Well, Rubio has changed his official biography already.
"The 40-year-old freshman senator has always publicly identified with the exile community and has a strong following within it. In a campaign ad last year, he said: "As the son of exiles, I understand what it means to lose the gift of freedom." Rubio's biography on his Senate website previously said he was "born in Miami to Cuban-born parents who come to America following Fidel Castro's takeover." It has been changed to say Rubio "was born in Miami in 1971 to Cuban exiles who first arrived in the United States in 1956."
But The Washington Post reported that Rubio's parents actually left Cuba in 1956, nearly three years before Castro seized power in a revolution against dictator Fulgencia Batista. Rubio's father was a store security guard when he and his wife left, according to Rubio's staff, and came to the U.S. for economic reasons."
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I have no problem with anyone coming to the country legally to better their life and I applaud Rubio's family for having the courage to do that. However, Marco should have said that in the first place instead of lying about it. He had nothing to gain by that big lie. Is this going to hurt his political life? Who knows - but it will be brought up in the future for sure.
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