Gerry Connolly actually said...

"I mean, you couldn't have asked for a better sense of citizenship."

"the only viable electoral alternative was the Muslim Brotherhood. They were the only ones who had organized."

"The idea that there is only this military-led government or chaos in the void seems to me an unacceptable proposition."

"I believe that those actions are almost designed to play into the hands of the very people you and I want to prevent from coming to power."