Marco Rubio: “Their [Cuba's] economic system does not work. It's broken.”

“There's some State Department communications that occur I just don't see a lot of. At the end of the day, they got to make a decision. Their system doesn't work right. Their [Cuba's] economic system does not work. It's broken. And you can't fix it. With the current political system that's in place, they just don't comprehend how to do it. And it's a failed state. Like their economy.” (01:22–10:01)

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