That oratory is in both English and Spanish. O’Rourke, an Irish American who got the nickname Beto growing up in El Paso, easily transitions between the two languages before his heavily Latino crowds. The Cuban American Cruz, on the other hand, struggles with his Spanish and long ago abandoned his given first name of Rafael for the shortened version of his more Anglo middle name, Edward.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 01, 2018 09:56 UTC