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Rick Scott: “There's a few people, like Royal Castro's family that have…”

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

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Sen. Rick Scott: Cuba is next after Iran war

Published | Video Starts at 07:16

Will Cuba be next? Yes. The government of Cuba is completely corrupt, like all socialist governments are. It's completely corrupt. There's a few people, like Royal Castro's family that have all the money and the rest of people are starving. So the president's doing the right thing, making sure the government of Cuba does not have oil, does not have dollars, does not have opportunity. (07:16–07:23)

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Claims that wealth in Cuba is concentrated among a few, specifically mentioning Royal Castro's family, while others are impoverished.

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