"Gen Z" aims at Congress Mountain, 25 -year -old guy is expected to become the first "post -97" member to enter the US Congress

Polar news reporter Man Da Huang Jiaqi

According to a report by the United States Cable Television News Network on August 24, Maxwell Florist, who has just reached 25 this year, won the Democratic Election of the 10th Congress of Florida. People born in 1997 and after).

Frost is a progressive activist dedicated to eliminating the violence of guns. In 2012, Frost, who was studying in high school, participated in political activities for the first time, protesting large -scale shootings in Newtown, Connecticut. This summer, he publicly called for ending the violence of guns, which caused a considerable response in the United States.

Frost (Picture Source: "Washington Post")

On August 23, local time, Frost won the Democratic Election of the 10th Congress of Florida with more than 34%of the votes. In the campaign, Frost was supported by many well -known progressive people, and fundraising also surpassed other competitors. As of August 3, he raised $ 1.5 million.

In November this year, he will match the Republican Calvin Wimble. If he can win in November, he will become the first member of the Z generation to enter Congress.

According to the US Constitution, members of the House of Representatives must be 25 years old and become American citizens at least 7 years. In 2022, the generation of generations born in 1997 and after the first time was qualified to be elected as a member of the US House of Representatives.

Frost was born in 1997 and was just 25 years old. According to reports, he showed the young side during the campaign. He said that if he was elected as a parliamentarian, he would bring the enthusiasm of generations.

"Our generation has experienced some modern challenges that the United States is experiencing, but we have no representative in Congress, and generations should participate in it."

In an interview, Frost acknowledged that he was a symbolic role in his campaign. He said that if he was fortunate to be a Congress, he would be the "glory of a lifetime".

"I don't mean that I represent the values ​​and thoughts of everyone in generations. But I think I do completely represent our life experience as a young man."

In addition to fighting for gun safety, Frost also advocates abortion and voting with Florida's American Citizen Freedom Alliance (ACLU). Since launching a campaign, he has always focused his energy on the necessity of "bold change" he said, including "national medical insurance" and "ending gun violence" and "solving climate crisis."

The victory of Frost was celebrated by progressive people in the past, and many people called it collective victory.

David Hog Hogg, a survivor of the firearm activist and Parkland shooting, wrote on Twitter: "Florida has just completed the things that almost all government agencies think of impossible -choose a 25 -year -old progressor Maxwell · Frost enters Congress. Never underestimate the power of being angry with young people. "

Frost is not the only one among his generation aimed at the Mountains of Congress. According to US media reports, at least four "Gen Z" participated in the 2022 campaign: New Hampshire MP Tim Bachst and Karoline Levitte are striving to win the Republican beginning of the First Congress of the New Hampshire State Congress. Selected; Democrat Lee Reed in the second constituency of Missouri, and the Republican Matt Femodi of the sixth constituency in Maryland's sixth constituency failed to win the primary election and had ended the campaign.

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