Stephan: Here is my takeaway from the election: Younger voters, women, and people of color now constitute the majority of voters in the United States. White MAGAts are a shrinking minority. The problem the Republican Party now explicitly faces is how do they survive as an effective party? What very few commentators seem to comprehend is that it is the White MAGAt voters not the politicians that are driving the party, which leaves leaders like McConnell or McCarthy with very few options. Quite particularly, although little remarked, the uber-rich christofascists are already pouring money into schemes to try to peel off blocks of young or female voters. I don't think it is going to work because I think young voters of all races and genders get that climate change remediation must be a top priority, and those uber-rich christofascists largely have fortunes based on the technologies that produced climate change in the first place.
Maxwell Frost, the winning candidate in Florida’s 10th Congressional district, participates in the Pride Parade in Orlando, Florida, on Oct. 15, 2022. Credit: Giorgio Viera / AFP / Getty
Maxwell Alejandro Frost, a 25-year-old community organizer, has become the first member of Generation Z elected to Congress after winning a House seat in Florida’s 10th Congressional District.
The young Democrat’s victory came as his generation was also getting credit for helping to stop a red wave of Republican victories in Tuesday’s national midterm elections.
This historic win in the Orlando-area district will do more than just bring down the average age of a House member, which is currently 58. It will also highlight the importance of two issues credited with motivating Gen Z voters to turn out: gun violence and climate change.
In an interview with iGen Politics in October, Frost said that the climate crisis is one of the reasons he decided to run for Congress. He spoke about experiencing Hurricane Ian, a monstrous Category 4 storm that slammed into Florida’s southwest coast on Sept. 28, killing more than […]
I have high hopes for Maxwell Frost and glad to see him get media attention.
Maxwell was interview on *Chris Hayes show a couple of days ago after he won the election. I can only hope Maxwell can stay strong in his values and keep his optimism high. (If I remember correctly from another video, he was working as a Uber driver while campaigning and sometimes not getting much sleep).
*America’s Youngest Congressman: What Maxwell Frost Is Most Looking Forward To
The video is only 6 minutes, but they are a great 6 minutes plus Chris Hayes ‘ain’t so bad either’.
Vic Shayne
on Monday, November 14, 2022 at 12:13 pm
If you haven’t seen the documentary God Forbid, it’s worth the watch. Though the story is about a young man who gets mixed up with the debauchery of Jerry Falwell Jr and his wife, by way of an affair, the real story is about the duplicity and power of the right wing Christian fascist movement to seat presidents.
If all the minorities can stop hating one another and focus on the mutual good then the old regime of religious fascists can dissolve. Can this be done? It’s a rocky road, but perhaps with people like Maxwell Alejandro Frost we have a chance.
sam crespi
on Monday, November 14, 2022 at 7:37 pm
I did read this yesterday and am SO glad you posted it!
I have high hopes for Maxwell Frost and glad to see him get media attention.
Maxwell was interview on *Chris Hayes show a couple of days ago after he won the election. I can only hope Maxwell can stay strong in his values and keep his optimism high. (If I remember correctly from another video, he was working as a Uber driver while campaigning and sometimes not getting much sleep).
*America’s Youngest Congressman: What Maxwell Frost Is Most Looking Forward To
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCgV2uWdwYA&t=1s
The video is only 6 minutes, but they are a great 6 minutes plus Chris Hayes ‘ain’t so bad either’.
If you haven’t seen the documentary God Forbid, it’s worth the watch. Though the story is about a young man who gets mixed up with the debauchery of Jerry Falwell Jr and his wife, by way of an affair, the real story is about the duplicity and power of the right wing Christian fascist movement to seat presidents.
If all the minorities can stop hating one another and focus on the mutual good then the old regime of religious fascists can dissolve. Can this be done? It’s a rocky road, but perhaps with people like Maxwell Alejandro Frost we have a chance.
I did read this yesterday and am SO glad you posted it!