Anthony D'Esposito actually said...

"So what we can't do is watch them and let them get away with behavior like that and not do something back and not be there with Taiwan, not be present, not be out there, and make them respect us the w..."

"The claims of my colleagues from the other side that we are politicizing this is absolutely ridiculous."

"At no point did they ask what party we were from. So, the claims of my colleagues from the other side that we are politicizing this is absolutely ridiculous."

"It is not free. We are paying for it."