Joseph Biden actually said...

"I think we have to, you know, turn the screws rather harder if we`re going to get Prime Minister Abiy to stop this."

"Unfortunately, a Democratic stand to protect our democracy met a solid Republican wall of opposition. It was the suppression of a bill to end voter suppression, another attack on voting rights that is..."

"the Biden administration has tried to put pressure on Prime Minister Abiy to lighten up on the quite brutal repression that is underway in the Tigray area."

"It is war crimes. I think it reeks of genocide, and there`s simply no excuse for what the Ethiopian government is doing right now."