The speech referenced in the post was delivered by Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the State Department’s Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism on July 16, 2026.   

While the official full text transcript hasn’t been posted to a single landing page on the State Department website yet, you can view video highlights of his remarks directly on YouTube:

• Marco Rubio says terrorism is the product of the “radical left” (YouTube)

• Marco Rubio: What Communism Really Means | Lessons from History (YouTube Shorts)

Additionally, detailed breakdowns and quotes from the speech are available via media coverage and analysis, such as the reports from the Washington Examiner and the Daily Citizen.

Rubio tells international summit on left-wing terrorism: ‘Time to crush this evil forever’
By Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner

Rubio condemned “radical leftism” as a “distinct and unique evil” that is “driven by hatred against the strong and the good” and “perpetrated by those who cannot build, who cannot create, who cannot achieve great things.”