"Mitch McConnell filibustered more executive nominees when Barack Obama was president than had been filibustered in the entire previous history of the United States."
"This immediately brings to question the filibuster and I was encouraged that Joe Manchin in this audio that was released the other day by the intercept, has said that he is open to a modification of t..."
"He’s kind of right. If everybody had a right to vote gets to vote, they would probably lose. That’s why, you know, all these states have been passing these laws to try to suppress votes. And then the ..."
"Well, there`s a lot of time between that and now and what Democrats have to do is accomplish stuff for the American people."
"I think that we`re heading in that direction. Joe was very, very frustrated with the vote on the January 6 commission."
"Joe has said that he will not get rid of the filibuster, but he`s open to modify it."
"Mitch McConnell made it very clear that if in 22 they pick up the majority, that he will not allow a Biden nominee for the Supreme Court to get to -- will get heard, just like Merrick Garland."
"They pack the court with Federalist Society judges during Trump and with really partisan, unqualified judges."
"If we lose this one, if we allow this to overturn elections, elected officials, elected Republican officials to overturn elections, our democracy goes away."
"Democrats aren’t trying to take your guns away. They’re trying to make people a little safer."
"I have been pushing something that Norm Ornstein and I have worked on together for a long time, which would be a reform of the filibuster."