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sentences that state something as happening or true
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4 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Marco Rubio reached back more than 2,000 years to a Roman general to warn the International Criminal Court (ICC) that its rulings carry no force over Americans.
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rulings → reach → Americans
The secretary of state delivered the message during a keynote to the Federalist Society’s National Lawyers Convention in Washington Friday, according to a State Department transcript.
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secretary → deliver → transcript
The same answer the Roman commander Pompey once gave to those citing their city’s charters against his legions would greet any move to enforce the court’s decrees on U.S. citizens, Rubio stated.
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Rubio → give → citizens
“Stop quoting laws to men with swords,” he said.
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he → quote → swords
The line drew laughter, and he joked that the words were not politically correct.
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words → draw → laughter
Secretary of State Marco Rubio Delivers Keynote Address, Answers Questions at Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention https://t.co/I9Zbat5ZVY
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Rubio → deliver → Convention
— Department of State (@StateDept) November 14, 2026
Rubio accused the court and its global-bureaucracy allies of making themselves “judge and jury and executioner of the international order” while answering to no one, according to the transcript.
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themselves → accuse → transcript
The tribunal now claims the power to investigate, prosecute and jail Americans under rules the country never approved, he stated.
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he → claim → rules
(RELATED: Trump Admin Announces Sanctions Against International Criminal Court Chief)
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Admin → relate → Chief
The secretary cast international law itself as a weapon of a global elite, arguing that critics had wielded it against nearly every major foreign policy decision of the Trump administration, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported.
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Presse → cast → administration
He pointed to the U.S. military’s strikes on cartel boats in the Caribbean and the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro as moves that drew such objections, and he turned the same scorn on the United Nations.
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he → point → Nations
The address was Rubio’s first major speech at home since Republicans absorbed heavy losses in this month’s midterm elections, and the crowd met him with a standing ovation, AFP reported.
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AFP → absorb → ovation
His choice of a prominent legal audience fed new speculation about a 2028 presidential bid, according to the Hill.
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choice → feed → Hill
The appearance followed the sweeping sanctions the administration placed on the court in October as part of a campaign it says will dismantle the tribunal, the Associated Press (AP) reported.
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Press → follow → tribunal
Washington signed the treaty that created the ICC yet never ratified it, which leaves the United States outside the court alongside Israel, Russia and China, AFP reported.
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AFP → sign → Israel
Enforcement is where the court runs thin, since it fields no police force and leans on member nations to arrest anyone it indicts, AP reported.
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AP → run → anyone
Rubio tied the fight to national identity in closing.
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Rubio → tie → closing
“To submit to the sterile vision of radical judges or soulless global bureaucrats would be to betray who we are, to betray ourselves,” he stated in the remarks.
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he → submit → remarks
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