Antony Blinken actually said...

"The president has talked about this going back some months working with Congress to build support, to train the moderate opposition."

"I do not see how you move forward in the relationship."

"These murderers represent the extremism that threatens to bring the region into a bloodbath."

"I watched them work together in the best tradition of bipartisan American foreign policy, to strengthen our diplomacy, to advance our interests and our values around the world."