happy new year, my friend, we are actually gonna be talking just about the choices that democrats made and the unity that was on display. we have congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez cortez at the top of the hour thank you for a great show, as always, buddy. if you took a high school history class in the united states, you probably spent at least a day discussing this image. this is the iconic political cartoon of the campaigning of senator charles sumner preston brooks, entered the senate, and he entered the chamber carrying a metal tipped cane. and he walked over to the anti slavery senator, charles sumner. he beat senator sumner unconscious and then he walked out without anyone stopping him. it is one of the most famous instances of political violence in our country s history, that one member of congress against another. but it was not unique. in the lead up to the civil war, they were at least 70 instances of political violence by elected representatives a
director tweeted this. yes there is at the fetterman eggnog ration. was it a food tray or a veggie tray? on that note, i wish you all very good night. four of all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you for staying up late. i will see you tomorrow. omorrow. if you took a high school history class in united states, you probably spent at least today discussing this image. this is the iconic political cartoon of the campaigning of senator charles in may of 1866, a pro slavery congressman name preston brooks entered the senate and he entered the chamber carrying a metal tipped again and then he walked over to the anti slavery senator charles sumner, he beat senator sumner unconscious and then he walked out without anybody stopping him. it is one of the most famous instances of political violence in the country s history, by one member of congress against the other. but it was not unique. in the lead up to the still war, there are at least 70 instances of
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caucus. and he is the political leader that democrats are all rallying around, as the republican caucus splits at the seams. outgoing speaker of the house nancy pelosi, the one who expertly lead her increasingly diverse caucus for years, she was there today, standing next to her successor. for a moment that will be enshrined in history for, well, a lot of reasons. joining us now is colorado congressman jonah goose, who is elected to the number five rule in leadership and will head up the communications on for the house democrats in the new congress. congressman thank you for joining us. i feel a lot of democrats feel like the job of communication was pretty easy today given the actual implosion on the other side of the aisle. but i have to, ask, given the phenomenal amount of unity when the house democratic caucus, what is your expectation for how democrats can use that unity to make any kind of legislative difference in the next congress when they are in the minority. good evening,
they are willing to reject certification of a presidential election if they do not like the results. and i believe that, on the democratic side, the acknowledgment of how fragile our democracy is in this moment is a critical part to that unity. we absolutely have differences. but i think in order to some of these major moments to advance really, the issues of working people, protect health care, and really defend a lot of the gains that we have made in the last 2 to 3 years, it s going to be very critical. yeah, it s so important under score the fact that the last time it happened beyond 1923 is the eve of this of a war, i really dislike an inflection point in terms of major, major social issues raised identity, a whole lot. no one knows what s going to happen. we are so deeply grateful for your time, congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez, of course integrated in new york, thank you time tonight, we really appreciate it. of course, thank you very much. and we will have much