Utah police arrested a man accused of assaulting a Florida congressman this weekend at a Sundance Film Festival after the man allegedly hurled racist comments to several patrons of a Creative Artists Agency party.<\/p>\n
Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost (D-Florida) posted on X that he was \u201cokay\u201d after being slugged by the man, identified by police as 28-year-old Christian Young.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was assaulted by a man at Sundance Festival who told me that Trump was going to deport me before he punched me in the face,\u201d Frost wrote Saturday in an X post<\/a>. \u201cHe was heard screaming racist remarks as he drunkenly ran off. The individual was arrested.\u201d<\/p>\n Frost, 29, has the distinction of being the first member of Gen Z<\/a> elected to U.S. Congress. Born in Orlando, Frost is in his second term representing a Central Florida district. He is Afro-Latino.<\/p>\n On his website, Frost noted his \u201cdiverse heritage with roots in Puerto Rican, Lebanese, and Haitian ancestry.\u201d He was adopted at birth \u201cby a Kansas-born musician-producer and … a special education teacher who immigrated to the US from Cuba as a child in the 1960s.\u201d<\/p>\n A person who was at the party told The Times that the suspect crashed the party and said \u201coffensive things\u201d to several partygoers, including in the men\u2019s restroom, before allegedly assaulting the congressman.<\/p>\n Security personnel removed the suspect from the venue, the source said. Police quickly arrived. <\/p>\n Park City Police Lt. Danielle Snelson said that officers responded to a report of an assault just after midnight at the High West Saloon on Park Avenue \u2014 the location of the Friday night party hosted by CAA.<\/p>\n \u201cUpon arrival, officers conducted an investigation and determined that Christian Young unlawfully entered a private party after previously being turned away for not having an invitation,\u201d Snelson wrote in an email. \u201cOnce inside the saloon, Young assaulted Florida Congressman Maxwell Frost and a female who was attending the private event.\u201d<\/p>\n Frost\u2019s companion was not identified. <\/p>\n After the incident, the congressman was seen speaking with Park City police officers outside the restaurant. In his X post, Frost wrote: \u201cThank you to the venue security and Park City PD for assistance on this incident.\u201d<\/p>\n The suspect was arrested and booked into Utah\u2019s Summit County Jail on charges of aggravated burglary and two counts of simple assault.<\/p>\n Axios reported <\/a>that County Judge Richard Mrazik ordered Young to be held without bail because of \u201cconvincing evidence\u201d that he may flee the area and \u201cwould constitute a substantial danger\u201d to the community. <\/p>\n \u201cI am horrified by the attack on Congressman Maxwell Frost. Grateful that he is okay, but appalled that this terrifying assault took place,\u201d Democratic House Leader Hakeem Jeffries wrote on X.<\/a> \u201cThe perpetrator must be aggressively prosecuted. Hate and political violence has no place in our country.\u201d<\/p>\n