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Rick Scott: “The government of Russia hates us. The government of China…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 03:06

Have a strong military to be able to stop this. And let's look at the world right now. The world's dangerous. The world dangerous for. You can blame anybody you want to blame. The government of Russia hates us. The government of China hates us. The government Iran hates us. The government North Korea hates us. So it's a danger. It's a dangerous place. And so if we don't build up a military that can defend their freedom, then we're going to lose it. (03:06–03:13)

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Asserts that the governments of Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea are hostile towards the United States.

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