
In an exclusive interview with West Orlando News, Orlando Representative Maxwell Alejandro Frost discussed the turmoil on the House floor and the confusion surrounding the Speaker’s election. He also cautioned against Republican Rep. Jim Jordan. While there are political losers in the situation, according to the Central Florida Democrat, the real losers are the people of America.
Republican discord and chaos, said Rep. Maxwell Frost to West Orlando News, is “truly unfortunate.” “Republicans aren’t getting their act together, which results in political losers, but the real losers are the constituents across the nation, the people,” said one observer.
Rep. Frost made the point that, even after a Speaker is chosen, several appropriation measures must be passed by Congress in a short period of time in order to fund the government. Numerous projects in Orlando are dependent on these appropriations. He stated, “Congress is currently not in session and is shut down.”
He holds the Republican Party and its representatives in Congress solely responsible. “The Republican Party and establishment handed a vocal minority control of the House of Representatives. They caused themselves this.
Rep. Frost remarked, “This is what happens when a party is in power that cannot govern. The important thing to remember is that they created this for themselves because they prioritized power and status over governing.
According to Congressman Frost, former Speaker Kevin McCarthy did exactly that, and other Republicans are now profiting from the predicament McCarthy created. The Orlando Democratic Representative previously had severe comments for Rep. McCarthy, and he now has even harsher words for Republican front-runner Jim Jordan.
“It only takes six brave Republicans who look at Jim Jordan as well as see a person who voted to overturn the election, and according to the words of Liz Cheney he is one of the closest to January 6th,” stated Rep. Maxwell Frost. They ought to come over and cast their votes for shared governance if they don’t want to support him.
He claimed that his Republican colleagues had the guts to defend their principles. They are voting alongside people who want to see our nation turn into a white nationalist state, which is hardly courageous. What should I say to them?
Rep. Frost thinks moderate Republicans should favor Rep. Jordan over the proposal for bipartisan shared governance made by Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. The Democratic strategy might call for a compromise in which the parties would share an equal number of House committee seats. Rep. Frost claimed that the Democrats had extended an olive branch and were willing to engage in dialogue. Republicans are unlikely to consider such a solution and will instead attempt to resolve this issue on their own.
Rep. Frost said that it would depend on the deal whether he or his fellow Democratic colleagues would cooperate with certain Republicans in selecting a Speaker. However, he personally doesn’t think that will be achievable without a great lot of shared governance. He declared, “I’m not going to vote, and I can’t vote for someone who doesn’t believe in preventing gun violence or who wants to take away Black voters’ voting rights.”
Orlando’s representative feels that this issue is so crucial that he must take action and work to clear up the misinformation emanating from Washington, DC. He claimed that due to how the Republican Party is now being governed in Congress, there will be political repercussions through the year 2024. He is sorry that Congress is in this predicament, but he is not shocked given the amount of work that needs to be done on behalf of the American people.
Rep. Frost anticipated arriving in Washington, DC as the nation’s youngest congressman and getting to work for his Central Florida district, but instead discovered that his welcome to the Capitol included being sworn in at 2 a.m. on a Friday night following 15 votes. It regrettably equipped him for the current Republican crisis of a dysfunctional Congress and a lack of a House Speaker.
Additionally, the Republican-led instability in Congress has been ongoing for a while. Rep. Frost pointed out that John Boehner and Paul Ryan, the previous two Republican Speakers, were removed from office due to excessive dysfunction, in which a motion to vacate was repeatedly threatened before finally being brought up.
Rep. Maxwell Frost claimed that the Republican dysfunction was to blame for all of the political drama that has occurred this year.
Even though no member of Congress is currently able to enact any legislation and no congressional committee is able to hold hearings, he is still in Washington, DC, serving constituents. If you take out the weeks he spent dealing with political crises during his first nine months in office, he claims Congress has only been regulating for about four of those months. He told West Orlando News that he is extremely grateful to have the job and that he loves it. He even said that he believes he is “doing a damn good job.”
Congressman Frost added, “We’re just waiting for these people to get it together.” “We merely wait here as we sit.”