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Marco Rubio Slams Rand Paul On Cuba: ‘He Has No Idea What He’s Talking About’ [VIDEO]

Alex Griswold Media Reporter
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Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio slammed fellow Republican Senator Rand Paul for his support of President Barack Obama’s Cuba policy, telling Fox News’ Megyn Kelly that Paul “has no idea what he’s talking about.”

KELLY: Senator Marco Rubio, your thoughts on Senator Rand Paul’s comments supporting the president?

RUBIO: Well, like many people that have hit on it, he has no idea what he’s talking about. And I’ll tell you why; number one, the embargo on Cuba is an embargo that frankly has a bunch of holes in it. To give you an example, the United States is still one of Cuba’s largest trading partners, even now with the embargo.

All sorts of commercial products and humanitarian products like food stuffs and other things are available in Cuba. Americans travel there all the time on what they call cultural exchanges. A bunch of Americans travel there, by the way, in violation of the embargo through third countries. Cuban-Americans can travel as many times as they want. they can send a lot of money back to Cuba to their relatives.

What’s hurting the Cuban people is not the embargo. What’s hurting the Cuban people is the Cuban government.

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