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Marco Rubio: “We haven't had a strike in the Caribbean basin in almost…”

Featuring: Marco Rubio, Republican | Secretary of State, United States | National

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People were just going out there, you know, openly, without any fear of the reaper. And now I think people understand, like it's not a good idea. By the way, We haven't had a strike in the Caribbean basin in almost five weeks. Do you know why? It's not because we stopped looking. It's because no one wants to get on a boat anymore and do that. So it's been effective at cutting that down. (57:57–58:01)

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Asserts that there have been no strikes in the Caribbean basin for nearly five weeks.

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