Following most nationwide elections, one of the liberal media’s favorite tropes is to trumpet so-called “historic” winners that assist one in filling out a diversity bingo card. Such was the case Wednesday morning after the lackluster Republican performance as ABC, CBS, and NBC used their flagship news programs to swoon over Democrat Maxwell Frost winning a dark-blue Orlando-area House seat to become the first member of generation z elected to Congress.
And following CNN from Tuesday night, the networks basked in the election of two Democrats to Democrat states as Maura Healey will become the first openly lesbian governor in U.S. history and Wes Moore was elected as Maryland’s first black governor.
ABC correspondent Victor Oquendo made sure to tuck Frost’s win in during a Good Morning America segment about the massive red wave that struck in Florida: “That said, [Democrats’] one highlight, 25-year-old Democrat Maxwell Frost winning his election becoming the first gen-z member. He is now filling Val Demings’s seat. She lost to incumbent Marco Rubio.”
Frost came up at the end of a separate piece from correspondent Trevor Ault, who chronicled how “more and more candidates from both parties....are breaking down barriers, shattering glass ceilings.”
Ault also roped in Healey and Moore with Governor Kathy Hochul (D-NY) and threw a bone to Republicans by acknowledging Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s win in Arkansas.
CBS Mornings was gun ho toward Frost. After a nod in the 7:00 a.m. Eastern Eye Opener, he dominated their look at “some historic wins.”
“Did you all hear about 25-year-old Democrat Maxwell Frost becoming the first member of generation z? Nate, I think those are — that's your kids' generation,” boasted “What to Watch” segment host Vladimir Duthiers to co-host Nate Burleson.
Duthiers gushed that Frost, “a black Latino,” “was easily elected in Florida's 10th congressional district” by harping “on stricter gun-control laws and abortion rights.”
The CBS journalist did zoom through Healey, Sander, and Republican Kate Britt winning one of Alabama’s Senate seats before landing on Moore, which had co-host and Democratic donor Gayle King giddy (as Moore was heralded by her friend, Oprah Winfrey) (click “expand”):
DUTHIERS: Elsewhere, Republican Katie Britt became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate from the great state of Alabama. Britt will succeed longtime Senator Richard Shelby, who is retiring. Meanwhile, Massachusetts and Maryland replaced their Republican governors with Democrats. Maura Healey won the Massachusetts governor's race. She will be the first openly lesbian governor in the United States and the first female governor of Massachusetts. That is huge. And over in Maryland —
KING: Wes Moore!
DUTHIERS: — this is also huge.
KING: Huge!
DUTHIERS: Wes Moore elected the state's first black governor, defeating far-right Republican Dan Cox. Moore becomes just the third black person elected governor in U.S. history and finally, former White House Press Secretary, Republican Sarah Huckabee Sanders was elected governor of Arkansas. She is the first woman to lead the state and the highest profile former Trump administration official elected to office. Congratulations to all of —
KING: All of them.
DUTHIERS: — these historic wins. Really, really cool.
KING: We remember Sarah Huckabee, of course, during those press briefings with Donald Trump —
DUTHIERS: We sure do.
BURLESON: Yeah.
KING: — Trump’s communications secretary. And she's only 40 years old.
But they couldn’t move on without more gushing over Frost. Simultaneously, Duthiers and King proclaimed, “I love that story.”
They then joked that, while “my man’s going to Congress,” none of them were anywhere close to being capable of that when they were 24.
Frost came up a third time in the 8:00 a.m. Eastern Eye Opener. King gushed that she “like[s] him already” after hearing a soundbite of him saying, even though he’s barely eligible to serve, “I’m not too young, I’m just on time.”
“Gen-Z is making their presence felt,” Burleson added.
NBC’s Today wasn’t to be left out and, unlike ABC and CBS, they only mentioned Democrats. Co-host Hoda Kotb cheered the “night of historic firsts” with Healey and Moore winning and co-host Craig Melvin touting Hochul and Frost becoming “the first member of Generation-Z to win a House seat.”
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To see the relevant transcripts from June 9, click “expand.”
ABC’s Good Morning America
November 9, 2022
7:32 a.m. Eastern[ON-SCREEN HEADLINE: Breaking News; Florida’s Red Shift; Republicans Score Big Wins in the Sunshine State]
VICTOR OQUENDO: In speaking with Democrats in the state, they feel let down by party leadership. Some telling me they need to clean house in Florida and start over. That said, their one highlight, 25-year-old Democrat Maxwell Frost winning his election becoming the first Gen-Z member. He is now filling Val Demings’s seat. She lost to incumbent Marco Rubio.
(....)
8:04:43 a.m.
1 minute and 9 seconds[ON-SCREEN HEADLINE: Breaking News; Historic First; Trailblazers Make Big Waves on Election Night]
AMY ROBACH: Election night brought historic firsts across the country. Let’s go to Trevor Ault with more on the trail blazers. Good morning, Trevor.
TREVOR AULT: Good morning, Amy. So, as we're waiting on all these results to be finalized, we are seeing more and more candidates from both parties, really, who are breaking down barriers, shattering glass ceilings. Let's begin just in Maryland. We now know that Wes Moore is going to be the state's first black governor and not just him, Anthony Brown is Maryland's first person elected attorney general. Then up in Massachusetts, Maura Healey is now their first elected female governor and not just that. She is first openly lesbian woman elected governor in any state in the history of the country. Here in New York, of course, incumbent Kathy Hochul — she took over when Andrew Cuomo resigned — she is now the first woman elected governor of the empire state and also a familiar face down in Arkansas, former Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders — remember her — she is now their first woman elected governor in Arkansas. And finally this morning, we also now have our first gen-examine congressional representative. Maxwell Frost. He’s down in Florida around the Orlando area. He is just 25. That is the youngest that you can possibly be to be elected to Congress, T.J.
T.J. HOLMES: Congratulations to him. Trevor, we appreciate you.
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CBS Mornings
November 9, 2022
7:01 a.m. Eastern [TEASE]UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: Kathy Hochul becomes the first woman ever elected governor of the state of New York.
NBC WASHINGTON’s JIM HANDLY: Maryland just made history. Democrat Wes Moore will become the state's first black governor.
(....)
7:48 a.m. Eastern
VLADIMIR DUTHIERS: Let's begin with a special edition of What to Watch —
GAYLE KING: Yes.
DUTHIERS: — beginning with some historic wins that you should know about. Did you all hear about 25-year-old Democrat —
KING: Yes.
DUTHIERS: — Maxwell Frost becoming the first member of Generation Z? Nate, I think those are — that's your kids' Generation.
[ON-SCREEN HEADLINE: Historic Wins]
NATE BURLESON: No doubt about it. Congratulations to the young fella.
DUTHIERS: He just won a seat in the United States Congress. He was easily elected in Florida's 10th congressional district, that's the Orlando area. Frost is also a black Latino who focused his campaign on stricter gun-control laws and abortion rights. Congratulations to him.
KING: That’s right.
DUTHIERS: Elsewhere, Republican Katie Britt became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate from the great state of Alabama. Britt will succeed longtime Senator Richard Shelby, who is retiring. Meanwhile, Massachusetts and Maryland replaced their Republican governors with Democrats. Maura Healey won the Massachusetts governor's race. She will be the first openly lesbian governor in the United States and the first female governor of Massachusetts. That is huge. And over in Maryland —
KING: Wes Moore!
DUTHIERS: — this is also huge.
KING: Huge!
DUTHIERS: Wes Moore elected the state's first black governor, defeating far-right Republican Dan Cox. Moore becomes just the third black person elected governor in U.S. history and finally, former White House Press Secretary, Republican Sarah Huckabee Sanders was elected governor of Arkansas. She is the first woman to lead the state and the highest profile former Trump administration official elected to office. Congratulations to all of —
KING: All of them.
DUTHIERS: — these historic wins. Really, really cool.
KING: We remember Sarah Huckabee, of course, during those press briefings with Donald Trump —
DUTHIERS: We sure do.
BURLESON: Yeah.
KING: — Trump’s communications secretary. And she's only 40 years old.
DUTHIERS: That's right.
KING: Yeah.
DUTHIERS: Congratulations.
KING: Congrats.
BURLESON: There's a youth movement.
DUTHIERS: That Gen-Z — I love that story —
KING: I love that story.
DUTHIERS: — of Maxwell Frost.
KING: He’s 25?
DUTHIERS: He's 25 years old. And just — the notion that — I mean, you remember what you were like at 25?
BURLESON: Right. Right.
DUTHIERS: And my man's going to Congress.
BURLESON: Right.
KING: Yes.
DUTHIERS: So yeah. Enough said about that.
KING: But you —
BURLESON: I was just trying to wake one time.
KING: — you turned out okay.
DUTHIERS: Thank you.
KING: You turned out okay.
DUTHIERS: Took many, many years, Gayle. Many, many tries.
(....)
8:02 a.m. Eastern
[ON-SCREEN HEADLINE: Gen Z in the House]
MAXWELL FROST: Know that your congressman loves you and will fight day in and day out.
BURLESON: It looks like Gen Z is in the house. Florida's Maxwell Alejandro Frost is projected to be the first member of his Generation to win a seat in Congress.
FROST: The Constitution says you got to be at least 25 years old to serve in Congress. As a 25-year-old, I'd say I'm not too young, I'm just on time.
DUTHIERS: Just on time.
KING: Oh, we like him already.
DUTHIERS: Right?
BURLESON: That's right.
KING: I'm not too young, I'm just on time.
BURLESON: Yeah.
KING: Oh, congrats.
BURLESON: Gen Z is making their presence felt.
KING: Yes.
DUTHIERS: They really are.
BURLESON: That’s for sure.
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NBC’s Today
November 9, 2022
8:10 a.m. Eastern[ON-SCREEN HEADLINE: Decision 2022; Historic Night of Firsts]
HODA KOTB: Alright, election night was also a night of historic firsts all across the country. In Maryland, Democrat Wes Moore beat Republican Daniel Cox to be the state's first black governor. In Massachusetts, Democrat Maura Healey is the first woman to be elected governor in the state and she’s the nation's first openly lesbian governor.
CRAIG MELVIN: Meanwhile, here in New York, Democrat Kathy Hochul making history as well as the first woman elected to the state's highest office in New York. She’s been serving as governor since 2021 — that was the resignation of Andrew Cuomo. Meanwhile down in Florida, Democrat Maxwell Frost the first member of Generation-Z to win a House seat.
