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Ron Johnson: “The Cubans have had access to those kind of goods from other…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Senator Johnson on Fox News Sunday Discussing US-Cuba Relations

Published | Video Starts at 05:29

Do you think that that kind of relaxation, that kind of opening of business and trade between the two countries, even though we're not lifting the trade embargo, will that benefit the average Cuban? No. The Cubans have had access to those kind of goods from other trading partners. And the Cuban, the Castro regime has remained every bit as oppressive and repressive as you know. So that is not going to help the Cuban people at all. (05:29–05:33)

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