Gerry Connolly actually said...

"he had the gall to actually try to practice law and represent a defendant falsely accused on trumped up charges."

"it is a horrific example of the worst kind of totalitarian justice, frankly, and it needs to be singled out and condemned."

"We can't be delusional about how much, but--and maybe it had counterproductive impacts, as well."

"we can't frame this as an either/or. Either we pursue our self-interest very callously and turn a blind eye to all this human rights stuff, or we pursue this high moral ground at the expense of our se..."