Political Leaders React to Hate Crime Against Maxwell Frost at Sundance: ‘Political Violence Has No Place In Our Country’
After Florida Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost revealed on Saturday that he was the victim of a racially motivated assault in Park City the night before, several of his fellow politicians have offered support and lamented a culture of anti-immigrant rhetoric that spurred the assault.
Among those who took to X included Washington Rep. Pramila Jayapal, who wrote, “I’m so grateful that @MaxwellFrost is ok, but this kind of violence is encouraged and inflamed by the violent and anti-immigrant, anti-Black rhetoric and action perpetrated by Trump and other Administration officials. This has to stop.”
Several other politicians sounded off below.
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