Gov. Mitt Romney Comes to the Defense of Sen. Marco Rubio

Mitt Romney is coming to the defense Sen. Marco Rubio, in the wake an attack by the Washington Post which says Rubio “embellished” the story of his parents coming to America as exiles from Cuba:

DAILY CALLER: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is coming to the defense of Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who’s fighting allegations that he embellished his family’s history by saying his parents fled Cuba before Fidel Castro’s communist revolution.

Romney says Rubio — a rising GOP star who’s often discussed as a potential vice presidential pick — and his family deserve the highest praise and recognition. Romney calls the recent news reports an attempt to smear Rubio, and Romney describes the stories as “unfortunate” and “bogus. . . . Read More