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Marco Rubio: “America became strong because of those three things. We have…”

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Sen. Marco Rubio at Rebuilding American Capitalism An American Compass Forum.

Published | Video Starts at 24:32

It also involves, bottom line is this, guys, we're never going to be a strong country if we can't make things and if we don't have strong families that live in strong communities. It's that simple. Okay, we have, we need those three things. America became strong because of those three things. We have undermined all three things. Not just, not just neglected, openly undermined all three things. The authority of parents, the undermined community or at least community as we understood it and obviously looked away from our economic resiliency and our national security in that vein. (24:32–24:38)

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Asserts that America became strong due to manufacturing, strong families, and communities, which have been undermined.

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