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I'm Dave Rubin. This is the Rubin Report with my first interview from the free state of Florida.

And we got the right guy for it. Florida Senator Marco Rubio. Senator, how are you?

I'm good. Glad to have you here. And just a disclaimer at the outset. This was like real world right here.

I'm in my backyard. I got my dog is right here. So if you hear a little barking, that's

why I'm using these. But we're not trying to stage anything here. It's all real, man.

So I apologize ahead of you, barks. You're going full Florida, man. So first off, as you know,

I just moved here from the crazy state of California. I've been here for a couple weeks,

just moved into the house. I'm in my makeshift studio. Now you were nice enough to do a little

promo video for me, welcoming me here. So let's just start with the state of Florida first.

I mean, what is it about Florida that sort of allowed Florida to do it right over these last two

years? Like I don't think it's just the political part, although that's a part of it.

What is it about just sort of the Florida man, the Florida woman that did something right here?

That's a great question. I do think it starts with political leadership. But maybe the truth is

that the people produce that political leadership. They reward a certain kind of leadership

and don't reward others. But I think the key thing about Florida and understand is that

everyone's from somewhere else for the most part. And that means another part of the country,

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