Joseph Biden actually said...

"as long as Putin is in power - - A, he`s killing two countries, both Russia and Ukraine, and nothing constructive, no constructive dialogue is possible with him."

"Nobody believes we`re going to take down -- I was talking about taking down Putin. Nobody believes that, number one."

"I`m not walking any back as expressing the more outrage I felt toward the way Putin is dealing with the actions of this man, which is just brutality."

"as long as Vladimir Putin is the president of Russia, there will be no constructive change, no constructive dialogue -- that very little in the way of any kind of meaningful cooperation or dialogue is..."