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
more u.s. aid to ukraine, to help them fight putin aggression, while some republican governors use migrants at our southern borde as political pawns, busing the to blue cities with a little t no notice. so, what does this past year mean for the next? joining me now to discuss is eugene scott, he s a nationa political reporter for the washington post. daniel moody is also here, she s the host of the woke a podcaster, and tara setmayer i back, she s a senior adviser for the lincoln project. welcome, welcome to you all. unprecedented and historic y all. i want to start with january six committee because th conclusion of their work was indeed, historic we ve got the first ever criminal referrals for forme president and it include charges of obstruction conspiracy to defraud and make false statements, an insurrection so, i will give this monty tara talk to me about how impactful you think that the january six committee really was, and what is the larger effort to hold donald trump accounta