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As usual you are a day late and a dollar short in your wrongness!The Florida political leader has always publicly identified as part of the Cuban exile community. His Senate website says his parents came to America following Fidel Castro’s 1959 takeover.
But media reports Thursday revealed they’d emigrated to the U.S. in 1956. Rubio’s father was a bartender and came for economic reasons. Castro wasn’t even in Cuba when they left.
Florida US Sen. Marco Rubio denies claims he embellished his family’s history - The Washington Post
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Another Republican caught red handed, lying. Guess that means he won't be vice president. Not until people forget his lies.
It's like Republicans saying, "But half the country does't pay taxes" when EVERYONE pays sales tax and payroll tax.
You have to listen carefully to everything Republicans say. Even though it's all bullshit over and over again, they repeat the same lies so often, people start to believe them.
What other lies have they been caught saying, recently? Hmm, so many to choose from.
A retort put together by Ace of Spades, sourced from another paper's analysis of the hit piece, and Rubino's response.
Surprise! WaPo <i>Embellished</i> Sen. Rubio's So-Called Embellished Family Story
thx for that Marty..it dersves to be posetd I think;
But the top of the [Washington Post] story suggests Rubio himself has given this "dramatatic account:" that "he was the son of exiles, he told audiences, Cuban Americans forced off their beloved island after 'a thug,' Fidel Castro, took power."
However, the story doesn't cite one speech where Rubio actually said that.
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This previously posted rebuttal of the link you posted from the part you snipped:
From the OP's link and edited out by you:
From The Rube's own website:Rubio apparently never said that his parents fled Castro to come to the United States.
Biography - About Marco - U.S. Senator for Florida, Marco Rubio
In 1971, Marco was born in Miami to Cuban-born parents who came to America following Fidel Castro's takeover.