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Rafael Bienvenido Cruz y Díaz (born March 22, 1939) [2] is a Cuban-American evangelical preacher and father of Texas U.S. Senator Ted Cruz. He has served as a surrogate in his son's political campaigns.
- The Enquirer Claimed ‘Renowned Experts in Facial Recognition’ Say the Man in the Photos Has the Same ‘Receding Chin’ as Ted’s Dad. In his appearance on Fox News on May 3, Donald Trump said
- Cruz Sarcastically Told Reporters, ‘Yes, My Dad Killed JFK’ & ‘Is Secretly Elvis’ Senator Ted Cruz responded to Trump’s comments sarcastically during a meeting with reporters Tuesday, saying, “Let’s be clear.
- Rafael Cruz Was a Fidel Castro Supporter Until, He Says, He Realized the Cuban Revolution Was Marxist in Nature. It is disputed that Rafael Cruz fought alongside Fidel Castro during the Cuban revolution.
- Rafael Cruz Says He Didn’t Live in New Orleans Until 1965, 2 years After the Photos Were Taken. Despite standing with Castro at the time, Cruz escaped Cuba in 1957 after bribing a Batista official to secure a student visa, according to the National Review.
- HuffPost
Ted Cruz Has Been Acting Bipartisan To Win Reelection, But Sometimes It's So Hard
WASHINGTON ― Something strange is happening with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) lately. He’s been presenting an unusually reasonable, more moderate version of himself. In a CNN interview late Wednesday ...
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- OK! Magazine
...It': Kaitlan Collins Grills Ted Cruz Over Supporting Donald Trump...Attacks Against His Wife and Father
Ted Cruz was questioned about his decision to continue supporting former President Donald Trump despite the onslaught of attacks the New York businessman made against his wife and his father ...
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- He Protested for Castro Before Leaving Cuba. As a teenager under the brutal Batista regime, Rafael Cruz resented the regime and often clashed with its officials.
- He Met Ted’s Mother in Canada, Where He Worked in Oil & Gas. Rafael Cruz arrived in Austin, Texas “with nothing but the clothes on his back and one hundred dollars sewn into his underwear.”
- He Settled in Texas & Became a Preacher. Despite later being described as a competent oilman, R.B. Cruz and Associates folded in 1974 and the family returned to Texas.
- He Advocated the End of Separation of Church & State. In his book A Time for Action: Empowering the Faithful to Reclaim America, Cruz elaborated on his nonbelief in the separation of church and state and the proper role of believers in government
At the time of his birth, Ted Cruz's parents had lived in Calgary for three years and were working in the oil business as owners of a seismic-data processing firm for oil drilling. Cruz has said that he is the son of "two mathematicians/computer programmers". In 1974, Cruz's father left the family and moved to Texas.
Nov 9, 2015 · By Jason Horowitz. Nov. 9, 2015. MATANZAS, Cuba — Since he was a boy, Senator Ted Cruz has said, all he wanted to do was “fight for liberty” — a yearning that he says was first kindled ...
Jun 27, 2015 · AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz's father was a 1950s Cuban revolutionary who longed to slip into the island's eastern mountains and join Fidel Castro's guerrilla army. At 17, Rafael Cruz led a group of insurgents staging urban sabotage against Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. Cruz was eventually jailed and tortured, and upon his release wanted the underground to help him ...
3 days ago · Ted Cruz (born December 22, 1970, Calgary, Alberta, Canada) is an American Republican politician who was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2012 and began his first term representing Texas in 2013. He unsuccessfully ran for president in 2016. Cruz is known for his conservative views and has a reputation as a firebrand.
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