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Bernie Moreno: “We had a rust belt. We had places that were gutted.”

Featuring: Bernie Moreno, Republican | U.S. Senate, Ohio

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Marco Rubio and Bernie Moreno Discuss Economic Realignment and Geopolitical Challenges at American Compass Event

Published | Video Starts at 10:32

It hurts your country, it robs people of jobs. And the transition is not nearly as easy, but it also ends up becoming corrosive and destructive to communities as a result. We had a rust belt. We had places that were gutted. and we had families that, for generations, that worked in a certain field or for a certain company. And. (10:32–10:36)

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Asserts that outsourcing led to economic decline in certain U.S. regions.

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