Rep. Tim Ryan continued trading barbs with Rep. Tulsi Gabbard after the first part of the Democratic presidential debate, accusing her of befriending Syrian Dictator Bashar al-Assad.

“I personally don’t need to be lectured by somebody who’s dining with a dictator who gassed kids,” the Ohio Democrat told reporters after the Wednesday debate. “I know what I’m talking about. I’m right, and we can’t let these areas be wide open.”