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Xavier Becerra fudged his back story — here’s why it matters

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Politicians with impressive credentials — and strong performance records — don’t need to pad their origin stories to impress voters.

And then there’s Xavier Becerra.

What’s a guy slammed by former colleagues as an “idiot,” “b— ass,” and not qualified “to be the boss of anything,” to do?

Pander and pretend, of course.

Becerra, running to be governor of the most populous state in the nation, has been on blast again, this time for fudging his back story.

The ex-Biden Cabinet secretary claimed his parents immigrated to America with just $12 … when actually, his dad was born in Sacramento.

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Becerra, like others before him, has only embarrassed himself by distorting his personal story in a sad effort (in this........

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