Marco Rubio: “Deindustrialization was not inevitable. It was a conscious…”

“But only if we are unapologetic in our heritage and proud of this common inheritance, can we together begin the work of envisioning and shaping our economic and our political future. Deindustrialization was not inevitable. It was a conscious policy choice. A decades long economic undertaking that stripped our nations of their wealth, of their productive capacity and of their independence and the loss of our supply chain.” (08:59–09:05)

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