What Adam Jentleson has said about Searchlight Institute
1 quote · 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 Searchlight Institute once 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.
In their words
Jentleson says Searchlight's research found that opposing social promotion in schools signals to voters that a candidate is a different kind of Democrat.
“if kids fail the requirements of their grade, they should not be promoted, that sends a really powerful signal to voters that you're a different kind of Democrat”
The Ezra Klein Show: The Path to a Democratic Supermajority (Nov 10, 2026) · Listen from 18:07
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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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