Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.), Era Z’s first congressman, used the conservative mythology of “pulling your self up by your bootstraps” to mock the chaos engulfing the GOP following the ousting of Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) because the Home speaker.
On Tuesday’s episode of “The Late Present,” host Stephen Colbert requested Frost: “Why didn’t you Democrats save Kevin McCarthy? Since you’re younger, you could not perceive that every little thing the Republicans do to one another is the accountability of Democrats to repair?”
Republicans have falsely tried to color Democrats as the true reason behind the speakerless Home.
Frost mentioned that, firstly, Republicans want “much more than me to repair what they’ve happening.”
“And I’d say No. 2, which is essential, is, look, we’ve been combating to save lots of meals stamps, social safety, Medicare, Medicaid this whole yr as Republicans have been working to take that away, take away that funding,” he defined.
Then got here the zinger: “And so I’m simply letting them pull themselves up by their bootstraps, you understand what I imply?” he cracked, referencing the conservative ideology of self-advancement by way of exhausting work alone.
“I don’t wish to give them any of that socialism, you understand what I imply?” he added.
“Precisely, they’ve acquired to do it for themselves,” mentioned Colbert.
“Precisely,” agreed Frost.
Elsewhere within the interview, Frost recalled a misunderstanding with older members of Congress over a quip about Coachella, defined how McCarthy’s protracted ascent to the speakership impacted his swearing into Congress, and defined the mission of the brand new Workplace of Gun Violence Prevention, which President Joe Biden established by government order final month.
Frost additionally declared why he’s “proud to be a Florida man.”
And the remainder of the interview right here: