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.
correction: it’s just NOT the branch to use ....
I get it, and people on this forum try to paint him as a turd?
Rafael Cruz Sr. was one of Castro’s soldiers, fighting against the Batista government in the jungles. He did not get run out of Cuba. Castro is a communist, put two and two together.