Latino Democrats launch 'Our Lucha' war room using Spanglish to combat GOP

Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Fla., is among the members using Spanglish — meaning a mix of English and Spanish — to communicate with constituents. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

As the youngest candidate elected to Congress last year, Florida Democratic Rep. Maxwell Frost says Spanglish was key in connecting with voters.

"You might be nervous doing a full ad in Spanish and maybe sounding, you know, like a 'gringo' or whatever, and you don't want to sound that way," Frost, 27, told NPR recently from his Capitol Hill office.