‘F*** Ron DeSantis’: Gen-Z Congressman Blasts Florida Governor at Paramore Concert

Representative Maxwell Frost (D., Fla.) shouted, “F*** Ron DeSantis, F*** fascism” on stage at a Paramore concert in Washington, D.C. on Friday.

Singer Hayley Williams invited Frost, the first Gen-Z congressman, on stage. He hugged Williams and did a worshipping gesture.

She then asked Frost if he would like to say anything to the audience, at which point he shouted his expletive-filled attack on the Florida governor.

“Do you see this? Do you see the future right here?” Williams said as the crowd cheered at Frost’s remarks.

The liberal congressman then sang and danced on stage as the band performed “Misery Business.”

Frost was not backing down after the clip went viral on Saturday morning: “I said what I said,” he wrote in a tweet. 

The incident comes as Paramore has made disparaging DeSantis, who last week announced his 2024 presidential bid, a part of their act.

At the Adjacent Music Festival in Atlantic City, N.J., last weekend she encouraged attendees not to support DeSantis in the Republican primary, saying, “if you vote for Ron DeSantis, you’re f***ing dead to me. Is that comfortable enough for anyone?”

Williams has also been outspoken against several conservative laws in her home state of Tennessee, saying earlier this year: “Drag is not a crime. Gender-affirming health care for all, including our youth, is a necessity.”

Other artists have also been critical of DeSantis, including Phoebe Bridgers, who led a “f*** DeSantis” chant during a 2022 show in Tampa. She told the crowd to “say ‘gay,'” in protest of Florida’s Parental Rights in Education law, which critics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, despite the law not mentioning the word “gay” anywhere. Instead, in its initial iteration it prohibited teachers from discussing sexual orientation or gender identity with students in kindergarten through third grade, “or in a manner that is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards.”

The law was recently expanded to cover students in grades 4 to 12 as well, unless those lessons are required by existing state standards or part of reproductive health instruction that students can opt out of.