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Gabe spent twelve years serving his country in the US Army and Colorado Army National Guard as a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter pilot and company commander. He completed a combat deployment to the Middle East and responded to wildfires and search and rescues throughout Colorado.

Gabe also spent over ten years as an Arvada police officer, where he witnessed, first-hand, the consequences of Colorado Democrats’ soft-on-crime policies.

Gabe and his wife own and operate a family farm in southern Weld County and are parents of two boys (Bruce and Sammy).

The grandson of Mexican immigrants, Gabe is a Colorado native who truly understands the beauty and responsibility of the American Dream. Preserving that sacred ideal for his community and children is why he served in the military, raised his hand for law enforcement, and ran for the Colorado State House in 2022.

Fentanyl

“Chalk it all up to increasingly permissive drug laws — foremost, the devastating decriminalization of hard drugs by the Colorado Legislature in 2019 — and an increasingly casual attitude toward drug use.”

Gov. Polis signs bill “defelonizing” single-use drug possession

Democrat’s Law Directly Linked to Increase In Fentanyl Deaths

‘People Are Dying’: Law Enforcement Pins Colorado Overdose Spike to Dem-Passed Law

200,000 fentanyl pills seized in what Colorado law enforcement considers life-saving busts

Colorado’s Fentanyl Problem and the Economic Costs

DEA confiscated record amount of fentanyl in 2023, more than 2.6 million pills in Colorado

Border

Vulnerable House Dems do a U-turn on illegal immigration after calling crisis ‘non-existent threat’

Colorado policymakers join other Democrats calling for looser immigration policy

Denver council to consider cutting $41M from budget to support migrant crisis

Denver police, public safety, elections departments among those told to cut budgets to fund migrant crisis

Denver inn owner housing hundreds of migrants

Denver tapping 2024 savings to tackle migrant crisis

Migrant influx leaves Denver Public Schools short $17.5 million in funding as students keep enrolling

Denver’s migrant crisis hits a “breaking point”

Denver to slash budgets by up to 15% due to ongoing illegal immigrant crisis

City Council discuss $8.4M in proposed police budget cuts

Denver can’t sustain its current immigrant policy. Here are the budget cuts coming to pay for a new approach.

Police, fire departments hardest hit by mayor’s proposed budget cuts, report says

Clip: Kyle Clark calls out Caraveo for denying that she signed a letter asking Biden to divest from CBP and ICE.

Clip: Fact check confirms that Caraveo wanted to divest from ICE and Border Patrol

Clip: Caraveo responds to question on her past support of divesting from ICE and Border Patrol.

Democrats Caraveo, Pettersen walk back on liberal positions

Crime/Anti-Police

Is Colorado’s ‘qualified immunity’ law affecting police recruiting?

These Colorado Dems Voted To Reduce the State’s Felony Murder Penalty Amid Homicide Spike

Weld County Sheriff’s Office to change response to certain calls amid staffing shortages

Denver area struggles to attract police recruits despite high salaries

Energy
Organizations oppose Colorado SB 19-181

Clip: Caraveo is asked about her “proud” support of SB19-181 and claimed that SB19-181 was “actually a very moderate bill.”

Inflation/Taxes

Clip: Kyle Clark calls out Caraveo for trying to end TABOR then claiming credit for TABOR refunds.

Clip: Caraveo is asked to respond to respond to comment on tax increases Kyle Clark: “And, do you care to address what she said about tax increase[s]?” Caraveo: “You know, I have consistently voted to lower taxes on working families. I voted to lower taxes on small businesses, and I will continue to do so in Congress.”

Clip: Caraveo: “I have really focused on making sure that we are cutting costs for working families across the board.”

CD-8 candidate Yadira Caraveo takes credit for TABOR refunds, despite trying to eliminate them

These Colorado Dems Say They’re Running To Help ‘Working Families.’ They Voted for New Taxes Amid Rising Inflation.