Ben Cardin actually said...

"We really play into making our country more vulnerable when we use that type of rhetoric that estranges Muslims around the world."

"We should expect that danger to grow if the tone and the approach of the new administration resemble in any way the tone and the approach of the campaign."

"I think words and lexicon matter quite a bit."

"We need to build on the success that we have seen in combatting ISIL."