He rarely speaks of family though many enemy’s do
His dad’s story is a staple of the stump speech. Imprisoned in Cuba, released, came to America with $100 sewn into his underwear, took a job washing dishes for fifty cents an hour, worked his way up, started a business, now a pastor. It’s a great story. It’s just the branch of the family tree to use when a relative newcomer, the son and grandson of immigrants, is challenging your authenticity as an American.