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On the recordAugust 1, 2017
We are under no illusion that that would be the goal of the FARC once they become engaged politically.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Rubio warns that FARC aims to gain power through democratic means to govern undemocratically.

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