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On the recordMay 9, 2017
I cannot help but see the similarity in the images with the repression we saw in 2009 right after the fraudulent elections in Iran.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida
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Rubio compares Venezuelan repression to Iran's post-election violence in 2009.

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