Uma ewina isihlalo esivulelekile sika-Rep. Val Demings, isishoshovu esiphumela obala sizoba yi-Generation Z yokuqala futhi kube ukuphela kwe-Afro-Cuban kuCongress.
I-ORLANDO.Indlunkulu yomkhankaso ka-Maxwell Frost, ebekwe endaweni ethule yehhovisi elimaphakathi nedolobha, ikhombisa ubuhlanya bebanga eliphansi elisondela ngokushesha: sincane isikhathi esanele soku-oda ukuphuma noma ukugijimela endlini yangasese ngosuku lwemarathoni.Amaflaya agcwele amatafula namashalofu kulo lonke ihhovisi.Isicelo kubaxhasi siyaqhubeka.U-Krispy Kreme wenza amadonathi ekhishini kanye nebhodi loku-ayina ekhoneni legumbi lenkomfa.
Lapha, ekamelweni eligcwele inqwaba yamavolontiya nabasebenzi bomkhankaso, kukhona kokubili ukulindela nokuphuthuma.Mhlawumbe ngenxa yokuthi ukuvota kusenesikhathi kuqalile, amaDemocrat amabili eNdlu Yabamele angene endizela ezosusa lesi siphithiphithi.Mhlawumbe u-$1.5 million u-Frost awuqoqile, ngaphambi kwembangi yakhe engumakadebona emjahweni wokungena esikhundleni soMmeli uVal Demings.Mhlawumbe uFrost ngokwakhe.
Uma uthi nhlá nje, u-Frost ubukeka njenganoma yimuphi omunye u-Gen Z: uzulazula ehhovisi ngezinwele ezimfushane, ezigoqene, ama-khakis, amateku anemibala eminingi kanye ne-sweatshirt elimnyama le-quarter-zip, ngezikhathi ezithile ekhuluma nge-TikTok engxoxweni.Ube esegqoka isudi eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka enezicathulo zesikhumba ezinsundu (ezingcono kuzithunywa zaseWashington), emamatheka ngokunganaki kodwa ngokuzethemba, unika isixuku amandla kahle ngaphandle kokuphazanyiswa ukunaka kwawo wonke umuntu.
UMaxwell Alejandro Frost (phakathi) ubiza indlunkulu yakhe yomkhankaso edolobheni lase-Orlando.“Sawubona!Ngingu-Maxwell Alejandro Frost, ikhandidethi le-Democratic Congress e-Orlando, Florida.Unjani?"asho acishe igama nezwi ngemuva kwezingcingo eziningi kanyekanye.
Ngokusobala, akahambisani nesikhunta esijwayelekile se-Congressional, futhi unaso.Okokuqala, uneminyaka engu-25 ubudala, iminyaka ephansi yokusebenza eNdlu yabaMeli.Ungowase-Afro-Cuban, okuyivelakancane kakhulu esifundazweni nasezweni – usopolitiki omnyama nowaseSpanishi.Akakaphothuli ekolishi futhi into esemqoka kuye wumsebenzi wokuhlela umphakathi (ilungelo lokukhipha isisu; ukulawula izibhamu).Akazange abe nesikhundla somphakathi.Futhi akacebile: Uma engekho emkhankasweni wakhe, ushayela umphefumulo wakhe we-Kia, ebheka ku-Uber amahora amaningi ukuze aziphilise.(Imoto yakhe okwamanje isesitolo, okusho ukuthi unesikhathi esiningi sokusebenzisa umkhankaso omkhulu wangoLwesibili.)
“Sonke sasindiswa osopolitiki abangaphezu koyedwa.Akuyena umholi oyedwa lo,” kusho uFrost ekamelweni eligcwele abantu.“Le yindlela esizoyishintsha ngayo iFlorida.Uma ngithi “shintsha iFlorida” akukhona nje ukuyishintsha isuke ekubenibomvu iye eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka… impumelelo yami, futhi impumelelo yami impumelelo yakho.”
Omunye walabo bashayamthetho, u-Rep. David Cichillin, owe-Democrat wase-Rhode Island, wahlehla wenza konke okusemandleni akhe.Uhambe esuka eWashington no-Rep. Mark Takano wase-California ukuyokweseka intsha esanda kuqala.Uthe yiwona mhlangano omkhulu kunawo wonke aseke wawabona ekomkhulu lomkhankaso walo nyaka.
Kuyacaca ukuthi abenzi bomthetho, amavolontiya kanye nabasebenzi abahlangene lapha bawamukele umbono kaFrost - futhi bazimisele ukumbona ewina umqhudelwano wangoLwesibili we-navy-blue, konke kodwa okumqinisekisayo ukuthi uthola i-Z. Okuwukuphela kwakhe i-Afro-Cuban esizukulwaneni nakuKhongolose .
Ukuvota kubonisa ukuthi ukunqoba kungase kufinyeleleke.Inhlolovo entsha yezepolitiki eqhubekayo neqembu lokuvota i-Data for Progress ikhombisa u-Frost ehola isitha sakhe esiyinhloko seDemocratic Alliance ngemajini enamadijithi amabili, ngamaphesenti angama-34 amavoti.USenja wesiFundazwe u-Randolph Bracey kanye nalowo owayenguMmeli u-Alan Grayson bamlandele ngamaphesenti angu-18 namaphesenti angu-14, ngokulandelana.
Esimweni senkundla yempi, izihloko zezindaba zikazwelonke zigxila kakhulu kubantu ababili baseFloridians - owayenguMongameli uDonald Trump kanye noMbusi weRiphabhlikhi uRon DeSantis - uFrost ethemba ukuthi uzovula indlela yesizukulwane esisha sosopolitiki.Wayeqiniseka ukuthi lena yindawo efanele.
Amavolontiya, abasebenzi bomkhankaso, amalungu enyunyana yendawo kanye nabanye abalandeli bakaFrost bathi uyikusasa leDemocratic Party.Bathe wabagqugquzela ukuthi bangenele.Bathi abakwazi ukucabanga ukusebenzela abanye abantu amahora amaningi kangaka.Bathi nguyena wesilisa ozohola amandla amasha ezombusazwe adingwa kakhulu yiFlorida nezwe lonke.
Inhlolovo entsha yezepolitiki eqhubekayo neqembu lokuvota i-Data for Progress ikhombisa u-Frost ehola isitha sakhe esiyinhloko seDemocratic Alliance ngemajini enamadijithi amabili, ngamaphesenti angama-34 amavoti.USenja wesiFundazwe u-Randolph Bracey kanye nalowo owayenguMmeli u-Alan Grayson bamlandele ngamaphesenti angu-18 namaphesenti angu-14, ngokulandelana.Uzongenela umncintiswano wokuqala weDemocratic Alliance ngoLwesibili, Agasti 23, 2022.
Namuhla, uCicilline, umakadebona we-House oneminyaka engu-11, uthi le nqubomgomo “iyadumaza ngempela.Ubheka ukuthi kwenzekani ngabaqambi bozungu nabaphika ukhetho eWashington, futhi ungahlala phansi uthi, "Singadlula kulokhu."lokhu?
“Kodwa,” esho, “uzohlangana nabantu abafana noMaxwell … kuzovuselela ukholo lwakho kuntando yeningi nethemba ngekusasa.”
Leli yithemba elikhulu noshintsho kumuntu oneminyaka engu-25 ubudala.Kodwa uCicilline akuyena yedwa umakadebona wezombangazwe okufanele anconywe.U-Frost usekelwe inqwaba yamaqembu amakhulu nabaholi emazingeni endawo, esifunda, kanye nakazwelonke, okuhlanganisa nezigele u-Elizabeth Warren (MA) noBernie Sanders (MA), uMfu. Jesse Jackson, i-Congressional Progressive Group.I-PAC (Abaholi Bakazwelonke Bokuguqulwa Kwezibhamu Namalungelo Okukhipha Izisu) kanye ne-AFL-CIO.Wasekelwa futhi izinyunyana eziphezulu nabameleli bendawo enkabeni yeFlorida, kanye ne-Orlando Sentinel, eyamemezela uFrost “ngazo zonke izizathu ezizwakalayo ayengenakuziba.”
Kodwa naphezu kwakho konke uxhaso nokusekelwa, umbuzo omkhulu usasele: Ingabe abavoti base-Orlando bazomeseka umuntu osanda kuzalwa obhekene nengane emjahweni ophithizelayo ohlanganisa owayeyilungu leCongress kanye nosenenja wezwe osenesikhathi eside?
“Yingakho ngiyeke umsebenzi wami.Ngishayela i-Uber ukuze ngikhokhe izikweletu zami.Ngokweqiniso, kuwukuzidela,” kusho uFrost.“Kodwa lokhu ngikwenza ngoba angicabangi ukuthi ngibhekene nezinkinga esinazo njengamanje.”
Udlulise lawo mandla omfutho njengoba ehlezi nabasebenzi abahlanu abasebasha bezungeza itafula lokudlela lezinkuni elidala elinezihlalo ezingafani, wathumela umyalezo kubaxhasi izolo ebusuku.
Abantu abaningi abawaphenduli amafoni abo.Abanye abantu bayavala ucingo noma bamcele ukuthi angene ebhizinisini.Abanye bamhalalisele ngomkhankaso wakhe.Ngokuvamile, uFrost ugcina amandla aphezulu afanayo, ukuzimisela ukugcina ubuhlobo obuhle nabaxhasi futhi aphakamise izimali ezidingekayo ukuze avale umkhankaso wakhe.
“Sawubona!Ngingu-Maxwell Alejandro Frost, ikhandidethi le-Democratic Congress e-Orlando, Florida.Unjani?"asho acishe igama nezwi ngemuva kwezingcingo eziningi kanyekanye.
Etafuleni lesidlo sakusihlwa, kwaboniswa isiphithiphithi sezinsuku zokugcina zomkhankaso kanye nemisebenzi eminingi yeqembu elincane.Amavolontiya amabili ashayela omakhalekhukhwini bawo kanye kanye.Lapho othile ecela uFrost ukuba aphendule ucingo, igumbi lathula ngokushesha.Babezungezwe yinqwaba yezinhlu zamaposi - uFrost nabamelene naye - amalaptop namabhodlela amanzi angenalutho.
Esinye isisebenzi sokuzithandela sakhuluma ngokuthi kwakusele izinsuku ezimbalwa nje siqede esikoleni esiphakeme.Omunye ukhulume ngokuvota ekuqaleni kosuku.Umngane ushayele amahora amathathu nesigamu esuka eMiami ezosiza.Enye indiza isuka eWashington
Kuqhamuke udadewabo uMaria, kanye nomdlwane wakhe uCooper, begqoke ihhanisi eliphuzi le-bumblebee.Ukukhala kukaCooper kuzwakala ekamelweni ngesikhathi uFrost ekhuluma nomvoti.Konke kumile - kafushane - nge-sushi yesidlo sakusihlwa.Kuzoba ubusuku obude.
UMaxwell Frost uhlangane noMmeleli wase-US uMark Takano (kwesokudla) kanye noMmeli uDavid Cichillin (kwesokunxele), abeza ukuzobonisa ukusekela kwabo.U-Frost usekelwe inqwaba yamaqembu amakhulu nabaholi emazingeni endawo, esifunda, kanye nakazwelonke, okuhlanganisa nezigele u-Elizabeth Warren (MA) no-Bernie Sanders (MA), uMfu. Jesse Jackson, Iqembu le-Congressional Progressive Caucus Group.I-PKK ne-AFL-CIO.
UFrost, owatholwa futhi wakhulela emndenini waseCuba, uxoxa ngendaba yomndeni wakhe ngokuziqhenya: Umama wakhe wafika e-United States ngendiza yamahhala esuka eCuba ngawo-1960.Weza nogogo wakhe uYe Ya kanye nomamncane wakhe, futhi kwakungekho mali phakathi kwabo, ipotimende kuphela.Umkhaya wasebenza kanzima ezweni lawo lokutholwa, kodwa kwakunzima.Namuhla, unina unguthisha esikoleni sikahulumeni futhi usefundise imfundo ekhethekile iminyaka ecishe ibe ngu-30.(Akavamile ukukhuluma ngoyise.)
U-Frost ubonisa uthando lwakhe lomculo ekukhuleni kwakhe ekhaya laseCuba, ekhumbula ukuvuka ngoMgqibelo ekuseni namafasitela avulekele umculo waseLatin America futhi azi ukuthi sekuyisikhathi sokuhlanza, umkhuba emakhaya amaningi aseLatin America.Uthando lomculo lwaqhubeka phakathi neminyaka yakhe yesikole samabanga aphezulu lapho enza ibhendi ye-salsa ngenkathi efunda e-Art Magnet School.Kuyiqiniso elaziwa kancane, uthi, ukuthi iqembu lakhe i-Seguro Que Sí, okusho ukuthi “kunjalo” ngesiNgisi, lenze umbukiso wesibili wokugcotshwa kukaMongameli wangaleso sikhathi u-Barack Obama.
Kodwa, njengoba eshilo, isinqumo sakhe sokungenela uKhongolose siphuma engxenyeni ehlukile yobuntu bakhe.Ngonyaka odlule, abahleli bendawo baqala ukusikisela ukuthi uFrost agijime esikhundleni sakhe esasingenamuntu ngemuva kokudalulwa ukuthi uDemings wayengenela iSenate emzamweni wokuketula uMarco Rubio waseRiphabhlikhi.
Nokho, ekuqaleni wayengafuni ukwenza lokhu.Njengoba eke wakhankasa phambilini, uyabazi ubunzima obuningi obukhona ekungeneleni ukhetho.
Kodwa konke lokho kwashintsha lapho ethinta umama wakhe omzalayo ngoJulayi odlule.Phakathi nocingo oluthinta inhliziyo, wamtshela ukuthi wamzala ngesikhathi esisengozini enkulu yokuphila kwakhe.Lapho emthatha, uFrost wathi, wayehlushwa izifo eziningi—izidakamizwa, ubugebengu, nobumpofu—izinkinga zesistimu okwakudingeka zixazululwe ngokoqobo.
Ilungu lenyunyana ye-CWA litshele uFrost ukuthi isimo sengqondo “sokuphefumula umlilo” sihehe abalandeli bakhe.“Yilokhu esikudingayo!Sidinga igazi elincane.”
Imizwa yakhe ejulile yaqala kusenesikhathi.Lapho eneminyaka engu-15, ngemva kokudubula kweSandy Hook Elementary School, waqala ukuhlela imicimbi yokuqeda udlame lwezibhamu ngokubamba iqhaza emibhikishweni nokungqongqoza eminyango.Ukuzimisela nokuzibophezela kwakhe kuqiniswe kuphela lapho ebhekene nenqwaba yokudubulana kwabantu abaningi esifundazweni sakhe: isigameko sokudutshulwa kuka-2016 ePulse, iklabhu yasebusuku yezitabane e-Orlando, kanye nokudubula eMarjorie Stoneman Douglas High School eParkland.
"Uma sinemibhikisho, asikho isidingo sokuthi simtshele ngakho," uCurtis Hierro, umqondisi omkhulu wezomthetho kanye nenqubomgomo ye-American Communications Workers Association eFlorida, etshela ishumi nambili lamalungu enyunyana ehholo lenyunyana yendawo.umnyango osekela uFrost."UMaxwell uyiqiniso ngoba uyingxenye yenhlangano, uyawuqonda umnyakazo futhi yilokho okuphilayo nokuphefumulayo."
Ngaphambi kokuthi umsebenzi wakhe ufinyelele ekunakeni kweFlorida American Civil Liberties Union, uFrost ubambe izikhundla eziningi zomkhankaso nemicimbi yokuphatha, kwathi ngonyaka ka-2018 wasebenza ukuze avikele isichibiyelo sesi-4, esibuyisele amalungelo okuvota abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-1.6.EFlorida Ugwetshwe ngamacala obugebengu Muva nje, ubengumqondisi kazwelonke we-March for Our Lives, inhlangano yentsha ezinikele ekunqandeni udlame lwezibhamu.
“Omunye ubeke amazwana ngolunye usuku, 'Wawuneminyaka engu-15 edlule,'” kusho uFrost ecasukile."Yebo, ngineminyaka engu-15 - sihlala ezweni elineminyaka engu-15 ubudala futhi kwadingeka ngikhathazeke ngokudutshulwa esikoleni ukuze ngiqale ukulingisa, kubuhlungu kangakanani lokho?"
Endaweni yokwamukela izivakashi endlunkulu yakhe yomkhankaso, kunomdwebo omkhulu ka-Manuel Oliver, uyise ka-Joaquin, omunye wabafundi ababulawa esigamekweni sokudubula eParkland.Ngokumelene nesizinda esiphuzi ngokukhanyayo, izithombe zika-Joaquin noFrost kanye nomlayezo othinta inhliziyo: “Isikhathi sokusindisa izimpilo!Ngakho-ke gibela noma usuke endleleni!”
Imizwa yakhe ejulile yaqala kusenesikhathi.Lapho eneminyaka engu-15, ngemva kokudubula kweSandy Hook Elementary School, waqala ukuhlela imicimbi yokuqeda udlame lwezibhamu ngokubamba iqhaza emibhikishweni nokungqongqoza eminyango.Ukuzimisela nokuzibophezela kwakhe kuqiniswe kuphela lapho ebhekene nenqwaba yokudubulana kwabantu abaningi esifundazweni sakhe: isigameko sokudutshulwa kuka-2016 ePulse, iklabhu yasebusuku yezitabane e-Orlando, kanye nokudubula eStoneman Douglas High School eParkland.
Inkundla kaFrost ayigcini nje ngokuqeda udlame lwezibhamu, kodwa futhi “nekusasa elisifanele.”Ekukhangiseni ngama-oda weposi, umkhankaso wakhe wabhidliza izinto eziza kuqala kuye, eziqondana nalezo eziqhubeka kwesokunxele: I-Medicare yabo bonke, imigwaqo ephephile kanye nokuphela kodlame lwezibhamu, izindlu ezithengekayo, iholo lokuziphilisa, namandla ahlanzekile angu-100%.
Nokho, ukunqoba kuprimary ngoLwesibili akuqinisekisiwe.Izinselelo zakhe ezinkulu phakathi kwabangu-10 abangenele ukhetho nguBracey noGrayson, abafake isicelo ngomzuzu wokugcina ngoJuni ngemuva kokulahlekelwa isicelo sabo kuSenate yaseMelika.
Esikhangisweni sakamuva se-imeyili, uFrost ubahlasele bobabili ngokuqondile: UGrayson “wayekhohlakele.”U-Bracey “wayeyekethisa”.Womabili amakhandidethi ahoxile;Umkhankaso kaGrayson uthe uthumele incwadi yokumisa nokuyeka kuFrost.
"Okushiwo uFrost ngami kanye noSenator Bracey akulungile," kusho uGrayson esitatimendeni kuPOLITICO.Esitatimendeni, uthe isikhangiso sikaFrost “siyisinyathelo esibi somuntu onamanga isikhathi eside”.
“Ngethula uhlobo olusha lwenqubomgomo,” kusho yena.“Ngivela kwenye indawo.Angiyena ummeli.Angiyena usozigidi.Ngingumhleli.
"Uma sinemibhikisho, asikho isidingo sokuthi simtshele ngakho," uCurtis Hierro, umqondisi omkhulu wezomthetho kanye nenqubomgomo ye-American Communications Workers Association eFlorida, etshela ishumi nambili lamalungu enyunyana ehholo lenyunyana yendawo.umnyango osekela uFrost.Usekelwa izinyunyana eziholayo nabameleli bendawo abavela maphakathi neFlorida, kanye ne-Orlando Sentinel.
NgoJuni, esikhathini esingaphansi kwamasonto amabili ngemuva kokudubula e-Uvald Elementary School, uFrost wayengesinye sezishoshovu ezimbalwa ezacekela phansi umcimbi wase-Orlando uDeSantis owawuhanjelwe nomhlaziyi wezombusazwe u-Dave Rubin.Kuvidiyo eyasabalala ezinkundleni zokuxhumana, uFrost ukhuphukele esiteji wamemeza, “Governor.DeSantis, silahlekelwa abantu abayi-100 ngosuku ngenxa yodlame lwezibhamu.Mbusi, sidinga ukuthi uthathe isinyathelo ngodlame lwezibhamu… thatha isinyathelo.Abantu baseFlorida bayafa. ”
Ilungu lenyunyana ye-CWA litshele uFrost ukuthi isimo sengqondo “sokuphefumula umlilo” sihehe abalandeli bakhe.“Yilokhu esikudingayo!Sidinga igazi elincane.”
Kube wusuku olude futhi kuzoba obunye ubusuku obude – ube nomcimbi wokuqongelela imali oxhaswe ngabaxhasi abakhulu bendawo e-Baldwin Park, okungenye yezindawo ezicebe kakhulu zedolobha.Lapho, uzosebenza ekamelweni kuyilapho abadlayo belalele ngokucophelela ngenkathi bephuza iwayini futhi bedla amasemishi amancane aseCuba.
Kodwa manje, ngaphambi kokuba adle ama-jalapenos ngesidlo sasemini, uya ehholo lenyunyana ye-CWA, lapho u-Hierro namalungu akhe belungela ukumtholela ukusekelwa okwengeziwe.Abaningi babo base bemazi uFrost futhi bavuma ukugona.Abanye bebeqhamuka ezifundeni ezingomakhelwane bezokhombisa ukwesekwa.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Aug-24-2022
