If you saw this, they were preparing to start without her, and then she walked in.
Wikipedia does not give a middle name for Bernie Sanders. Most parents who speak English would do this because BS is not a fortuitous pair of initials, but they were from Poland, and their native language was most likely Yiddish or Polish.
DT is the usual abbreviation for Delirium Tremens, a symptom of advanced alcoholism, so perhaps that is why Trump's parents gave him a J.
Ted Cruz is really Rafael Cruz, and of course, RC is America's third choice cola, after Coca and Pepsi.