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
think derek makes such a important point. particularly when we look at the anti-lgbtq+ attacks this year, they were extremel venomous, especially towards transgender, nonconforming people and your organization actually found that 72% of transgende people, they actually don feel safe in the current political environment. talk to me about the respons to this hatred do you think it has been adequate you ve got the white house now starting these, you know councils to address all th hate fbi put out a hate crime report that was less tha accurate talk to me a little bit abou the response here. yeah, i think, you know, it is a mixed bag right now on th response i think that the white house and the executive office hav taken this very seriously. i think where we are seeing lot of room for improvement is at the state level i think that, you know, what w are seeing happen is that, especially with the tran
british embassy a number of times for off the record lunches and breakfasts for him. he is now leaving because of what he said in confidential cables about the president. they got some backup from jeremy hunt, who could be the next british prime minister who said he is deeply saddened to hear of the resignation of sir kim derek, standing up for britain means standing up for the finest diplomats in the world. it should never have come to the spirit of the president really went after him hard. is that just the president punching bag, jonah, or is there some diplomatic maneuver here that the president is trying to extract by same to britain you re supposed to be our best friend, and look what you re doing. i would be a little nervous if more diplomatic cables like this from other embassies start coming out because i don t think derek s analysis is that out of the main from other embassies. john: might be tame compared to some. i think this is a classic example if i were acosta i w
sounds like this happen in the 19th century. this was the most recent past. the most horrific kinds of stories. the fact that a wealthy man recruited teenage girls and abused them and was known for doing this, an open secret, and they couldn t more effectively prosecute him. he ends up going to jail for 13 months and is able to leave six days a week to do his job? that doesn t seem right. john: now acosta says he thought he was going to spend 18 months in jail and he said the work release program was b.s. but matt, where do you think this goes from here? democrats want to haul him up on capitol hill and growing. not really surprised by that. i think they sense a political opportunity and also want to shift i think the focus from epstein s connection to democrats to the trump administration. this is part of that campaign. if the media coverage continues the way it does i do think acosta is in trouble. john: let s jump to the u.k. ambassador. sir kim derek. a fixture that many peop