Ted Cruz
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He was 14 when he began fighting in the Cuban Revolution.
And to this day, my dad turns 87 in March.
And he told me, he said, look...
The revolution, he said it was 14 and 15-year-old boys who he said were too stupid to know any better.
And as you know, you know my dad well, but when I want to give my father grief, I'll call my dad a communist gorilla.
He gets very mad.
He was a kid, and they were fighting against Batista, who was a dictator.
He was corrupt.
And Batista's thugs threw my father in prison, and they tortured him.
And so when my dad came to America, he was fleeing Batista, and he came to Texas at 18.
with nothing, and he couldn't speak English.
He came seeking freedom.
His younger sister is my tia Sonia, and my tia Sonia, I adore my tia Sonia.
I call her my tia loca.
She's my crazy aunt.
She is a fireball.
She was there in 59 when Castro took over, and the young people, the Cubans didn't realize Castro was a communist.
They just thought it was a people's revolution against Batista.
He took over and he declared he was a communist.
He began...