The 25-year-old progressive Democrat, who will receive a $174,000 salary as a congressman, says his score suffered as he accumulated debt running for office for a year and a half. Three months into his campaign, he said, he had to become a Uber driver to pay for bills and food.
“This ain’t meant for people who don’t already have money,” Frost tweeted Thursday about his problems apartment hunting in Washington, one of the most expensive cities in the country. His plight shows the challenge for young or otherwise struggling new members of Congress who are moving to an expensive city and may not have the financial means to secure housing before they start receiving their government salary.Frost’s campaign manager, Kevin Lata, said Friday that the congressman-elect has received more than 100 offers for temporary housing solutions as he continues his apartment search.
Get some legislation going to address that problem Ur not the only one outthere
Thing is, he rolled the dice, and he won. This will work out for him. There's a lot of people that end up in that boat, young and older, because life has it's twists and turns. High time to examine some of these common, but fairly recent, business practices. We can do better.
Doesn’t he have an office? Lots of reps have slept on their sofas
Maybe this is the reason he ran for Congress.
Get a co-signer. A new congressman should have a long waiting list.
If Maxwell Frost can’t find housing in Washington DC what the heck is Fetterman going do?
Life is tough.
RubyGonzales2 Congress should be placed in dorms and have a roommate from the opposite party
Lmfao . No participation trophies in real life
Is he sure that’s why?
Must have been all those student loans.
It’s weird seeing GOPers parade this around as if a huge part of their base isn’t in the same boat.
Americans will complain about social credit scores in China and simultaneously support credit scores.
That tickled me for some reason.
It’s a good education for him. Ideally it will help him appreciate the concerns of some of his constituents.
his government pay is making me want to run for office
Why aren't HouseDemocrats SenateDems SpeakerPelosi SenSchumer helping this person and any other new Democratic Congress people?
My money will now send him to a 'How to pay your bills on time' course.
Yeah, that's how it works. Welcome to the real world
FUN FACT: credit scoring started in 1990. Yep, your parents didn’t face this!
I'm shocked. Maybe his mom could move there for him
I probably would't rent to him either.
The DNC should set this young man up 🙂
By all means put him on the appropriations committee😂
Poor baby.
I wonder how fat his pockets will be by the time he leaves office. They come in poor and go out filthy rich and all on our dime.
He should check in with AOC. She had the same problem.
Showcasing how young people starting off have the odds completely stacked against them at every step based off of a 40 year old “credit score.” Sound familiar *ahem* (China)… thanks again, out of touch politicians and media moguls. Read the room.
He's in government now. Should be a millionaire shortly.
Credit tip: don’t spend more than you earn.
Can't keep walking away from debts.
paramore aintitfun
Just what you want with a House member who has a say in spending and borrowing. Bad credit.
Exactly what you want in your leaders who handle the finances of the country: people who have a history of poor money management.
That's life
Didn’t/don’t Schumer and Dick Durbin share an apartment with a couple other guys?
Why does he have a bad credit? Why people like to elect people with bad credit. If he can not take care of his own credit, how can we trust him with the country?
what about Twitter Files?
bad credit.. unable to manage money/ bills... an elected D to congress. No deep thinking will occur here.
There's a huge house at 1600 Pennsyvania. Check with them. They seem to be open to charity cases!
Similarly for medical residency, doctors are not paid before starting the job and the 3 months after school and before our first job we have to hustle to afford relocation fees, rent deposit, rtc
Love Maxwell Frost. I am proud as hell to have voted for him. Seeing him tweet through his reality is exactly the transparency and realism I wanted in my representative.
“Really bad” could be little to no credit history; which makes it more difficult to get credit.
Put a cot in the office.
Well he thought credit was free like govt handouts which his party champions poor soul didn't realize, its not the way the real world works
I'd rent you my apartment 3 miles from D.C. but I already have 2 really good tenants in there. Someone will find a place for him - there's lots of wealthy landlords in D.C. - just not me.
Woe is me….another f’ing AOC
Build congressional dormitories. Require Congress to live in them.
He just like me fr
A “good” credit score doesn’t mean you’re a responsible person, it means your profitable to lenders. Credit scores are a scam.
How much you wanna bet someone in his position only 30 years older would have no problem?
Deal with it. If you are not credit worthy suck it up
No words about Twitter election interference? No words about Twitter election interference? No words about Twitter election interference? No words about Twitter election interference?
There is no over sight on the credit bureaus, you miss one two payments because of life and your credit tanks, then takes way to long to come back up. It’s a system to keep minority’s from being able to participate in life’s needs. TheDemocrats need to put better oversight
Hey MarkHamill & WilliamShatner This young man in Florida, he represents our future. We need him & other young people his age to step up & start becoming more involved. Can you help him? I know I ask for lot but it’s always for the greater good. I appreciate you both so much.
Electing fiscally irresponsible people to control the country’s purse strings.
Maybe AOC will help him out.
Ideal candidate
He will probably be assigned to the Budget Committee. Dems can't manage our money either
He is not alone. The credit score people control your life!
Waaaaaaaa
Call Hakeem Jefferies!
And I bet he will be chairman of the budget committee in no time.
This means that you might be able buy his votes by peeling off a few benjamins.
Welcome to another 'liberal' city
Does he deserve preferential treatment or something?
🤣 Welcome to the real world Gen Z.
Me too. Those fees are way too much for low-income rentals, & who knows about discrimination when they deny a credit score.
It’s alright he’ll be a millionaire in a year
He said he lost the fee ‘after’ he was told his bad credit wouldn’t be an issue. He paid the fee, didn’t get the apt, they kept the fee. That was 60% the point of his tweet.
Bad credit and is a new House Member, oh great he’ll go far
Good now he’ll have to get one in a not so safe area and he’ll finally understand one of the many reasons why we have the 2A…
‘Tis normal in the city Max, welcome to DC
The most relatable article I've ever read about a member of Congress
Best of the best leading the country 😂
Lol how this dude got worse credit than me
Oh these first world problems are so horrible. How is this news worthy?
He’d be smart to take advantage of his office and put a big chunk of his paycheck into savings/precious metals/stocks, etc
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