Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fl., reacts to Joe Biden's Hispanic outreach in Miami on 'Fox & Friends.'
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Appreciate it Griff,
meanwhile, lets bring in
Florida Senator Marco Rubio.
He happens to be a Republican,
but he knows that he is a member
of the foreign Senate Relations
Committee.
Senator great to see you
thank you.
Brian turns out. The vice
president was in your area.
Hes trying to win over the
hispanic community as early
voting or last day to register
started ended yesterday,
Heres a little of Joe Biden
trying to win over Cuban
Americans and Venezuelan
Americans
see how I it went.
I would use sanctions as as o
of the tools for comprehensive
strategy that includes
humanitarian assistance,
international pressure and
support for democratic actors in
Venezuela to enforce the regime
to embark on the road to a free
and fair election.
We also need a new Cuba policy.
The administrations approach is
not working.
Cuba is no closer to freedom and
democracy than it was four years
ago.
In fact, there is more political
prisoners. Secret police are as
brutal as ever,
and Russia is once again a major
presence in Cuba,
Brian. So I guess its president
trumps fault, that there is a
lack of freedom in Cuba,
thats interesting.
What about that policy that we
can barely make out
both of the statements are a
joke.
I mean a total joke
on the issue of Venezuela. Is he
basically describing the trump
policy?
Trump has actually done it
more sanctions,
thats what we have done:
crippling sanctions,
support for democratic actors.
The president of the United
States was the first world
leader to interim President Juan
Guide Andguaido.
Fifty something countries recognize
Guaido as legitimate government.
I dont understand what it is. He
would do any differently other
than I think back down and
actually reverse course
and on Cuba. He is acting like
when the Obama policies in place.
They were closer to democracy,
all the things he just
criticized were in place you
when the Obama policies that he
supports- and I imagine thats
what I mean by a different
policy. Going back to the Obama
policy
here is the biggest difference.
When Obama was president, the
cuban regime was making a lot six
money off of tourism because of
the democratic because of the
economic opening that Obama put
in place and Biden supported.
So I think what he is basically
saying is. We are going to allow
them to start making money if he
gets the presidency and on Vebz
he will totally cave and
collapse
thats. Why, both in Caracas and
Havana, the dictators are hoping
that Joe Biden wins and Donald
Trump loses.
It is their only way forward,
thats what they are hoping
happens in this election.
I guarantee it
Steve Senator you are at home.
I know the Senate is not going
to be called back into official
session for a couple of weeks
when they take up Amy, Coney
Barretts confirmation.
I know the hearings are going to
start on Monday,
Chuck Schumer said this. He
said the republican leadership
has truly lost touch with
reality. If its contemplating
marching Covid stricken members
to the Senate to rush through a
Supreme Court nominee who could
strip Healthcare from twenty million
Americans instead of engaging in
continuously more absurd
behavior,
Chairman Graham, should halt this
already illegitimate nomination
process.
Three senators have tested
positively for Covid
RON. Johnson was on the radio
yesterday and he said he would
go to the capitol in a moan suit
to vote if it required that
there is no getting this train
off the tracks. At this point,
its heading straight toward
some sort of a vote right
yeah.
I follow his argument.
He is basically saying we need
to close down the fire
department, because there is
firefighters that have Covid
lets close down. The police
department
lets close down the grocery
stores and medical centers
every workplace in America is
facing a covid challenge.
We have a job to do
an essential job for the country,
because we cant pass laws
and we cant confirm Supreme
Court nominees in the Senate.
Doesnt meet
these hearings are going to
happen next week. Maybe
virtually
members can do it virtually so
they can protect themselves.
There will be a vote and it will
come to the floor and have a
vote.
We have a job to do.
Take it as safely as possible
and precaution as possible.
We have a job to do.
They were having the same
complaints back in May. When we
came back into session, then
if it was up to them,
you would basically Congress
just wouldnt meet, I suppose,
but every workplace in America
could make. That argument. Then
Ainsley. I know you wrote the
forward for this new book, the
heart of a great nation,
timeless wisdom from Ronald
Reagan,
its on sale. Today,
congratulations on that
tell us about the book.
Well, the book is about the
wisdom of Ronald Reagan.
Let me tell you why it was so
important and the timing come
out now.
There is a growing theme among
some that America is inherently
flawed:
source of evil and destruction
in the history of the world.
Yeah we have got good times.
We have a lot of bad things
about it.
I think Reagan saw it in the
reverse.
We have to acknowledge the time
we never said. America is a
perfect nation.
We have had blemishes in our
history.
We need to learn from those.
We also need to recognize that
the way we got over those
terrible things,
slavery was defeated by
Americans
and is he Greg. Gation was ended
by Americans
and the Womens right to vote
was led by american women.
These were Americans too.
The second points that Reagan
understood is America is not
perfect, but it is a good
country,
its the greatest country in
human history.
No nation has ever used as much
of its power to help other.
Transcript generated on 2020-10-17.