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Rick Scott: “North Korea is building missiles to be able to get to…”

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

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Responding to Global Threats: A Conversation with Senator Rick Scott

Published | Video Starts at 37:54

And the other thing they're doing that we have to take into consideration is they're playing in our politics. So, I mean, China, I mean, these countries, they're playing into impacting our elections and things like that. … North Korea is building missiles to be able to get to America. … Japan and South Korea and Taiwan. But, you know, he's going to come. If he can build it, he'll come after us. So it's a completely totalitarian government. So it's. (37:54–37:59)

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Asserts that North Korea is developing missiles capable of reaching the United States.

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