising to address the high cost of everything from groceries to energy, but that was just a thing he said so that he could move back into the White House. Trump has admitted that he doesn’t even think about Americans’ affordability concerns; neither, apparently, do obsequious Republican Members of Congress such as Rep. Jeff Crank (R-Colorado Springs).

On Monday, Josk Boak of The Associated Press wrote about rising interest rates causing new economic concerns, as well as the rapidly-increasing national debt — exploding after Trump’s big beautiful bullshit bill last July added another $5 trillion to 10-year deficits. Included in that story was commentary from Colorado’s own CO-05 (Colorado Springs):

Higher interest rates are giving Democratic candidates in the races to determine control of the House and Senate another line of attack at a time when voters are concerned about high costs for food and gasoline.

In Colorado’s fifth congressional district, Democrat Jessica Killin is leaning into the message that the persistent deficits and higher interest rates make it harder to buy or renovate a home, afford a new car or manage credit card debt.

“Things are already expensive,” said Killin, an Army veteran who was a top aide to Doug Emhoff, the former second gentleman. “We can already talk about gas, but the cost of borrowing only makes that worse.” [Pols emphasis]

Joe Reagan, an Army veteran also seeking the Democratic nomination, said in an email that he is talking “a lot about fiscal stewardship” in his campaign. “Every dollar spent paying interest is a dollar that isn’t being invested in infrastructure, education, veterans’ services, or economic growth,” he said.

They are challenging Republican Rep. Jeff Crank in a district that their party views as a potential pickup. Killin said the deficit is an example of how “Trump says one thing and does the opposite.”

In his March 2025 address to Congress, Trump declared that “in the near future, I want to do what has not been done in 24 years: balance the federal budget. We’re going to balance it.”

And what does Rep. Crank think about this problem? Who knows?

Crank, the Republican incumbent, did not reply to requests for comment.

In fairness, Crank is focused on other issues:

As a Member of Congress, Jeff Crank is about as worthless as they come — which is why his big brag from his first year in office was to highlight the fact that he…cast a bunch of votes. No Democrat has ever been elected to Congress in CO-05, but the combination of Crank’s irrelevance and Jessica Killin’s surging campaign may well be the change that Colorado Springs residents have long needed.