Barack Obama actually said...

"The United States condemns the Asad regime's use of brutal violence and human rights abuses and calls on the Asad regime to stop its violence against the Syrian people."

"These are the men and women who work to ensure that debate on public issues can be, in the words of Justice William Brennan, 'uninhibited, robust, and wide open.'"

"This is not about partisan politics, it's about upholding the institutions that make our democracy work."

"The end of the Republic has never looked better."