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Rick Scott: “Alexander Diaz Rodriguez was starved, tortured, and has…”

Featuring: Rick Scott, Republican | U.S. Senate, Florida

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Senator Rick Scott and Members of Florida Delegation React to Raul Castro Indictment

Published | Video Starts at 11:48

So when democrats go down there and campaign for the regime, they're campaigning to do this to a human being. Alexander Diaz … Alexander Diaz Rodriguez was starved, tortured, and has cancer without treatment. … So again, what the path we're going down has the opportunity for success, the opportunity for the people of Cuba finally, after decades, to pick their own future. (11:48–11:52)

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Asserts that Alexander Diaz Rodriguez was mistreated by the Cuban regime.

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