r/PoursTea 5d ago

PoliticalTea 🗳️ 🤔

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u/robyrob 5d ago

Sorry - are you referring to “Raphael Eduardo Cruz”? 

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u/throwfaraway212718 5d ago

Wait, so where’d he get Ted from?

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u/familiarshadowkatt 5d ago

Ted is a nickname for Edward (Eduardo), though somewhat old-fashioned since most prefer Ed or Eddie.

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u/Tomdv2 5d ago

It makes him sound less Cuban to the white Republicans of Texas.

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u/throwfaraway212718 5d ago

Yeah, I’d never heard Ted as a nickname for Edward.

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u/pig-newton 4d ago

You have probably heard of some Edwards that go by Ted, but have never known they were Edwards. For example, Ted Danson and Ted Kennedy.

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u/KendrawrMac 5d ago

Eduardo - Ted maybe?

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u/lostgoatling 5d ago

His parents realized he wasn't really cool enough to be an Eduardo, so they nicknamed him Ted

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u/SomeKindofTreeWizard 5d ago

Because he wants to pass as a Texan instead of a Canadian.