Year they are history making, unprecedented, consequential from Criminal Investigations into the former president of the United States to midterm elections that preserved our democracy, from the makeup o the Supreme Court and th decisions that threatened ou rights to the very rapid ris of hate speech on public discourse, we have plenty to dig into you are watching simone and yo know i have a lot to say when i reflect on the wil ride that was 2022, i keep coming back to these words historic and unprecedented democrats bumped historica trends by expanding thei Senate Majority and preventing a red wave in the house of representatives. And voters, they changed the representation in more way than one electing the first gen z membe of congress with Maxwell Frost In Florida The First woman elected to congress from vermont, wit becca blunt, the First Out Lesbian governors, lamar heal in massachusetts, and tina kotek in oregon. The first black governor o maryland with wes moore. The list just g
year they are history making, unprecedented, consequential from criminal investigations into the former president of the united states to midterm elections that preserved our democracy, from the makeup o the supreme court and th decisions that threatened ou rights to the very rapid ris of hate speech on public discourse, we have plenty to dig into you are watching simone and yo know i have a lot to say when i reflect on the wil ride that was 2022, i keep coming back to these words historic and unprecedented democrats bumped historica trends by expanding thei senate majority and preventing a red wave in the house of representatives. and voters, they changed the representation in more way than one electing the first gen z membe of congress with maxwell frost in florida the first woman elected to congress from vermont, wit becca blunt, the first out lesbian governor s, lamar heal in massachusetts, and tina kotek in oregon. the first black governor o maryland with wes moore. th
we start by taking you back to november third, 2020. that is election night . donald trump wasn t enjoying a leaf in the swing states against joe biden the mood was triumphant both at the white house and at the fox headquarters in new york. but then at 11:20 p.m. all broke loose. what is this happening here? why is arizona blue? did we just call it? did we make a call in arizona? there is a check mark. did our decision does make it? arizona, 11 a pictorial vote. the case was a fox accurately calling arizona for joe biden that changed everything. when the network called the entire election for biden angry viewers a flock to to hear election is s theories. it was significant enough to cause a brief ratings drop for the empire. fox adapted by questioning the election results and then spreading conspiracy theories over 700 times in just a span of two weeks after biden won. but including dropping a fury against a little-known electronic voting company in this country. watch.
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