He’s 28. He’s the first Gen Z member of Congress. And he’s not interested in your false binaries.
This week on Crash Discourse, I sat down with Rep. Maxwell Frost, the freshman firebrand from Florida who’s somehow managing to be both loud and effective.
We talked about the broken incentive structures, the performative circus of modern legislating, and how actual change happens in the tiniest, least sexy ways imaginable—like fighting for National Guard members’ absentee ballots… until Trump kills the bill with one Truth Social post.
Some highlights:
The Epstein standoff: Frost pulled no punches on Trump’s backpedaling, House GOP complicity, and the need to release the full files—“I don’t care who’s in it. Just release it all.”
The institution is the problem: From stage-lit committee rooms to high school-style cliques, Frost explains how the structure of Congress itself reinforces dysfunction.
“Big, ugly law” alert: Frost didn’t mince words about Trump’s sweeping economic agenda—calling it the largest wealth transfer from working people to the ultra-wealthy in U.S. history.
Righteous anger + actual legislation: Frost breaks the mold. He calls out the system and still gets bipartisan bills passed, including one on hurricane preparedness with Florida Republican Daniel Webster.
Incremental change matters: Whether it's letting candidates draw a campaign stipend or changing rules so members can partner with local nonprofits, Frost is reshaping the system from within.
This one’s not just for the politics junkies. It’s for anyone who’s felt the system’s broken but hasn’t given up on the idea that it can—and must—be rebuilt.
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