Maxwell Alejandro Frost (born January 17, 1997)[1] is an American politician and activist serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 10th congressional district since 2023.
[6] He has identified Occupy Wall Street, the Columbine High School massacre, the killing of Trayvon Martin, and the Orlando nightclub shooting as events that affected his thinking.
[6][13] In November 2021, Frost was arrested at a voting rights rally in Lafayette Square led by William Barber II and Ben Jealous.
"[16] Frost beat state senator Randolph Bracy and former U.S. representatives Alan Grayson and Corrine Brown, among others, in the August 23, 2022, primary.
He was endorsed by numerous national and local political figures, including Jesse Jackson, former NAACP president Ben Jealous, civil-rights activist Dolores Huerta, and U.S. senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.
[4][7] In January 2023, Frost and Representative Jared Moskowitz sent House speaker Kevin McCarthy a letter asking him to convene a classified meeting to address mass shootings.
[4][6][7] He introduced with Representative Doris Matsui in 2024 the EPIPEN Act, which seeks to cap out-of-pocket costs for epinephrine autoinjectors used for severe allergic reactions at $60 per two-pack for individuals with health insurance.
"[31] Frost supports a two-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and has indicated his intent to travel to Israel to promote "US leadership in bringing peace to a region that so desperately needs and deserves it".
[32][33][35] He has criticized the Palestinian Authority's martyr's fund that compensates the families of dead and wounded militants, likening it to a recruitment tactic of Hamas for the purpose of committing politically motivated violence against Israel.
[35] Jewish Insider characterized his responses as a reversal that distanced himself from his past while declaring an aggressive stance against the BDS movement, calling for unconditional military aid to Israel, and stating his opposition to anti-Zionism.
[43] During a January 2024 House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing on immigration Frost proposed removing the Statue of Liberty in response to Republican bill H.R.
[49] Frost was among a handful of Democrats who received about $1 million in support from former billionaire and felon Sam Bankman-Fried's Protect Our Future PAC, as well as the maximum individual donation of $2,900.
[50] In December 2022, the U.S. government indicted Bankman-Fried after alleging that he gave investor money to progressive political candidates, among other fraudulent crimes.