Ngati apambana pampando wotseguka wa Rep. Val Demings, wolankhula momasuka adzakhala woyamba Generation Z komanso Afro-Cuban yekha mu Congress.
ORLANDO.Likulu la kampeni la Maxwell Frost, lomwe lili muofesi yakutawuni, likuwonetsa misala ya pulayimale yomwe ikuyandikira mwachangu: sikhala ndi nthawi yokwanira yoyitanitsa kapena kuthamangira kuchimbudzi patsiku la mpikisano.Mapepala ali pa tebulo ndi mashelefu muofesi yonse.Pempho kwa opereka ndalama likupitilira.Krispy Kreme donuts kukhitchini ndi board ironing pakona ya chipinda chamsonkhano.
Pano, m'chipinda chodzaza ndi anthu ambiri odzipereka komanso ogwira ntchito zachitukuko, pali chiyembekezo komanso changu.Mwina chifukwa kuvota koyambirira kudayamba, ma Democrats awiri ochokera ku Nyumba Yoyimilira adawulukira ndikuyambitsa chipolowe.Mwina ndi $ 1.5 miliyoni yomwe Frost adapeza, patsogolo pa mdani wake wakale pa mpikisano wofuna Rep. Val Demings yemwe alibe munthu.Mwina Frost mwiniwake.
Poyamba, Frost amawoneka ngati Gen Z wina aliyense: amayenda mozungulira ofesiyo ali ndi tsitsi lalifupi, lopiringizika, ma khaki, masiketi amitundu yosiyanasiyana komanso sweatshirt yakuda ya zip, nthawi zina amatchula TikTok pokambirana.Kenako amavala suti yabuluu yokhala ndi nsapato zachikopa zofiirira (zabwino kwa nthumwi za Washington), ndikumwetulira mwachisawawa koma motsimikiza pankhope yake, amalimbitsa khamulo popanda kusokonezedwa ndi chidwi cha aliyense.
Maxwell Alejandro Frost (pakati) ayitanitsa likulu lake la kampeni ku Orlando.“Moni!Ndine Maxwell Alejandro Frost, phungu wa Democratic Congress ku Orlando, Florida.Muli bwanji?"analankhula pafupifupi mawu ndi mawu pambuyo pa kuyimba kwambiri nthawi imodzi.
Mwachiwonekere, iye sakugwirizana ndi nkhungu ya Congressional candidate, ndipo ali nayo.Choyamba, ali ndi zaka 25, zaka zochepa kuti azitumikira mu Nyumba ya Oyimilira.Iye ndi Afro-Cuba, yemwe ndi wosowa kwambiri m'boma ndi dziko - ndale yemwe ndi wakuda komanso wa ku Puerto Rico.Sanamalizebe maphunziro ake kukoleji ndipo chofunika kwambiri ndi ntchito yokonza anthu ammudzi (ufulu wochotsa mimba; kuwongolera mfuti).Sanakhalepo ndi udindo wa boma.Ndipo iye si wolemera: Pamene sali paulendo wotsatsa, akuyendetsa moyo wake wa Kia, akuyang'ana ku Uber kwa maola ambiri kuti apeze zofunika.(Galimoto yake pakadali pano ili mushopu, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti ali ndi nthawi yochulukirapo yochitira kampeni yayikulu ya Lachiwiri.)
“Tonse tinapulumutsidwa ndi andale angapo.Ameneyu si mtsogoleri mmodzi,” Frost anatero kuchipinda komwe kunali anthu ambiri."Umu ndi momwe tisinthira Florida.Ndikanena kuti “Sinthani Florida” sikuti ndikungosintha kuchokera kufiira kupita ku buluu…kupambana kwanga, komanso kupambana kwanga ndikupambana kwanu.”
M'modzi mwa aphunguwo, Rep. David Cichillin, wa Democrat wochokera ku Rhode Island, adabwerera m'mbuyo ndikuchita zonse zomwe angathe.Anayenda kuchokera ku Washington ndi Rep. Mark Takano waku California kuti akathandizire achinyamata oyambira.Iye adati ndi msonkhano waukulu kwambiri womwe adawuwonapo ku likulu la kampeni chaka chino.
Zikuwonekeratu kuti opanga malamulo, odzipereka ndi ogwira ntchito omwe asonkhana pano alandira masomphenya a Frost - ndipo adzipereka kuti amuwone iye akupambana Lachiwiri lachiwiri la navy-blue pulayimale, zomwe zonse zimamutsimikizira kuti adzalandira Z. Afro-Cuban yekhayo m'badwo ndi Congress. .
Mavoti akuwonetsa kuti chigonjetso chikhoza kutheka.Kafukufuku watsopano wopangidwa ndi ndale zomwe zikupita patsogolo komanso gulu lovotera la Data for Progress likuwonetsa Frost akutsogolera mdani wake wamkulu wa Democratic ndi manambala awiri, ndi 34 peresenti ya mavoti.State Sen. Randolph Bracey ndi Rep. Alan Grayson wakale adamutsatira ndi 18 peresenti ndi 14 peresenti, motsatira.
M'malo omenyera nkhondo, mitu yapadziko lonse ikuyang'ana kwambiri a Floridians awiri - Purezidenti wakale Donald Trump ndi Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis - omwe Frost akuyembekeza kutsegulira njira kwa mbadwo watsopano wa ndale.Anali wotsimikiza kuti awa ndi malo oyenera.
Odzipereka, ogwira ntchito za kampeni, mamembala amgwirizano wamba ndi othandizira ena a Frost akuti ndiye tsogolo la Democratic Party.Iwo anati iye anawauzira iwo kuti alowe nawo.Iwo amanena kuti sangayerekeze kugwira ntchito maola ochuluka kwa anthu ena.Iwo amati ndiye munthu amene adzatsogolere mphamvu zatsopano zandale zomwe Florida ndi dziko lonse lapansi zikufunikira kwambiri.
Kafukufuku watsopano wopangidwa ndi ndale zomwe zikupita patsogolo komanso gulu lovotera la Data for Progress likuwonetsa Frost akutsogolera mdani wake wamkulu wa Democratic ndi manambala awiri, ndi 34 peresenti ya mavoti.State Sen. Randolph Bracey ndi Rep. Alan Grayson wakale adamutsatira ndi 18 peresenti ndi 14 peresenti, motsatira.Adzapikisana nawo mu pulaimale ya Democratic Lachiwiri, Ogasiti 23, 2022.
Masiku ano, Cicilline, msilikali wazaka 11 wa House House, akuti ndondomekoyi “ndi yokhumudwitsa kwambiri.Mukuyang'ana zomwe zikuchitika ndi otsutsa chiwembu komanso otsutsa chisankho ku Washington, ndipo mutha kukhala pansi ndikunena kuti, "Titha kuthana ndi izi."izi ndi?
“Koma,” iye anatero, “mudzakumana ndi anthu onga Maxwell . . .
Ichi ndi chiyembekezo chachikulu ndi kusintha kwa 25 wazaka zakubadwa.Koma Cicilline si yekhayo wandale wakale amene amamuyamikira.Frost adathandizidwa ndi magulu akuluakulu ndi atsogoleri ambiri m'madera, chigawo, ndi mayiko, kuphatikizapo Senators Elizabeth Warren (MA) ndi Bernie Sanders (MA), Rev. Jesse Jackson, Congressional Progressive Group.PAC (National Leaders for Gun Reform and Abortion Rights) ndi AFL-CIO.Anathandizidwanso ndi mabungwe apamwamba komanso oimira m'dera lapakati pa Florida, komanso a Orlando Sentinel, omwe adalengeza kuti Frost "pazifukwa zilizonse zomveka zomwe sakanazinyalanyaza."
Koma ngakhale pali ndalama zonse ndi chithandizo, funso lalikulu lidakalipo: Kodi ovota a Orlando angathandize wobwera kumene wakhanda mumpikisano wodzaza anthu womwe umaphatikizapo yemwe kale anali congressman ndi senema wakale wa boma?
“Ndi chifukwa chake ndinasiya ntchito.Ndimayendetsa Uber kuti ndilipire mabilu anga.Kunena zoona, ndi nsembe,” adatero Frost."Koma ndikuchita izi chifukwa sindingathe kuganiza kuti ndikungothana ndi mavuto omwe tili nawo pakali pano."
Anawongolera mphamvu zamphamvuzo pamene adakhala ndi antchito achichepere asanu mozungulira tebulo lachikale lamatabwa lokhala ndi mipando yosagwirizana, ndipo adatumiza uthenga kwa othandizira usiku watha.
Anthu ambiri samayankha mafoni awo.Anthu ena amamuyimilira kapena kumupempha kuti ayambe bizinesi.Ena adamuyamikira pa kampeni yake.Nthawi zambiri, Frost amakhalabe ndi mphamvu zofananira, kufunitsitsa kukhalabe ndi ubale wabwino ndi othandizira ndikukweza ndalama zofunikira kuti atseke kampeni yake.
“Moni!Ndine Maxwell Alejandro Frost, phungu wa Democratic Congress ku Orlando, Florida.Muli bwanji?"analankhula pafupifupi mawu ndi mawu pambuyo pa kuyimba kwambiri nthawi imodzi.
Pagome la chakudya chamadzulo, chipwirikiti cha masiku otsiriza a ndawala ndi ntchito zambiri za gulu lachinyamata zinawonetsedwa.Anthu awiri ongodzipereka anaimbira foni nthawi imodzi.Munthu wina atamufunsa Frost kuti ayankhe foniyo, m’chipindamo nthawi yomweyo munangoti zii.Iwo adazunguliridwa ndi milu ya mndandanda wamakalata - Frost ndi adani ake - ma laputopu ndi mabotolo opanda madzi.
Wodzipereka wina anafotokoza mmene anangotsala masiku ochepa kuti amalize maphunziro a kusekondale.Wina adalankhula za kuvota m'mbuyomu.Mnzake anayendetsa galimoto kwa maola atatu ndi theka kuchokera ku Miami kuti akathandize.Winanso anakwera ndege kuchokera ku Washington
Mlongo wake Maria adawonekera, pamodzi ndi mwana wake Cooper, atavala zingwe zachikasu za bumblebee.Kukuwa kwa Cooper kunamveka m'chipindamo pamene Frost amalankhula ndi ovota.Chilichonse chinayima - mwachidule - pa sushi pa chakudya chamadzulo.Udzakhala usiku wautali.
Maxwell Frost anakumana ndi Woimira US Mark Takano (kumanja) ndi Rep. David Cichillin (kumanzere), omwe anabwera kudzasonyeza thandizo lawo.Frost anathandizidwa ndi magulu akuluakulu ndi atsogoleri ambiri m'madera, boma, ndi mayiko, kuphatikizapo Senators Elizabeth Warren (MA) ndi Bernie Sanders (MA), Rev. Jesse Jackson, Congressional Progressive Caucus Group.PKK ndi AFL-CIO.
Frost, yemwe adaleredwa ndikuleredwa m'banja la ku Cuba, monyadira amafotokoza nkhani ya banja lake: Amayi ake adabwera ku United States paulendo waufulu wochokera ku Cuba m'ma 1960.Anabwera ndi agogo ake a Ye Ya ndi azakhali ake, ndipo panalibe ndalama pakati pawo, koma sutikesi yokha.Banjali linagwira ntchito mwakhama m’dziko limene analera analo, koma zinali zovuta.Masiku ano, amayi ake ndi mphunzitsi pasukulu ya boma ndipo akhala akuphunzitsa maphunziro apadera kwa zaka pafupifupi 30.(Samalankhula za abambo ake.)
Frost amati chikondi chake cha nyimbo chimakula m'nyumba ya ku Cuba, kukumbukira kudzuka Loweruka m'mawa ndi mawindo otsegulira nyimbo za Latin America ndikudziwa kuti inali nthawi yoyeretsa, mwambo m'nyumba zambiri za ku Latin America.Kukonda nyimbo kunapitilira zaka zake zapakati komanso kusekondale pomwe adapanga gulu la salsa pomwe amapita ku Sukulu ya Art Magnet.Ndizodziwika pang'ono, akutero, kuti gulu lake la Seguro Que Sí, lomwe limatanthauza "ndithu" mu Chingerezi, lidachita nawo pamwambo wachiwiri wotsegulira Purezidenti Barack Obama.
Koma, monga adanena, chisankho chake chothamangira ku Congress chinachokera ku mbali ina ya umunthu wake.Chaka chatha, okonza m'deralo adayamba kunena kuti Frost athamangire pampando wake wopanda munthu atadziwika kuti Demings akuthamangira Senate pofuna kuthamangitsa Republican Marco Rubio.
Komabe, poyamba sanafune kuchita zimenezi.Popeza adachita kampeni m'mbuyomu, akudziwa zovuta zambiri zomwe zimakhudzidwa pothamangira maudindo.
Koma zonse zidasintha pomwe adalumikizana ndi amayi ake omubala Julayi watha.Pakuyimbirana mokhudzidwa mtima, adamuuza kuti adabereka panthawi yomwe ali pachiwopsezo kwambiri pamoyo wake.Frost anati atamulera kuti akhale mwana wake, ankavutika ndi matenda ambiri monga mankhwala osokoneza bongo, umbanda, ndi umphaŵi, zomwe zinafunika kuthetsedweratu m’moyo weniweni.
Mmodzi mwa mamembala a bungwe la CWA adauza Frost kuti "kuwotcha moto" kudakopa omutsatira."Izi ndi zomwe tikufuna!Tikufuna magazi achichepere. "
Zotsatira zake zazikulu zidayamba msanga.Ali ndi zaka 15, pambuyo pa kuwombera kwa Sandy Hook Elementary School, adayamba kukonza zochitika kuti athetse chiwawa cha mfuti pochita nawo zionetsero ndi kugogoda pakhomo.Kutsimikiza kwake ndi kudzipereka kwake kwalimbikitsidwa kokha poyang'anizana ndi kuwombera kambirimbiri m'dera lake: kuwombera kwa 2016 ku Pulse, kalabu yausiku ya gay ku Orlando, ndi kuwombera ku Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School ku Parkland.
"Tikakhala ndi ziwonetsero, sitiyenera kumuuza za izi," a Curtis Hierro, wamkulu wazamalamulo komanso wamkulu wa bungwe la American Communications Workers Association ku Florida, adauza mamembala khumi ndi awiri amgwirizano muholo yamgwirizano.khomo lothandizira Frost."Maxwell ndizowona chifukwa ndinu gawo la gululi, mumamvetsetsa kayendetsedwe kake ndipo ndizomwe mumakhala ndikupuma."
Ntchito yake isanafike ku Florida American Civil Liberties Union, Frost adagwira ntchito zingapo zoyang'anira kampeni ndi zochitika, ndipo mu 2018 adagwira ntchito kuti ateteze 4th Amendment, yomwe idabwezeretsanso ufulu wovota wa anthu opitilira 1.6 miliyoni.Ku Florida Posachedwapa, anali mkulu wa gulu la achinyamata la March for Our Lives, lomwe linali lodzipereka poletsa chiwawa cha mfuti.
“Wina ananenapo ndemanga tsiku lina, ‘Munali zaka 15 zapitazo,’” Frost anatero mokwiya pang’ono."Eya, ndili ndi zaka 15 - tikukhala m'dziko lazaka 15 ndipo ndidakhala ndi nkhawa kuti ndiwombera kusukulu kuti ndiyambe kuchita sewero, ndizomvetsa chisoni bwanji?"
M'chipinda cholandirira alendo ku likulu lake la kampeni, pali chithunzi chachikulu cha Manuel Oliver, abambo a Joaquin, m'modzi mwa ophunzira omwe adaphedwa pakuwombera ku Parkland.Poyang'ana kumbuyo kwachikasu chowala, zithunzi za Joaquin ndi Frost ndi uthenga wokhudza mtima: "Nthawi yopulumutsa miyoyo!Ndiye kwerani kapena chokanipo!”
Zotsatira zake zazikulu zidayamba msanga.Ali ndi zaka 15, pambuyo pa kuwombera kwa Sandy Hook Elementary School, adayamba kukonza zochitika kuti athetse chiwawa cha mfuti pochita nawo zionetsero ndi kugogoda pakhomo.Kutsimikiza kwake ndi kudzipereka kwake kwalimbikitsidwa kokha poyang'anizana ndi kuwombera kambirimbiri m'chigawo chake: kuwombera kwa 2016 ku Pulse, kalabu yausiku ya gay ku Orlando, ndi kuwombera ku Stoneman Douglas High School ku Parkland.
Pulatifomu ya Frost sikuti imangothetsa ziwawa zamfuti, komanso za "tsogolo lomwe tikuyenera."Pakutsatsa kwamakalata, kampeni yake idasokoneza zomwe amaika patsogolo, zomwe zimagwirizana ndi zomwe zatsala pang'ono kumanzere: Medicare kwa onse, misewu yotetezeka komanso kutha kwa ziwawa zamfuti, nyumba zotsika mtengo, malipiro amoyo, ndi mphamvu zoyera 100%.
Komabe, kupambana mu pulaimale Lachiwiri sikutsimikizika.Otsutsa ake akuluakulu pakati pa 10 omwe akufuna kukhala nawo ndi a Bracey ndi Grayson, omwe adasumira mphindi yomaliza mu June atataya mwayi wawo ku Senate ya US.
Potsatsa posachedwa pa imelo, Frost adawaukira onse awiri: Grayson anali "wachinyengo."Bracey anali "kunyengerera".Onse ofuna kusankhidwa adabwerera kwawo;Kampeni ya Grayson idati idatumiza kalata yoyimitsa ndikuyimitsa Frost.
"Zomwe Frost adanena za ine ndi Senator Bracey ndizolakwika," adatero Grayson polankhula ku POLITICO.M'mawu ake, adanena kuti malonda a Frost anali "kusuntha kosimidwa ndi wabodza wakale".
"Ndikungoyambitsa ndondomeko yatsopano," adatero.“Ndimachokera kwina.Ine sindine loya.Sindine miliyoneya.Ndine wokonzekera.
"Tikakhala ndi ziwonetsero, sitiyenera kumuuza za izi," a Curtis Hierro, wamkulu wazamalamulo komanso wamkulu wa bungwe la American Communications Workers Association ku Florida, adauza mamembala khumi ndi awiri amgwirizano muholo yamgwirizano.khomo lothandizira Frost.Amathandizidwa ndi mabungwe otsogola ndi oimira amderalo ochokera ku Central Florida, komanso a Orlando Sentinel.
Mu June, pasanathe milungu iwiri kuchokera pamene Uvald Elementary School adawombera, Frost anali m'modzi mwa omenyera ufulu omwe adawononga chochitika ku Orlando DeSantis adapezekapo ndi wothirira ndemanga pandale Dave Rubin.Mu kanema yemwe adafalikira pamasamba ochezera, Frost adakwera siteji ndikukuwa, "Bwanamkulu.DeSantis, tikutaya anthu 100 patsiku chifukwa cha ziwawa zamfuti.Bwanamkubwa, tikufuna kuti muchitepo kanthu pazachiwawa chamfuti… chitanipo kanthu.Anthu aku Florida akumwalira. ”
Mmodzi mwa mamembala a bungwe la CWA adauza Frost kuti "kuwotcha moto" kudakopa omutsatira."Izi ndi zomwe tikufuna!Tikufuna magazi achichepere. "
Lakhala tsiku lalitali ndipo likhalanso usiku wina wautali - adakhala ndi ndalama zothandizira ndalama zothandizidwa ndi opereka ndalama ku Baldwin Park, amodzi mwa madera olemera kwambiri mumzindawu.Kumeneko, azigwira ntchito m'chipinda pomwe odya amamvetsera mwachidwi kwinaku akumwa vinyo ndikudya masangweji ang'onoang'ono aku Cuba.
Koma tsopano, asanadye majalapeno nkhomaliro, akulunjika ku holo ya bungwe la CWA, komwe Hierro ndi mamembala ake akukonzekera kuti amuthandize.Ambiri a iwo ankamudziwa kale Frost ndipo anakumbatirana.Ena anachokera m’maboma oyandikana nawo kudzasonyeza thandizo.
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