June 10, 2026 10:41 AM UTC

Raging "Gabeflation" Spells Doom For Vulnerable Republicans

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• by: Colorado Pols

UPDATE: Rep. Gabe Evans responds to today’s nationwide inflation news by trying to deflect the blame downward:

When what Evans needs to do is call his office:

“No, I love it. The numbers were great,” Trump said when asked if he was concerned about the latest data, which showed the consumer price index rising to 4.2 percent over the past 12 months — with an increase of 0.5 percent in May alone, according to the Labor Department.

“I love the inflation,” the president continued, [Pols emphasis] noting how the U.S. recently took out millions of barrels of oil and 22 ships from Iran. “That’s why oil is $85 dollars a barrel.”

Does Trump want Gabe Evans to lose? This is how he would show it.

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NBC News with today’s big bad headline, though you’ve already felt it in your pocketbook:

Inflation surged in May to the highest level since early 2023, as Iran war-related fuel costs worked their way through the broader economy.

Overall, the yearly inflation rate rose to 4.2% in May from a year ago, up 0.5% from April…

Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union said, “the frustration for many Americans is that so many of the basics are up in price right now — gas, food, electricity, and medical care are all clear pain points that are above 3% inflation.”

“This isn’t just ‘bad vibes’ about the economy,” she added.

Every bit as bad as the highest inflation in three years is the failure of wages to keep pace with the increase in prices paid by consumers. As USA TODAY reports, the skyrocketing price of beef in particular has displaced last year’s crisis over egg prices as the new high-profile pain point for consumers;

Last year, rising egg prices emerged as a main concern for shoppers, but this year rising beef prices have taken their place.

In 2025, egg prices surged due to a bird flu outbreak, but a decline in both the outbreak and demand has led to a 35.2% drop in prices over the past year. However, egg prices still rose 4% in May.

Beef prices hit an all-time high last July due to supply constraints and high demand, and although ground beef prices fell 1.3% in May, Americans planning to grill burgers at summer barbecues will still have to pay more this year. They were up 12.1% over the year in May…

With the nation’s beef supply now threatened by the reappearance of the new world screwworm, another debacle that traces directly back to Trump’s decision to slash funding for the program combating the spread of the pest, the price of beef is unlikely to drop anytime soon. Relentlessly high fuel costs since the war with Iran started in late February are now being priced into goods and services across the U.S. economy, and suppliers are warning of a major imminent spike as dwindling oil stocks stored around the globe start to dry up.

Politically, as is our job to point out even when it feels redundant, the pain consumers are feeling from this totally avoidable inflation is set to translate into even more losses for Republicans in the rapidly approaching midterm elections. First among the endangered nationwide is freshman Rep. Gabe Evans of Colorado, who true to form is making no attempt to get out of the way of voters’ wrath, and continuing to publicly back Trump at every opportunity. Promises that the pain will end at some point in the future are insulting to consumers who are suffering right now, and who polls say clearly never bought into the war Trump started that set this new inflationary spiral in motion.

It’s not what we were promised, but after 505 days in office, this is Trump’s economy.

And Gabe Evans’ inflation.