ST PAUL, Minn. — Half a century ago, a young boy lived a childhood of abuse – day after day – at the hands of his father.

Today, that boy is a man in the Minnesota legislature, doing everything he can across party lines to help kids find "helpers" in a way he never had.

This is the story of Rep. Jim Nash.

Inside the people's house are people elected to do a job. People like six-term Republican whip Jim Nash.

"I'm a pretty serious guy here at the capitol," Nash said.

A serious conservative who holds nothing back in sparring with Democrats on policy. Some even call him the GOP Enforcer. But there's another side too.

"I grew up as an abused kid from the time I was very little to when I was 17, my dad would hit and beat me," Nash said.

He's shared the story of his childhood, little by l

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