Ted Cruz says that his father fought against Batista. [View all]

[bvar22]

At his campaign launch last night, Ted Cruz stated that his father fought against Batista, and then left Cuba to come to America.

"The dictator, Batista, was corrupt, he was oppressive. And this teenage boy (Cruz's father) joins a revolution. He joins a revolution against Batista, he begins fighting with other teenagers to free Cuba from the dictator. This boy at age 17 finds himself thrown in prison, finds himself tortured, beaten. And then at age 18, he flees Cuba, he comes to America.

http://time.com/3754392/ted-cruz-liberty-university-speech-transcript/

That doesn't pass my smell test.

1) If his father fought against Batista,
that means his father fought FOR Castro in a Communist Revolution in Cuba.

2)Most of the people who fled Cuba were upper class Batista supporters.
Batista LOST, and his supporters fled to Florida (as did Cruz's father).
There was no reason for a Castro supporter to flee Cuba.


I wonder if his supporters know that his father fought for the Communists in Cuba.