Meet the Original Bill de Blasio

Born with a silver spoon in his mouth, his parents had to leave

federal jobs because they were found to have sympathetic interest in communism.

He left college to go to Nicaragua in the 80's and greatly admired

the Soviet backed socialist Sandanista.

He returned to America and joined the Nicaragua solidarity movement of New York

whose goal was to end capitalism and replace it with democratic socialism. 

When married in 1994 he honeymooned in Cuba.  He says he is very proud of his Marxist work. 

He worked for both of the Clinton's campaign.

Born Warren Wilhelm Jr., he changed his name for the the first time in 1983 — to

Warren de Blasio-Wilhelm — to embrace his mother's Italian heritage, he wrote in his petition to the court.

In 2002 he changed his name to Bill de Blasio.