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Marco Rubio: “I think abusers of human rights are mostly afraid of the sunshine, they are afraid of information, they are afraid of…”

On the recordJune 27, 2017
I think abusers of human rights are mostly afraid of the sunshine, they are afraid of information, they are afraid of the people knowing what they did and afraid of being asked to change their behaviors.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

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Rubio emphasizes that human rights abusers fear transparency and accountability.

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