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Marco Rubio: “There was a bipartisan warning, OK. You look at the intelligence, look at everything before us. It was clear that not…”

On the recordAugust 16, 2021
There was a bipartisan warning, OK. You look at the intelligence, look at everything before us. It was clear that not was the worst case scenario out there. It was the likeliest outcome that was going to happen. And we kept insisting what is the plan if this happens? What is the plan? And they arrogantly and they smugly ignored it. They ignored everyone who was warning them because they`re the experts. They know everything and now we`ve seen the consequences.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida
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msnbc.com

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