What Adam Jentleson has said about Filibuster in the United States Senate
3 quotes · 1 episode · Nov 10, 2026
Adam Jentleson, Founder and president of the Searchlight Institute, former aide to Harry Reid and John Fetterman, author of 'Kill Switch' and 'Supermajority', has been quoted on Filibuster in the United States Senate 3 times in 1 episode of The Ezra Klein Show, most recently on November 10, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
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Jentleson says the 2009 Democratic majority wasted a year seeking Republican support that Mitch McConnell blocked.
“he made us waste a year on sort of this side quest of trying to get Republican support”
The Ezra Klein Show: The Path to a Democratic Supermajority (Nov 10, 2026) · Listen from 31:07
Jentleson reiterates his belief that the filibuster should be abolished.
“And yeah, listen, I believe very strongly that we should get rid of the filibuster. This was the topic of my first book”
The Ezra Klein Show: The Path to a Democratic Supermajority (Nov 10, 2026) · Listen from 33:17
Jentleson argues that gridlock under the supermajority threshold is a realized, greater risk than overreach under majority rule.
“The risk of the supermajority threshold is gridlock. And that's not a hypothetical risk. That's an extremely real risk”
The Ezra Klein Show: The Path to a Democratic Supermajority (Nov 10, 2026) · Listen from 38:15
Episodes
The Path to a Democratic SupermajorityThe Ezra Klein Show · Nov 10, 2026 · 55 min
Ezra Klein and Adam Jentleson discuss how Democrats can turn their 2026 midterm wave into a durable supermajority through big-tent politics, heterodoxy and filibuster reform.
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