Hmmm, perhaps an appeal to the subconscious attitudes of people who perceive someone named "Rafael" less worthy or trusting than someone named "Ted".

You on board the Trump Train?

What have I ever said which would make you think that?

It seems your general narrative recently has been slightly in favor or at least accepting of Trump

Not sure how you've come to that conclusion, I think Trump is a disaster even though I respect his alpha personality and business credentials.

This is impossible tho, there's no way that referring to someone by a clearly Hispanic name when discussing a Hispanic candidate who doesn't use that name himself could possibly appeal to racists, that's insane bruh, wtf man, no one ever wat how could that

I'm pulling the race card, and it's almost like my guild name forced me to do it.

When I think of Rafael, I think of Italians, the ninja turtle and I take the purposeful use of it over Ted as a jab, like the way you would call a Tim by his full name Timothy, it's just kind of proper sounding, so it's also a little dorky. Never thought of it as a Hispanic thing. Zodiac Teddy barley passes as tan anyway.

...it's from his paternal Cuban heritage and is used by Trump supporters as a racist allusion...it's basically calling him a spic without actually saying it .

Except none of those spellings are 'Rafael.' It's pretty much only Hispanic or Eastern European.