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March 20, 2025
— Today, Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (FL-10) released a statement regarding President Donald Trump’s latest move to shut down the Department of Education. In a statement, Rep. Frost says: “Donald Trump’s executive order to eliminate the Department of Education-a plan pulled from the pages of the Project 2025 playbook-is reckless, cruel, and a direct attack on millions of children.” “The Department of Education ensures that every student across the country, regardless of zip code, inc… Continue Reading
March 17, 2025Watch the Press Conference Here TALLAHASSEE, FL— Today, Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (FL-10) joined Florida House Minority Leader Fentrice Driskell and Representative Dotie Joseph, at a press conference on the uncertain state of Medicaid and what potential cuts enacted by House Republicans to the program would mean for Florida families. Florida is just one of ten states in the country that has not expanded Medicaid to draw down federal money to pay for low-income Floridians to afford… Continue Reading
March 07, 2025Watch the Press Conference Here ORLANDO, FL — As grocery prices keep climbing, Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL) is fighting back with a new bill to make food more affordable for families. The Fair Grocery Pricing Act will stop the largest agriculture corporations from secretly working together to keep prices high and hurt consumers. Frost introduced the bill today in Orlando at the United Against Poverty (UAP) Member Share Grocery Store, an accessible food assistance grocery store where folks who fal… Continue Reading
March 10, 2025
_ Several members of the Congressional Black Caucus walked out of President Donald Trump’s address to Congress Tuesday or boycotted the speech altogether. “There's a MAGA fest, a MAGA rally going on in the House chambers,’’ Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, said soon after leaving the chamber as Trump delivered his speech. “I knew what was next in the lineup of (his) greatest hits. I didn't need to sit there.” Clarke and some other caucus members who lef… Continue Reading
March 10, 2025Alex Jimenez of Winter Park, a 65-year-old corporate vice president, might look the part of a moderate suburban Democrat open to a bipartisan message in the Trump era. But Jimenez is in no such mood. “WAKE UP DEMOCRATS!” he wrote in a recent letter to the Orlando Sentinel. “The clock is ticking. … Get to work!!” Jimenez, who considers himself center-left, is “extremely disappointed with Democrats at the moment,” he said. “‘Rudderless’ is the word I think of in describing the party, while Repu… Continue Reading
March 05, 2025—Florida Rep. Maxwell Frost walked out of President Donald Trump's joint address to Congress on Tuesday night. Frost revealed a "No Kings Live Here" T-shirt under his jacket as he walked out. In a statement, Frost said: "Donald Trump is many things - a liar, a grifter, a wanna-be-dictator - but no matter how hard he tries and how many Republicans in Congress bend the knee and kiss the ring: he will never be king. "Tonight, the American people saw a desperate liar stand in front of a podium a… Continue Reading
December 17, 2023
My mother, a special education teacher of 37 years, raised me to appreciate what school can be: a place where, with supportive and inspiring instruction, young people can learn a-nd grow into their best selves. Reading is a critical part of that education. But in Florida, with a teacher vacancy crisis, average SAT scores dropping to almost dead last in the nation, and curriculum under attack, our schools have instead become a frontline for politics, not learning. Florida’s law allowing anyone t… Continue Reading
November 07, 2023In 2021, I was a 24-year-old, working class Afro-Latino without millions in the bank — or, really, any money in the bank; without the significant political connections or traditional office experiences that make someone “qualified” to run for office. Everyone counted me out. In Florida of all places — a state where our neofascist governor has stripped people of their reproductive rights, banned books, championed the infamous “Don’t Say Gay” law, and taken great pride in targeting minorities and… Continue Reading