Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL) said Saturday he was assaulted by an individual after being threatened with deportation.
Police in Park City, Utah, said Christian Joel Young, 28, snuck into a private event at the Sundance Film Festival, where witnesses report that he approached Frost and a friend. Authorities say Young allegedly said, “We are going to deport you and your kind” while hugging them, prompting the two to push Young away, according to FOX 13.
“Last night, I 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. He was heard screaming racist remarks as he drunkenly ran off. The individual was arrested and I am okay. Thank you to the venue security and Park City PD for assistance on this incident,” Frost said on X.
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Frost has Puerto Rican, Lebanese, and Haitian ancestry and was adopted at birth in 1997 by musician Patrick Frost and his wife, Maritza Argibay-Frost, who immigrated to the United States from Cuba in the 1960s, according to the congressman’s House page.
Another victim said Young approached her and her friend and started making “inappropriate and racially charged” comments before pushing her against a bar and threatening to deport her.
Young has been booked on suspicion of assault, aggravated burglary, and assaulting an elected official. Police wrote in the arrest report that both assault charges will be screened for a hate crime enhancement.
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A judge has ordered Young to be held without bail.
The Washington Examiner has contacted Frost’s office and the Park City police for comment.
