Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"It is a nightmare of grooming, manipulating, stigmatizing, and abusing young athletes not only in gymnastics but in swimming, figure skating, speed skating, and not just by one horrible person, Larry ..."

"If Larry Nassar is the gatekeeper, then we have a real issue."

"When an FBI agent goes to talk to a potential witness and he or she has heard the president of the United States attacking the FBI, it undermines that agent's ability to do his or her job."

"I think it has been harmed. I say that with great sadness."