Theodore Deutch actually said...

"Turkey is strategically in a place where it is as an ally more important than ever for the United States of America."

"Turkey is not a perfect democracy, but it is an evolving democracy, and it is one we want to encourage to turn westward."

"There has never been what has proven to be a bad time to raise it, if you think about it."

"I am fearful that in our haste to make a statement that provides understandable comfort to our constituents, we are going to rupture one of the most important bilateral relationships we have right now..."