Joseph Biden actually said...

"President Biden voiced the deep concerns of the United States and our European allies about Russia's escalation of forces surrounding Ukraine and made clear that the U.S. and our allies would respond ..."

"I think that what President Biden has done today as you laid it out, with all these repeated phone calls to allies is showing that the United States and its allies, is very serious and resisting it."

"What President Biden did today was lay out very clearly the consequences if he chooses to move."

"I don’t see this as being about the business of the presidency, so we don’t need to protect it."