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
allow their democracy to b taken away they are present, they ar accounted for, and people ar going to make their voices heard. legislative victories, w talked about those we talk about those al throughout the year, president biden, i will put them on up o the screen and go through couple signing landmark legislation talking about their strength o marriage act, the first gu safety legislation in thre decades, the inflation reduction act. tara, what do you think wa biden s biggest legislativ victory in 2022? well, you know, there are s many, simone, that is hard t just pick one. i think that people really didn t appreciate how many legislative wins president biden was able to accomplish whether it was the infrastructure bill, the bipartisan, the illustriou infrastructure bill that w waited for years before th trump administration to pass biden accomplished that. i think the inflation reductio act was incredibly important a a time people needed t understand in this country tha the pre