Ben Cardin actually said...

"We, in the Department's Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, are proud to be part of America's diplomacy in this case."

"Neutrality in the case of Belarusian politics is an enemy of freedom and we cannot continue."

"Tough talk is not good enough. There have to be major consequences for what happened."

"The enemy is Lukashenko, and he is the enemy not just to the European Union and the United States."