Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) took to the opinion pages of Politico in order to combat allegations by the Washington Post that he had embellished the story of how his parents emigrated from Cuba. Rubio had previously said that his parents left the nation in 1958 or 1959 in order to escape Castro. In reality, his parents left the island nation before Castro took power.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=148506