Ukuba uphumelele isihlalo esivulekileyo se-Rep. Val Demings, i-activist ethethayo iya kuba yi-Generation Z yokuqala kunye ne-Afro-Cuban kuphela kwiCongress.
ORLANDO.Ikomkhulu lephulo likaMaxwell Frost, elibekwe kude kwiofisi ephakathi kwedolophu, libonisa ubugeza beprayimari esondela ngokukhawuleza: ixesha elaneleyo lokuyalela ukuba uthathe okanye ubalekele kwigumbi lokuhlambela ngosuku lomdyarho.Iiflaya zithe saa kwiitafile neeshelufa kwiofisi yonke.Isibheno kubaxhasi siyaqhuba.Krispy Kreme donuts ekhitshini kunye nebhodi yoku-ayina kwikona yegumbi lenkomfa.
Apha, kwigumbi elizaliswe liqela lamavolontiya kunye nabasebenzi bephulo, kukho ulindelo kunye nongxamiseko.Mhlawumbi ngenxa yokuba uvoto lwangethuba luqalile, iidemokhrasi ezimbini zeNdlu yabaMeli ziye zabhabha zivusa uqhushululu.Mhlawumbi yi-1.5 yezigidi zeedola aziqokelele uFrost, phambi kogqatso lwakhe kugqatso lweRep. Val Demings engenamntu.Mhlawumbi uFrost ngokwakhe.
Ukuqala nje ukujonga, uFrost ujongeka njengayo nayiphi na enye iGen Z: ujikeleza eofisini eneenwele ezimfutshane, ezigobileyo, ikhakis, iiteki ezinemibala emininzi kunye ne sweatshi emnyama yekota-zip, ngamanye amaxesha ekhankanya iTikTok kwincoko.Emva koko unxibe isuti eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka kunye nezihlangu ezimdaka ngesikhumba (ezingcono kwigqiza laseWashington), enoncumo oluqhelekileyo kodwa oluqinisekileyo ebusweni bakhe, unika isihlwele amandla kakuhle ngaphandle kokuphazanyiswa yingqalelo yomntu wonke.
UMaxwell Alejandro Frost (ophakathi) utsalela umnxeba kwikomkhulu lephulo lakhe kumbindi wedolophu yaseOrlando."Mholo!NdinguMaxwell Alejandro Frost, umgqatswa weCongress yeDemocratic Alliance eOrlando, eFlorida.Icomo estas?"wathetha phantse igama negama emva kokuba iminxeba emininzi ngaxeshanye.
Ngokucacileyo, akafanelanga kubumba obuqhelekileyo beCongressional, kwaye unayo.Okokuqala, uneminyaka engama-25 ubudala, ubuncinci beminyaka yokukhonza kwiNdlu yabaMeli.UngumAfro-Cuban, nto leyo enqabe kakhulu kwilizwe nakwilizwe – usopolitiki ontsundu kunye neSpanishi.Akakagqibi kwikholeji kwaye eyona nto iphambili kuye ngumsebenzi woququzelelo loluntu (ilungelo lokuqhomfa; ukulawula imipu).Zange abambe isikhundla sikarhulumente.Kwaye akasosityebi: Xa engekho kumzila wephulo, uqhuba umphefumlo wakhe we-Kia, ehlola ku-Uber iiyure ukuze aphile.(Imoto yakhe okwangoku isevenkileni, nto leyo ethetha ukuba unexesha elininzi lokulichitha kwiphulo eliphambili langoLwesibini.)
“Sonke sahlangulwa ngoosopolitiki abangaphezulu kwesinye.Asiyonkokeli enye le,” watsho uFrost kwigumbi elinabantu abaninzi.“Le yindlela esiza kuyitshintsha ngayo iFlorida.Xa ndisithi “tshintsha iFlorida” ayikokujika nje ukusuka ebomvu ukuya eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka…impumelelo yam, kwaye impumelelo yam yimpumelelo yakho.”
Omnye wabo bawisi-mthetho, u-Rep. David Cichillin, i-Democrat yaseRhode Island, wahlehla waza wenza konke okusemandleni akhe.Wahamba esuka eWashington kunye no-Rep. Mark Takano waseCalifornia ukuxhasa i-upstart eselula.Uthe yeyona ndibano inkulu awakhe wayibona kwikomkhulu lephulo kulo nyaka.
Kucacile ukuba abenzi bomthetho, amavolontiya kunye nabasebenzi abahlanganisene apha bawamkele umbono kaFrost - kwaye bazimisele ukumbona ephumelela iprimary ye-navy-blue yangoLwesibini, nto leyo eqinisekisa ukuba ungowokuqala u-Z. Okuphela kwe-Afro-Cuban kwisizukulwana nakwiCongress. .
Uvoto lubonisa ukuba uloyiso lunokufikeleleka.I-poll entsha yezopolitiko eziqhubela phambili kunye neqela lokuvota iDatha yeNkqubela ibonisa uFrost ekhokela umchasi wakhe oyintloko weDemokhrasi ngomlinganiselo ophindwe kabini, kunye neepesenti ezingama-34 zevoti.USenjankulu weSizwe uRandolph Bracey kunye no-Alan Grayson owayesakuba ngummeli wamlandela ngepesenti ze-18 kunye ne-14 ekhulwini, ngokulandelanayo.
Kwilizwe lemfazwe, iintloko zelizwe zigxininisa ngakumbi kwiiFloridians ezimbini - owayenguMongameli uDonald Trump kunye noRhuluneli waseRiphabhlikhi uRon DeSantis - lowo uFrost unethemba lokuvula indlela yesizukulwana esitsha sezopolitiko.Wayeqinisekile ukuba le yeyona ndawo ifanelekileyo.
Amavolontiya, abasebenzi bephulo, amalungu ombutho wendawo kunye nabanye abaxhasi bakaFrost bathi ikamva leDemocratic Party.Bathi wabaphembelela ukuba bazibandakanye.Bathi abanakuthelekelela ukusebenzela abanye abantu iiyure ezininzi kangaka.Bathi yindoda eya kukhokela amandla amatsha ezopolitiko afunwa yiFlorida kunye nelizwe lonke.
I-poll entsha yezopolitiko eziqhubela phambili kunye neqela lokuvota iDatha yeNkqubela ibonisa uFrost ekhokela umchasi wakhe oyintloko weDemokhrasi ngomlinganiselo ophindwe kabini, kunye neepesenti ezingama-34 zevoti.USenjankulu weSizwe uRandolph Bracey kunye no-Alan Grayson owayesakuba ngummeli wamlandela ngepesenti ze-18 kunye ne-14 ekhulwini, ngokulandelanayo.Uza kubaleka kwiprimary yeDemokhrasi ngoLwesibini, nge-23 ka-Agasti ka-2022.
Namhlanje, uCicilline, igqala le-House leminyaka eli-11, uthi lo mgaqo-nkqubo “uyadanisa ngokwenene.Ujonge ukuba kuqhubeka ntoni ngabathiyori beyelenqe kunye nabakhanyelayo kunyulo eWashington, kwaye unokuhlala phantsi uthi, "Singadlula kule nto."yi le?
“Kodwa,” watsho, “uya kudibana nabantu abafana noMaxwell ...
Eli lithemba elikhulu kunye notshintsho kumntu oneminyaka engama-25 ubudala.Kodwa uCicilline asikuphela kwegqala lezobupolitika elinconywayo.I-Frost ixhaswe ngamaqela amakhulu kunye neenkokheli kwinqanaba lengingqi, likarhulumente, kunye nelizwe, kuquka iSenators u-Elizabeth Warren (MA) kunye noBernie Sanders (MA), uMfundisi Jesse Jackson, i-Congressional Progressive Group.I-PAC (IiNkokheli zeSizwe zoHlaziyo lweMipu kunye namaLungelo okuKhupha izisu) kunye ne-AFL-CIO.Uye waxhaswa yimibutho ephezulu kunye nabameli basekhaya kumbindi weFlorida, kunye ne-Orlando Sentinel, eyabhengeza uFrost “ngaso sonke isizathu esivakalayo ebengenakusihoya.”
Kodwa ngaphandle kwayo yonke inkxaso-mali kunye nenkxaso, umbuzo omkhulu uhlala: Ngaba abavoti base-Orlando baya kuxhasa umntwana omtsha ojongene nomntwana kugqatso oluxineneyo olubandakanya owayesakuba yi-congressman kunye ne-seneta yelizwe elide?
“Yiyo le nto ndiyekile umsebenzi wam.Ndiqhuba i-Uber ukuze ndihlawule amatyala am.Ukunyaniseka, kukuzincama,” utshilo uFrost.Kodwa ndikwenza oku kuba andikwazi ukucinga ukuba ndijongene neengxaki esinazo ngoku.
Wawahambisa la mandla anamandla njengoko wayehleli nabasebenzi abancinci abahlanu malunga netafile yokutyela yamaplanga yakudala enezitulo ezingahambelaniyo, kwaye wathumela umyalezo kubaxhasi phezolo.
Abantu abaninzi abaziphenduli iifowuni zabo.Abanye abantu bayaxhoma okanye bamcele ukuba ahle aye kwishishini.Abanye bavuyisana naye ngephulo lakhe.Ngokuqhelekileyo, uFrost ugcina amandla afanayo aphezulu, ukuzimisela ukugcina ubudlelwane obuhle kunye nabaxhasi kunye nokunyusa imali efunekayo yokuvala iphulo lakhe.
"Mholo!NdinguMaxwell Alejandro Frost, umgqatswa weCongress yeDemocratic Alliance eOrlando, eFlorida.Icomo estas?"wathetha phantse igama negama emva kokuba iminxeba emininzi ngaxeshanye.
Kwitheyibhile yesidlo sakusihlwa, isiphithiphithi seentsuku zokugqibela zephulo kunye ne-multitasking yeqela elincinci laboniswa.Amatsha-ntliziyo amabini afowunela iiselfowuni zawo ngaxeshanye.Xa umntu ecela uFrost ukuba aphendule ifowuni, igumbi lathi cwaka ngoko nangoko.Babengqongwe ziimfumba zoluhlu lokuposa - uFrost kunye nabachasi bakhe - iilaptop kunye neebhotile zamanzi ezingenanto.
Elinye itsha-ntliziyo lathetha ngendlela elalisalelwe ngayo kwiintsuku nje ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokuba liphumelele kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo.Omnye uthethe ngokuvota kwangethuba.Umhlobo waqhuba iiyure ezintathu ezinesiqingatha ukusuka eMiami ukuya kunceda.Enye indiza isuka eWashington
Udade wabo uMaria wavela, kunye nenjana yakhe iCooper, enxibe intambo yeenyosi etyheli.Isikhalo sikaCooper savakala kwigumbi njengoko uFrost wayethetha nomvoti.Yonke into yema - ngokufutshane - kwi-sushi yesidlo sakusihlwa.Kuya kuba bubusuku obude.
UMaxwell Frost wadibana nommeli wase-US uMark Takano (ngasekunene) kunye nommeli uDavid Cichillin (ngasekhohlo), abeza ukubonisa inkxaso yabo.I-Frost ixhaswe ngamaqela amakhulu kunye neenkokheli kwinqanaba lengingqi, likarhulumente, kunye nelizwe, kuquka iSenators u-Elizabeth Warren (MA) kunye noBernie Sanders (MA), uMfundisi Jesse Jackson, i-Congressional Progressive Caucus Group.I-PKK kunye ne-AFL-CIO.
UFrost, owamkelwa waza wakhuliswa kusapho lwaseCuba, ngebhongo ubalisa ibali losapho lwakhe: Umama wakhe weza eUnited States ngenqwelomoya yasimahla esuka eCuba ngeminyaka yoo-1960.Weza nomakhulu wakhe uYe Ya kunye nomakazi wakhe, kwaye kwakungekho mali phakathi kwabo, kukho isuitcase kuphela.Le ntsapho yazibhokoxa kwilizwe eyalikhulisayo, kodwa kwakunzima.Namhlanje, unina ungumfundisi-ntsapho kwisikolo sikarhulumente yaye ebefundisa imfundo ekhethekileyo phantse iminyaka engama-30.(Akafane athethe ngoyise.)
UFrost ubonisa uthando lwakhe lomculo ekukhuleni kwikhaya laseCuba, ekhumbula ukuvuka ngoMgqibelo ekuseni kunye neefestile ezivulekele umculo waseLatin America kunye nokwazi ukuba kwakuyixesha lokucoca, isithethe kwimizi emininzi yaseLatin America.Uthando lomculo lwaqhubeka kwiminyaka yakhe ephakathi kunye nephakamileyo xa wayesenza iqela le-salsa ngelixa wayefunda kwisikolo se-Art Magnet.Yinyani eyaziwayo kancinci, utsho, ukuba iqela lakhe iSeguro Que Sí, elithetha ukuthi "ewe" ngesiNgesi, lenziwe kumngcelele wokumiselwa kwesibini kowayesakuba nguMongameli uBarack Obama.
Kodwa, njengoko watshoyo, isigqibo sakhe sokungenela iCongress savela kwindawo eyahlukileyo yobuntu bakhe.Kunyaka ophelileyo, abaququzeleli basekhaya baqala ukucebisa uFrost ukuba abaleke kwisihlalo sakhe esingenamntu emva kokuba kutyhilwe ukuba uDemings wayebalekela iSenethi ngelinge lokugxotha uMarco Rubio waseRiphabhlikhi.
Noko ke, ekuqaleni wayengafuni ukuyenza le nto.Ekhe wakhankasa ngaphambili, uyazazi iinzima ezininzi ezibandakanyekileyo ekungeneleleni isikhundla.
Kodwa yonke loo nto yatshintsha xa wayenxibelelana nomama wakhe omzalayo ngoJulayi ophelileyo.Ngexesha lokufowuna ngokweemvakalelo, wamxelela ukuba wamzalela elona xesha lisemngciphekweni wobomi bakhe.UFrost wathi xa wamkhulisayo wayesilwa nezigulo ezininzi—iziyobisi, ulwaphulo-mthetho nobuhlwempu—zinto ezo ekwakufuneka ziconjululwe ebomini.
Ilungu le-CWA lixelele uFrost ukuba isimo sengqondo "sokuphefumla umlilo" satsala abalandeli bakhe.“Nantsi into esiyifunayo!Sifuna igazi elincinci.”
Iimvakalelo zakhe ezinzulu zaqala kwangoko.Kwiminyaka eyi-15, emva kokudubula kweSandy Hook Elementary School, waqala ukuququzelela iminyhadala yokuphelisa ubundlobongela bemipu ngokuthatha inxaxheba kuqhanqalazo kunye nokunkqonkqoza ezicangweni.Isigqibo sakhe kunye nokuzibophelela kwakhe komelezwa kuphela ebusweni bokudubula kwabantu abaninzi kwilizwe lakhe: ukudubula kwe-2016 ePulse, i-nightclub ye-gay e-Orlando, kunye nokudubula kwi-Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School e-Parkland.
“Xa sinoqhanqalazo, akufuneki nokuba simxelele ngalo nto,” uCurtis Hierro, umlawuli ophezulu wezomthetho kunye nomgaqo-nkqubo weAmerican Communications Workers Association eFlorida, uxelele ishumi elinambini lamalungu emanyano kwiholo yomanyano yasekhaya.umnyango ukuxhasa iFrost."UMaxwell yinyani kuba uyinxalenye yentshukumo, uyayiqonda intshukumo kwaye yile nto uphila kwaye uyiphefumla."
Phambi kokuba umsebenzi wakhe ufike kwingqwalasela yeFlorida American Civil Liberties Union, uFrost wabamba iqela lephulo kunye nezikhundla zolawulo lwemisitho, kwaye ngo-2018 wasebenza ukukhusela isiHlomelo se-4, esibuyisele amalungelo okuvota abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-1.6.Izigwebo zolwaphulo-mthetho zaseFlorida Kutsha nje, ebengumlawuli wesizwe weMarch for Our Life, umbutho wolutsha ozinikele ekuthinteleni udushe lwemipu.
“Umntu othile wathetha la mazwi ngenye imini, ‘Wawuneminyaka eli-15 kwiminyaka elishumi eyadlulayo,’” watsho uFrost ecaphukile.“Ewe, ndineminyaka eli-15 – sihlala kwilizwe elineminyaka eli-15 ubudala kwaye kwafuneka ndibenexhala lokudutyulwa esikolweni ukuze ndiqalise ukulingisa, ibuhlungu kangakanani loo nto?”
Kwindawo yokwamkela iindwendwe yekomkhulu lakhe lephulo, kukho umzobo omkhulu kaManuel Oliver, utata kaJoaquin, omnye wabafundi ababulawa kudutyulo lwaseParkland.Ngokuchasene nemvelaphi etyheli eqaqambileyo, imifanekiso kaJoaquin kunye noFrost kunye nomyalezo obuhlungu: "Ixesha lokusindisa ubomi!Ke khwela okanye uphume endleleni!”
Iimvakalelo zakhe ezinzulu zaqala kwangoko.Kwiminyaka eyi-15, emva kokudubula kweSandy Hook Elementary School, waqala ukuququzelela iminyhadala yokuphelisa ubundlobongela bemipu ngokuthatha inxaxheba kuqhanqalazo kunye nokunkqonkqoza ezicangweni.Isigqibo sakhe nokuzibophelela kwakhe komelezwa kuphela phambi kokudubula kwabantu abaninzi kwilizwe lakhe: ukudubula kwe-2016 ePulse, i-nightclub ye-gay e-Orlando, kunye nokudubula kwi-Stoneman Douglas High School e-Parkland.
Iqonga likaFrost alikho malunga nokuphelisa udushe lwemipu kuphela, kodwa kunye "nekamva elisifaneleyo."Kwintengiso ye-imeyile, iphulo lakhe laphula izinto eziphambili kuye, ezihambelana nezo zenkqubela phambili ekhohlo: I-Medicare kubo bonke, izitrato ezikhuselekileyo kunye nokuphela kobundlobongela bemipu, izindlu ezifikelelekayo, umvuzo wokuphila, kunye ne-100% yamandla acocekileyo.
Nangona kunjalo, uloyiso kwiprayimari yangoLwesibini aluqinisekiswanga.Abaceli mngeni bakhe abakhulu phakathi kwabaviwa be-10 nguBracey noGrayson, abafake ngomzuzu wokugqibela ngoJuni emva kokulahlekelwa yibhidi yabo kwi-Senate yase-US.
Kwintengiso ye-imeyile yamva nje, uFrost wabahlasela ngokuthe ngqo bobabini: UGrayson "wayekhohlakele."UBracey “wayelalanisa”.Bobabini abaviwa barhoxile;Iphulo likaGrayson lathi lithumele ileta yokuyeka nokuyeka kuFrost.
"Into eyathethwa nguFrost ngam kunye noSenator Bracey ayilunganga ngokucacileyo," utshilo uGrayson kwingxelo kwiPOLITICO.Kwisiteyitimenti, wathi intengiso kaFrost "yayiyintshukumo enqwenelayo yexoki elide".
“Ndizisa nje uhlobo olutsha lomgaqo-nkqubo,” watsho.“Ndisuka kwenye indawo.Andilogqwetha.Andingosozigidi.Ndingumququzeleli.
“Xa sinoqhanqalazo, akufuneki nokuba simxelele ngalo nto,” uCurtis Hierro, umlawuli ophezulu wezomthetho kunye nomgaqo-nkqubo weAmerican Communications Workers Association eFlorida, uxelele ishumi elinambini lamalungu emanyano kwiholo yomanyano yasekhaya.umnyango ukuxhasa iFrost.Uxhaswa yimibutho ekhokelayo kunye nabameli basekuhlaleni abavela kumbindi weFlorida, kunye ne-Orlando Sentinel.
NgoJuni, ngaphantsi kweeveki ezimbini emva kokudutyulwa kwesikolo i-Uvald Elementary, uFrost wayengomnye wamatsha ntliziyo awonakalise umnyhadala waseOrlando uDeSantis awayewuzimase nomhlalutyi wezopolitiko uDave Rubin.Kwividiyo eye yasasazeka kumajelo eendaba ezentlalo, uFrost wenyuka waya eqongeni wakhwaza, “Rhuluneli.DeSantis, silahlekelwa ngabantu abali-100 ngosuku kubundlobongela bompu.Rhuluneli, sifuna ukuba uthathe inyathelo kubundlobongela bompu… thatha inyathelo.Abantu baseFlorida bayafa. ”
Ilungu le-CWA lixelele uFrost ukuba isimo sengqondo "sokuphefumla umlilo" satsala abalandeli bakhe.“Nantsi into esiyifunayo!Sifuna igazi elincinci.”
Ilusuku olude kwaye buza kuba obunye ubusuku obude – ebesindleke ingxowa-mali exhaswe ngabaxhasi abakhulu basekhaya eBaldwin Park, enye yezona ndawo zizityebi kwesi sixeko.Apho, uya kusebenza kwigumbi ngelixa abatyayo bephulaphule ngenyameko ngelixa bephunga iwayini kwaye besitya iisandwich ezincinci zaseCuba.
Kodwa ngoku, phambi kokuba atye i-jalapenos ngesidlo sasemini, uya kwiholo yomanyano ye-CWA, apho u-Hierro namalungu akhe belungiselela ukufumana inkxaso eyongezelelweyo kuye.Uninzi lwabo lwalusele lumazi uFrost kwaye lwanga.Abanye bebephuma kwiingingqi eziselumelwaneni bezokubonisa inkxaso.
Ixesha lokuposa: Aug-24-2022
