A new poll of Florida voters shows that 41 percent think that Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) exaggerated his family story in his campaign for US Senate and in his general public profile. The Washington Post ran a story on October 20th detailing how Rubio had consistently said that his parents’ fled Cuba after Casto took power, yet the dates of the Rubios’ emigration didn’t match up with that narrative. Castro took power in 1959, but Rubio’s family had moved in 1956.
The story created a firestorm for the Senator, who consequently changed his Senate bio, but still maintained the idea behind his family history. “If The Washington Post wants to criticize me for getting a few dates wrong, I accept that,” he told the paper.
