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🗓️ 12 September 2023
⏱️ 47 minutes
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0:00.0 | As a Florida representative, what do you say to people who really connect with that bug's |
0:04.7 | bunny meme of just like sawing Florida off from the rest of the country and letting |
0:08.2 | it float away? |
0:11.7 | Hello, and welcome to the Politics Girl podcast. |
0:22.8 | I'm your host, Lee McGowan. |
0:24.3 | Let's get into it. |
0:25.5 | We know that the majority of the youth in America are not unborn for this new extremist |
0:29.9 | Republican agenda. |
0:31.3 | They believe in reproductive rights and that the climate is in crisis. |
0:34.9 | They're against book banning and propaganda education. |
0:37.8 | Their majority pro LGBTQ, pro union, pro healthcare, pro living wage, and pro common sense |
0:43.8 | gun legislation. |
0:45.3 | And the Republican party offers them none of that. |
0:48.1 | Gen Z might technically still be getting their feet wet in politics with the oldest member |
0:51.9 | of that generation turning 26 this year, but they know who they are and what they want, |
0:56.8 | and they turned out in historic numbers for the midterm last year. |
0:59.9 | But they're also looking around at everything from our legislation to our politicians and |
1:04.2 | they don't see themselves properly reflected, and that hurts with turnout and engagement, |
1:09.2 | which is why our guest today is so important. |
1:11.6 | Maxwell Alejandro Frost is the first member of Gen Z to be elected to Congress, and not |
1:16.2 | only is he a congressman, he's a Florida congressman. |
1:19.5 | So as he looks to and represents the future of our government and our country, he comes |
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