Three prominent Republican politicians adopted professional names that differ from their birth names — Nikki Haley, Bobby Jindal, and Ted Cruz — while several Democratic politicians run under their full given names, yet Republicans frequently accuse Democrats of identity politics. The factual contrast is accurate, though the post frames this as hypocrisy without addressing that name-shortening is a routine political practice across both parties and has been standard for generations. What the post doesn't note: mainstream Republican politicians have adopted professional names for decades (Ronald Reagan, for instance), and this practice predates modern identity politics debates by far.