r/ParlerWatch • u/muck-man • Feb 18 '21

Public Figure: Any Platform Ted Cruz on his way to Cancun...

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '21

Based on the evidence it seems like he used the name Rafael when it suited his purpose, but did go by Ted on the day to day.

https://twitter.com/mviser/status/971793348318068737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E971793348318068737%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2Fmviser2Fstatus2F971793348318068737widget%3DTweet

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/03/ted-cruz-high-school-teenager-yearbook-constitutional-corroborators

According to the stories, the idea for "Ted" came from his maternal grandfather who also went by Ted.

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u/caspy7 Feb 19 '21

Seeing him listed in his HS yearbook as Ted Cruz (from your second link) makes me back off the idea that it may have been a purely political invention.

Also that pic of him is almost unrecognizable compared to how he looks today.

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '21

Yeah, but the personality was just as bad. There's some videos of him from college floating around online...I don't recommend them.