Ted Cruz shares a story about the tragedy of communist Cuba:

VP to Obama, the supreme communist leader. Only a communist liberal could do that job. That's how joe Brandon won, the communist elite and the communist corporations were all on his side.

Rafael (Ted's dad) claims that he was a part of the Cuban revolution, and that was why Batista tortured him. The idea being that he suffered and fought for the revolution, so he is an authority when it comes to criticizing Fidel for betraying the revolutionaries and becoming a new dictator.

There is no evidence he was a revolutionary, though, his account has glaring mistakes about the time and place of major events he was supposedly at, and people who knew him back in Cuba said he just did some anti-Batista graffiti as the extent of his involvement.

I mean what's a little torture among friends? but Castro took my granddad's egg monopoly

His dad claims he joined the revolution, but it's possible he's full of shit. I personally don't think it makes that much sense for him to lie, because it's not like being part of Castro's bunch is something that gets you respect in the US.