Fla. progressive poised to be 1st Gen Z member of Congress

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Associated Press/By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — 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.

“Nobody wants to hear from you,” DeSantis told Frost as security swarmed.

On Tuesday, Frost, 25, found thousands of people who did want to hear from him, so much so that he won a Democratic primary for an open U.S. House seat in a liberal district, positioning himself to become the first member of Congress from Gen Z.

In an interview, Frost described the interaction with the governor as “ good trouble.”

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-gun-violence-ron-desantis-congress-e17e1a1111d450a5e8a9b5e198880bf8

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