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Rick Scott: “The United States does not want a humanitarian crisis. We've…”

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Rick Scott Asked Point Blank About Trump Saying The US Should 'Take Cuba'

Published | Video Starts at 05:03

This didn't start when Madur Maduro was giving them resources, you know, as a result of Cubans in the military to help him. So. And that stopped. So. And as you know, The United States does not want a humanitarian crisis. We've allowed oil to flow into the people, not to the government. Yeah, obviously they're suffering right now. (05:03–05:09)

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Asserts that the U.S. allows oil to flow to the Cuban people, not the government, to avoid a humanitarian crisis.

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