Liberal Forum

Menendez was born on January 1, 1954, in New York City to Cuban immigrants[3][4] who had left Cuba a few months earlier, in 1953.[5] His father, Mario Menéndez, was a carpenter, and his mother, Evangelina, was a seamstress.[6] The family subsequently moved to New Jersey, where he grew up in an apartment in Union City. He attended Union Hill High School, where his speech teacher, Gail Harper, helped him develop as a public speaker. Menendez has said, "My mother and Miss Harper made me understand the power of education, what it means to put a premium on learning and working hard."[7][8] While at Union Hill, Menendez became the student body president.[9] He went on to become the first in his family to go to college,[7] attending Saint Peter's College in Jersey City,[7][10][11] where he became a member of the Lambda Theta Phi fraternity.[12] He graduated with a B.A. in political science, and earned his Juris Doctor degree from Rutgers Law School in 1979 at the Newark campus.[7][10][11] Menendez was admitted to the New Jersey Bar in 1980[13][14] and became a lawyer in private practice.[8][15][16]

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Expel him from the Senate.

The Trumptards need a lesson in how to handle criminals in office.