Maxwell Alejandro Frost burst onto the national scene when he crashed a June interview with Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis with calls for action on gun violence in America and was shooed away by a dismissive governor who told him 'Nobody wants to hear from you.'
“That video is really a microcosm of what’s going on in Florida — the governor shooing people off who might have a different opinion, being rude, being a bully,” as supporters cheered him on, Frost said. “And we know the majority of people in this state are not in line with that type of governance and that type of thinking, and I truly believe that’s part of what led us to victory here.”
Frost, who campaigned on gun control and Medicare for all and won high-profile endorsements from progressive U.S. Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, beat out a crowded cast of Democrats who ran for the seat in Florida's 10th Congressional District, which includes the Orlando area. He will compete against Republican Army veteran Calvin Wimbish in November for the seat, left open when Val Demings decided to run for U.S. Senate. The district is considered reliably Democratic, making Frost a favorite this fall to become the first member of Congress from Gen Z -- those born after 1996.
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