Marco Rubio: “The president, when he was a candidate and he was running…”

“And then I think that opens the door to figure out whether this is possible. By the way, this should be a mystery to no one. The president, when he was a candidate and he was running, he said very clearly this is a war that never would have happened. And I believe that to be true had he been president. And we need to bring it to an end. He's working to become. He wants to be a peacemaker, usually.” (04:01–04:06)

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