Gen Z's 1st Congressman Mocks GOP As 'Out Of Touch' For Tweet About His Housing Woes

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Rep.-elect Maxwell Alejandro Frost (D-Fla.) hasn’t been sworn in to Congress yet, but he’s already doing one of his unofficial duties: clapping back at bad-faith tweets posted by the Republican Party.

It happened after Frost did an interview with ABC’s Jonathan Karl that discussed, among other things, the challenges the former gun control advocate and part-time Uber driver has faced trying to find affordable housing in Washington.

Earlier this month, he said his application to rent an apartment in the District of Columbia was rejected due to his bad credit score.

Although Frost will earn $174,000 as a congressman, that won’t kick in until weeks after he’s sworn into office.

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

https://www.yahoo.com/news/gen-zs-1st-congressman-mocks-220319008.html

[TexasTowelie]

1. That first paycheck is going to feel like winning the lottery.

I hope that he has some money set aside to survive that first month.

[Captain Zero]

10. He has nothing set aside.

He has a bad credit rating.

[MrsCoffee]

3. Are you kidding me?

This post is completely out of touch with reality.

“ Just go find a freaking place to stay. ”

Obviously missing the whole point here.

[SYFROYH]

4. Its too bad senior congresspersons don't look out for the new kids.

I’m sure there are empty guest rooms.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

5. It's the GOP version of, "Let them eat cake."

[patricia92243]

6. FORMER gun control advocate??? Does that mean a Democrat that believes

guns should NOT be controlled.

[aocommunalpunch]

11. Money talks. n/t

[onenote]

7. Clueless republicans self-own themselves again

Guess who sleeps in his or her office to save having to rent a place —. Lots of republicans, including (according to this 2018 report) a certain Kevin McCarthy. Edited to add BBC a second, older story in which a number of republicans defend sleeping in their offices.

https://nypost.com/2018/05/01/these-politicians-are-sleeping-in-their-dc-offices-to-save-money/


https://www.cbsnews.com/news/one-fifth-of-house-freshmen-sleep-in-offices/

[tanyev]

8. Didn't AOC have that problem when she first got elected, too?

Seems like the Democratic Party could have procedures in place to help newcomers get settled in D.C.

[msfiddlestix]

9. right? it's kinda of weird there isn't already in place.n/t

[BComplex]

12. I hope somebody starts him a GoFundMe page.

There are lots of folks with paychecks that would be willing to kick in a little bit!

[LakeArenal]

13. Do we know why there is bad credit?

As a landlord, I’ve seen many with bad credit. If theyhave a history of failure to pay rent, then that’s a problem.

Medical, student loan? Or poor choices?

Many times I accepted a co-signer with credit approval. Maybe do that for the few weeks until payday.

Just because someone is going to be paid well doesn’t mean they are credit worthy either. Credit history is a real thing. Something young people learn the hard way.

Yes we landlords are a hard lot.