Ben Cardin actually said...

But what happened the night after the election is what brought us to the point where we are today.

I would like to point out that under Assistant Secretary Gordon's direction, five men and women--count them--five diplomats--led by Mr. Scan...

The government did allow the monitoring mission and allowed nine opposition candidates to register and to run against President Lukashenka.

People demonstrate in democracies and life goes on.