Posted on 10/10/2015 11:11:49 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Another 2016 hopeful, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has stepped in for Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker as the headline speaker for the Family Foundation of Virginia's annual gala Nov. 14 in Richmond.
Walker was slated to headline the organization's 30th annual gala at the Greater Richmond Convention Center, but he announced Sept. 21 that he was dropping out of the presidential contest.
Cruz also addressed The Family Foundation's annual gala in October 2013. This time his father, the Rev. Rafael Cruz, will join the senator and will discuss the importance of family and fatherhood.
During his March 23 presidential campaign announcement at Liberty University in Lynchburg, the senator talked about how, when he was a small child, his family lived in Canada, where his parents were in the oil business.
Cruz said his father "decided he didn’t want to be married anymore and he didn’t want to be a father to his 3-year-old son." He said his father flew back to Houston.
The senator said a friend in Houston led his father to Bible study and to a Baptist Church "and there my father gave his life to Jesus Christ."
Cruz said his father drove to the airport, bought a plane ticket and flew back to Canada to reunite with his family.
Virginia Republicans will vote on their presidential preference March 1 in the Super Tuesday primary.
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Excellent
Cool...and smart.
Go Cruz.
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