CUBA, AND THAT IS OUR LEAD
STORY SO LET’S BRING IN FLORIDA
REPUBLICAN SENATOR MARCO RUBIO,
WHOSE THE SON OF CUBAN IMMIGRANT
S AND HE JOINS US RIGHT
NOW FROM OUR NATION’S CAPITOL.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU, SENATOR.
>> GOOD MORNING, GUYS.
STEVE: WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT IS
GOING ON IN CUBA RIGHT NOW AND
IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY WERE UP TO
5,000 PEOPLE ON THE STREETS OF
HAVANA ON SUNDAY, WHY DID THE
GOVERNMENT ALLOW THAT TO
HAPPEN, BECAUSE WE’VE NEVER SEEN
THIS IN DECADES, SOMETHING THIS
BIG.
>> YEAH, IT HAPPENED IN OVER 40
SOMETHING CITIES IT’S ACTUALLY
NEVER HAPPENED, EVER.
WE NEVER HAD OVER 40 SOMETHING
CITIES AND PROTESTS HAVE
CONTINUED THROUGH TUESDAY, AND
MONDAY, AND WE JUST, YOU KNOW,
THEY SHUT OFF THE INTERNET SO WE
DON’T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE OUT
THERE HAVE DIED, WE DON’T KNOW
HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
SERIOUSLY INJURED, HOW MANY HAVE
BEEN ARRESTED.
WE KNOW REPORTS OF HUNDREDS OF
PEOPLE HAVE VANISHED BUT LET ME
SAY GOVERNMENT DIDN’T ALLOW IT
ON THE CONTRARY THEY WERE
SURPRISED BY IT AND THEN THEY
SENT OUT FORCES LOOK WHAT’S
HAPPENING THERE IS HORRIFYING
OKAY?
IT’S HARD FOR PEOPLE TO BELIEVE
IT, BECAUSE IT’S THE KIND OF
STUFF YOU READ ABOUT HAPPENED
100 YEARS AGO BUT NOT NOW SO
THEY GO INTO PEOPLE’S HOMES AND
SAY WHERE IS YOUR 16-YEAR-OLD
SON BECAUSE HE NEEDS TO JOIN
THIS ARMED MOB THAT’S TAKING TO
THE STREETS TO BEAT PEOPLE UP.
THAT’S WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
THEY ARE LITERALLY BARGING INTO
PEOPLE’S HOMES.
I’VE POSTED VIDEOS ON TWITTER
YESTERDAY, THIS INDEPENDENT
JOURNALIST WAS DOING AN
INTERVIEW WITH A TV STATION
FROM SPAIN AND AS SHE’S ON THE
AIR, STATE SECURITY COMES IN
AND ARRESTS HER.
ANOTHER YOUNG MAN KNOWS THEY ARE
COMING FOR HIM, GOES AND STARTS
RECORDING A VIDEO AND AS HE’S
RECORDING A VIDEO CALLING ON THE
PROTESTS TO KEEP GOING YOU
LITERALLY SEE THE DOOR BEHIND
HIM KICKED OPEN AND STATE
SECURITY OFFICIALS BARGE IN, WE
DON’T KNOW WHERE HE IS TODAY SO
GOVERNMENT DIDN’T ALLOW IT AND I
DON’T KNOW WHY IT’S HAPPENING,
BECAUSE COMMUNISM DOESN’T WORK,
BECAUSE MARXISM SUCKS THAT’S WHY
IT’S HAPPENING.
BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE
SAYING WE DON’T WANT TO LIVE
UNDER THIS OPPRESSIVE REGIME.
WE CAN’T OWN A BUSINESS, WE
CAN’T FEED OUR FAMILY AND GO OUT
AND FIND A JOB ON OUR OWN, WE
DEPEND ON THE GOVERNMENT FOR
EVERYTHING AND THEY GIVE US
NOTHING THEY BUILT FANCY HOTELS
FOR TOURISTS, THEY BLAME
EVERYTHING ON AMERICA, WE DON’T
BELIEVE IT ANYMORE, AND WE’RE
TIRED OF LIVING IN A PLACE WHERE
THE ONLY PLACE IN THE WORLD
WHERE CUBANS CAN’T SUCCEED.
IT’S CUBA.
IT’S THE ONLY PLACE IN THE WORLD
WHERE CUBANS CAN’T SUCCEED.
AINSLEY: WOW I REMEMBER ON THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL WHEN YOU MADE
A SPEECH I THINK WHEN YOU
ANNOUNCED MAYBE AND YOU TALKED
ABOUT WHAT AMERICA GIVEN YOUR
FAMILY, YOUR DAD, YOU ALL BECAME
A MIDDLE CLASS FAMILY BECAUSE
YOUR DAD WAS ABLE TO WORK AS A
BARTENDER, I THINK YOUR MOM, SHE
WORKED IN VARIOUS JOBS, THE
HOUSEKEEPER AND A CLERK, AND
IT WAS REALLY TOUCHING THAT
SPEECH BECAUSE IT JUST MADE ME
REALIZE HOW GRATEFUL I AM FOR
WHAT AMERICA OFFERS ALL OF
US, HAVE YOU EVER HAD A CHANCE
TO SIT DOWN WITH A SQUAD OR
BERNIE SANDERS AND DETAIL WHAT
YOUR PARENTS WENT THROUGH AND
JUST SHOW THEM WHAT SOCIALISM
REALLY LOOKS LIKE?
>> WELL I’VE NEVER MET ANYONE
IN THE SQUAD.
OBVIOUSLY, I DEAL WITH SENATOR
SANDERS WITH BERNIE ALL THE TIME
IN THE SENATE ON DIFFERENT
TOPICS WE ACTUALLY WORK TOGETHER
ON THINGS WE AGREE ON LIKE
VETERANS AND THE LIKE AND I
CAN’T SAY I’VE EVER HAD THAT
CONVERSATION TO BE FRANK BUT
LOOK, HERE IS WHAT I ALWAYS TELL
PEOPLE.
YOU CAN TALK ABOUT ALL THIS
THEORY YOU WANT ABOUT
SOCIALISM BUT WHEN YOU’VE LIVED
IT OR SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE THAT
LIVED IT YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS
AND WHAT IT MEANS IS THESE
PEOPLE SHOW UP AND THEY SAY THE
COUNTRY IS DIVIDED BETWEEN A
VICTIM CLASS AND OPPRESSOR
CLASS AND IT BEGINS TO SOUND
FAMILIAR BY THE WAY AND THEY SAY
YOU HAVE TO GIVE US POWER SO WE
CAN GO AFTER THE OPPRESSOR
CLASS AND BY THE WAY IF YOU
GIVE US POWER THAT MEANS YOU’LL
HAVE LESS FREEDOM BUT DON’T
WORRY WE’LL PROVIDE YOU ALL
KINDS OF THINGS TO MAKE YOU MORE
SECURE AND THEN OF COURSE THEY
NEVER PROVIDE THOSE THINGS AND
YOU DON’T GET FREEDOM BACK AND
THEN IF YOU CRITICIZE THEM, THEN
YOU’RE PART OF THE OPPRESSOR
CLASS AND THAT’S THE MODEL
THEY HAVE FOLLOWED EVERYWHERE IN
THE WORLD.
IT’S PLAYING OUT TO HORRIFIC
EFFECT IN CUBA FOR OVER 62 YEARS
, AND THE PEOPLE HAD ENOUGH
>> SO SENATOR WE WANT TO SWITCH
GEARS WITH YOU.
YOU’VE BEEN SEEING WHAT’S
HAPPENING ON OUR SOUTHERN BORDER
, PEOPLE HAVE JUST BEEN
FREELY ABLE TO COME ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN BORDER, BUT
MAYORKAS HAS A MESSAGE FOR THE
CUBAN PEOPLE.
LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
>> ALLOW ME TO BE CLEAR.
IF YOU TAKE TO THE SEA, YOU WILL
NOT COME TO THE UNITED STATES.
THE TIME IS NEVER RIGHT TO
ATTEMPT MIGRATION BY SEA.
TO THOSE WHO RISK THEIR LIVES
DOING SO, THIS RISK IS NOT WORTH
TAKING.
AGAIN, I REPEAT, DO NOT RISK
YOUR LIFE ATTEMPTING ENTER THE
UNITED STATES ILLEGALLY.
YOU WILL NOT COME TO THE UNITED
STATES.
>> SO SENATOR, WHY THE
HYPOCRISY AND THIS IS ON THE
HEELS OF THE CUBAN PEOPLE
FIGHTING FOR THEIR COUNTRY RIGHT
NOW.
>> YEAH, SO A COUPLE THINGS.
NUMBER ONE I DON’T WANT THERE TO
BE A MASS MIGRATION EITHER AND
BY THE WAY THAT’S WHAT THE
CASTRO GOVERNMENT HAS DONE
IN THE PAST.
IN 1994 WHEN THEY HAD PROTESTS
AND 1980 WHEN THEY HAD PROTESTS
WHAT THE CASTRO GOVERNMENT DID
IS THEY SAID WELL IF YOU DON’T
LIKE IT HERE WHY DON’T YOU GUYS
ALL LEAVE WE’LL OPEN IT UP TO
YOU TO TAKE TO THE SEA OR
THREATEN THE ADMINISTRATIONS
AND SAY LOOK, UNLESS YOU’RE
LIFTING EMBARGO IT’S INEVITABLE
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COME AND
THEY HAVE A MASS MIGRATION AND
THEY USE IT AS A WEAPON AND IT’S
IMPORTANT, I’VE ALREADY ASKED
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO DO
THIS AND THAT IS BE VERY CLEAR
WITH THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT.
IF YOU TRIGGER A MASS MIGRATION
WE WILL CONSIDER IT A HOSTILITY,
AN ACT OF WAR AND RESPOND
ACCORDINGLY BUT YOUR POINT IS
CORRECT AND THAT IS THAT’S THE
MESSAGE THEY SHOULD HAVE
SENT ABOUT THE SOUTHERN BORDER
AND THEY DIDN’T AND THEY DIDN’T,
BUT LOOK THIS WHOLE, SO FAR, AND
I DON’T WANT THIS TO BE A
BIPARTISAN ISSUE OKAY AND I WANT
TO BE MARIAH CAREY LIKE BOB MENE
NDEZ, SENATOR FROM NEW
JERSEY, IS STRONG ON IT AND THIS
ADMINISTRATION’ RESPONSE AS
BEEN LAME ON THIS WHOLE ISSUE
NOW I WISH THEY HAD AS MUCH
PASSION, I WISH THEY HAD HALF
THE PASSION THAT THEY HAVE FOR
GOING AFTER REPUBLICANS,
STATE LEGISLATE AND REPUBLICAN
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, I WISH THEY
HAD HALF THE PASSION THEY HAVE
AGAINST THE REPUBLICANS THAT
THEY DO AGAINST THE TYRANNY IN
CUBA.
JUST HALF.
NOT ALL OF IT, JUST HALF.
RIGHT NOW WE DON’T HAVE IT AND
THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE THE
PERSON RUNNING CUBA POLICY
FOR THIS ADMINISTRATION IS A
SUPPORTER OF ENGAGEMENT WITH THE
CASTRO REGIME.
SHE HAS PERSONALLY COORDINATED A
BUNCH OF VISITS TO CUBA FOR
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND
ULTIMATELY SHE’S EVEN BEEN
HAILED IN OFFICIAL STATE MEDIA
IN CUBA IN THE PASTAS AN
ENLIGHTENED FIGURE.
STEVE: HERE IS, JOE BIDEN
POLITICALLY, IS IN A PICKLE.
HE LOST FLORIDA IN 2020, HE
WOULD LIKE TO WIN IT NEXT TIME,
BUT IF HE’S GOT HER DICTATING
THE POLICY FOR CUBA, HE’S NOT
GOING TO WIN IT AGAIN.
>> WELL, HE DOESN’T JUST HAVE
HER DICTATING THE POLICY.
HE HAS HIS ENTIRE ELEMENTS OF
HIS PARTY COMING OUT AGAINST HIM
IF HE DID SOME STRONG ON CUBA
AND WHAT DOES STRONG MEAN?
HERE IS WHAT STRONG MEANS.
THESE GUYS TALK ABOUT DIPLOMACY
IS BACK, GREAT, DO ME A FAVOR,
CONVENE THE UNITED NATION
SECURITY COUNCIL AND CONVENE THE
ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN
STATES AND USE YOUR DIPLOMATIC
LEFT, THE FACT THAT AMERICA IS
BACK AND GO TO THESE COUNTRIES
AND SAY OKAY GUYS WE HAVE A
MASSACRE ABOUT TO HAPPEN 90
MILES FROM OUR SHORES WE WANT
THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO
CONDEMN IT, ISOLATE AND BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION BECAUSE
ONE THING IS TO HAVE A BLOOD
BATH, AND AGAIN IT’S TERRIBLE,
HORRIFYING, THIS IS A BLOOD BATH
90 MILES OFF OUR SHORES, IT’S
DECEMBER STABILIZING AND I WANT
TO KNOW WHAT JOE BIDEN IS GOING
TO DO WHEN A THOUSAND SPECIAL
FORCES FROM RUSSIA ARRIVE ON
CUBAN TERRITORY TO HELP THE
CUBAN REGIME.
THAT’S WHAT’S COMING NEXT.
STEVE: BUT SENATOR, WHY WOULD IT
BE, WHY DOESN’T JOE BIDEN WANT
TO SAY WHAT YOU JUST SAID?
THE COMMUNISM SUCKS.
>> BECAUSE HE’S GOT PEOPLE IN
HIS PARTY AND I MEAN GRASSROOTS
SUPPORTERS, THE ACTIVIST BASE OF
THAT PARTY ALL THE SMALL DOLLAR,
HOW DO YOU THINK THESE PEOPLE
RAISE EIGHT, NINE, $10 MILLION A
WEEK ONLINE YOU JUST ANNOUNCED
YOU’RE RUNNING FOR SOMETHING
AGAINST A REPUBLICAN.
THEY RAISE IT FROM A RADICAL
LEFT WING BASE.
THERE IS A RADICAL LEFT WING
MARXIST ELEMENT IN THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY I’M NOT
SAYING IT’S A MAJORITY OF THE
VOTERS IN THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY I DON’T KNOW WHAT
PERCENTAGE BUT I CAN TELL YOU IT
IS A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE
WHO KNOCK-ON DOORS AND DONATE
SMALL DOLLARS AND DICTATE POLICY
THAT I CAN TELL YOU.
AINSLEY: WELL YOU CALLED OUT ON
TWITTER, YOU CALLED OUT TWITTER
FOR BLOCKING POLITICIANS AND
ACTIVISTS WHO WERE DOING THE
RIGHT THING, BY IN MANY
PEOPLE’S OPINION BUT NOT THESE
MARXIST SOCIALIST DICTATORS.
WHAT LED YOU TO THAT?
>> FIRST OF ALL I’M NOT IN
FAVOR OF TWITTER BANNING ANYBODY
I WANT TO HEAR WHAT PEOPLE HAVE
TO SAY SO WE CAN RESPOND TO THEM
BUT IF THEY ARE GOING TO DOUBT,
IF THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES AND SAY WE’RE SUSPENDING
YOU FOREVER, IF THEY GO AFTER
AMERICAN POLITICIANS AND BLOCK
THEIR TWEETS, CENSOR THEIR TWEET
S AND EVEN DENY THEM ACCESS
TO THESE PLATFORMS THEN YOU HAVE
TO DO IT TO A BRUTAL DICTATOR ON
TWITTER ALONG WITH OTHER MEMBERS
OF THE REGIME BASICALLY INCITING
PEOPLE TO TAKE TO THE
STREETS AND ATTACK AND HURT AND
KILL THEIR FELLOW COUNTRYMEN.
THAT’S INCITING CIVIL WAR IN
CUBA AND THEY’VE DONE NOTHING DO
YOU KNOW WHY THEY’VE DONE
NOTHING?
BECAUSE THEY’RE HYPOCRITES.
IF THAT WAS A RIGHT WING STRONG
MAN DOING THAT THEY WOULD BAN
THEIR ACCOUNT.
>> SENATOR ONE LAST THING WE
WANT TO GET TO, YOU’RE GOVERNOR
IN THE GREAT STATE OF FLORIDA IS
RELEASING THIS.
DON’T FAUCI MY FLORIDA AND HE’S
SELLING OTHER MERCHANDISE.
AINSLEY: T-SHIRTS.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS
, SENATOR?
>> I THINK IT’S A GREAT.
GUYS THIS IS NOTION OUT THERE
THAT SOMEHOW FAUCI IS ABOVE
APPROACH, FAUCI HAS OPENLY AND
ENTHUSIASTICALLY ENGAGED HIMSELF
IN THE POLITICAL DEBATE OF THIS
COUNTRY.
HE HAS NO PROBLEM GOING ON EVERY
MEDIA OUTLET, WAGGING HIS FINGER
AT EVERYBODY AND IN MANY CASES
IMPLYING A RIGHT OF ACCUSING
ANYBODY THAT DOESN’T AGREE WITH
HIM OF BEING BACKWARDS WANTING
TO KILL PEOPLE.
HE’S HAD NO PROBLEM BEING A
NATIONAL CELEBRITY THAT MEANS
HE’S NOT IMMUNE TO SARCASM AND
CRITICISM AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT
DO I THINK?
I THINK IT’S FUNNY.
STEVE: ONE OF THE MESSAGE IS HOW
THE HELL AM I GOING TO BE ABLE
TO DRINK A BEER WITH A MASK ON?
>> I THINK THAT’S A QUOTE FROM
THE GOVERNOR WHEN HE WAS AT I
BELIEVE AT THE SUPER BOWL AND HE
DIDN’T HAVE A MASK ON, AND
ACTUALLY THAT’S A GREAT QUESTION
HOW ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO DRINK
BEER WITH A MASK ON.
STEVE: I’VE ACTUALLY SEEN PEOPLE
DRINK BEER THROUGH A MASK IN
FLORIDA.
IT’S NOT OPTIMAL.
>> IT’S NASTY.