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Rick Scott: “There's one now in prison. He's 16 years old. He complained…”

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

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Rick Scott on Cuba: Maximum Pressure and What Comes Next

Published | Video Starts at 03:37

Wow. So what they do is they torture, they starve, they sexually assault these prisoners. And, you know, it's like, There's one now in prison. He's 16 years old. He complained because his parents didn't have electricity. And so, number one, I want all the political prisoners released. That's number one thing we ought to do. (03:37–03:44)

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Asserts that a 16-year-old is imprisoned in Cuba for complaining about lack of electricity.

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