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Marco Rubio: “You have governments, and I use Cuba as an example, that are not legitimate. In essence, they do not have the consent of…”

On the recordJune 29, 2011
You have governments, and I use Cuba as an example, that are not legitimate. In essence, they do not have the consent of the people that they govern.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

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Rubio critiques the legitimacy of governments like Cuba's, lacking public consent.

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