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
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. the list just goes on. with such dramatic shifts came another historical changing of the guard, when speaker, nancy pelosi, the first woman speake of the house, pass the torch t congressman, hakeem jeffries who will be the first blac leader of any major politica party in congress. and it s not just in the house that we are seeing these changes. justice ketanji brown jackso now sits on the nation s highest court, the first black woman ever to sit on the supreme court. her appointment as a crown jewel of the judiciary i changing right before our very eyes the president biden s 97 confirmed nominees, 60% were women and 67% were people of color. this is the most diverse cro of nominees the nation has eve seen and with democrats expanding
the senate majority, those numbers are expected to grow even more next year. these confirmations, they ar just one part of president biden s victories in 2022. the president signed legislation protecting federal recognition of same se marriages, preparing for the industries of the future investing in historic amount in combatting the climat crisis, and limiting access to weapons in the first significant gun safety bill in nearly 30 years. while we celebrate successes and historic firsts, we ar also navigating very uncharted territory. the first ever crimina referrals from congress of a former president, donald trump for his role in the january 6t attack on the capitol, the unprecedented fbi search of hi mar-a-lago estate. donald trump faces multipl ongoing criminal investigations and yet, he remains the face o a party that has relied on delusional and extremism rhetoric to stoke fear and pursue power i have said it on this sho time and time again, these