Maxwell Alejandro Frost
Role at the time: U.S. Representative (D-Fla.)
Statement summary
Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) told The Kicker with Ashlee Banks that Sen. Ashley Moody had been silent on Laura Loomer's remarks about Black women in politics and asked whether she condemns them.
“We’ve heard silence from her, and I think all Black people in Florida deserve to know Ashley Moody, where are you at on this? You condemn this? Are you okay with it?”
Substack newsletter and video report by Ashlee Banks on Loomer's remarks about Black women in politics, with on-the-record comments from Frost, Rep. Yvette Clarke, Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove and Rep. Jonathan Jackson.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Why we used this label
The case's reference point is Loomer's remarks about Angie Nixon and other Black women in politics. Frost says Sen. Ashley Moody has been silent, asks whether she condemns the comments and Loomer, and asks whether she is okay with them. He treats the remarks as something that should be condemned, so we labeled it Condemned.