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Rick Scott: “Since the 1959 socialist revolution, the authoritarian…”

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

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'This Is A Complete Waste Of Time': Rick Scott Trashes Senate Dems' Cuba War Powers Resolution

Published | Video Starts at 01:15

And they've been unbelievably successful in our state. So I'm really. I always love to talk about Cuba, and I'm glad their Democrats want to talk about Cuba. Since the 1959 socialist revolution, the authoritarian dictatorship has refused to hold free and fair elections in Cuba. So no elections in Cuba. There's no duly elected president in Cuba. The Castro regime has killed Americans and its citizens, and they cozy up to our enemies, Russia, Communist China, Iran and Hezbollah. (01:15–01:24)

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Asserts that Cuba has not held free and fair elections since 1959.

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