Roy Cooper actually said...

"we needed the voices from the top of the United States, our president, our secretary of state, our influencers, to be explicit in their realtime backing for the heroism of the women of Iran."

"Friends have to be honest with friends. India has done better in the past and has to change course."

"we have probably, I mean, failed a generation of Iranians and, I think, endangered a significant number of people who were hoping against hope that the U.S. would lead the way as a voice of freedom."

"the world's democracies, led by the United States, have failed the women of Iran. That's just the truth."