7 Things You Never Knew About Ted Cruz That We Learned From Reading His Book - ABC News
When he was 13, Cruz decided to change his name to ?Ted.?
Born Rafael Edward Cruz, he?d gone by the nickname ?Felito? most of his life. Cruz describes the nickname often resulted in him being teased. He refers to that time of his life as a time where he was an ?unpopular nerd.?
?The problem with that name was that it seemed to rhyme with every major corn chip on the market. Fritos, Cheetos, Doritos and Tostitos- a fact that other young children were quite happy to point out,? Cruz wrote
