Maxwell Frost, 1st Gen Z member of Congress, on young peoples role in politics

Geoff Bennett:

So, what do you see as the significance of your win? The average age of a U.S. House member is 58, you were 25? What does that mean big picture?

Rep.-Elect Maxwell Frost, (D) Florida: Well, you know, I didn't decide to run to be the First Gen Z member of Congress, right? I decided to run to really represent my district, Central Florida. I see problems. We you know, we are living in an increasingly divided time right now. And we have this far right movement that has been really on the rise in Florida.

However, we know that Gen Z, and millennials make up about a third of the country. We don't represent anywhere near a third of government. And I think it's important that we have young people at the table. Look, I'm not one of these people that say we need to take out all the old folks and just have young people. It needs to be diverse, right, in age, in race, in gender, in economic status and experience. And this is just part of that bigger puzzle.

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