Rafael Cruz, father of Ted Cruz, wants Texas to require school lessons about “evil” of communism

Rafael Cruz, a pastor and the father of U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, told the K-12 Senate education committee that schools should be required to teach lessons about the victims of communism. (Credit: Lorianne Willett/The Texas Tribune)

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Rafael Cruz, the right-wing pastor and father of U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, told a Texas Senate committee on Tuesday that public schools must be required to teach anti-communist lessons in order to reaffirm what he said is America’s true, Christian heritage.