Oh boy. Somehow a video from the Twitter porn account @SexualPosts was liked by the @TedCruz account on Monday:
Meanwhile, over in Ted Cruz' likes. pic.twitter.com/BRlAPXfUkz
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) September 12, 2017
And thanks to this unfortunate like, Sen. Cruz in the No. 1 trending topic nationally:
@SexualPosts’ response:
Thanks for watching ted!
— Sexuall Posts 😈 (@SexuallPosts) September 12, 2017
Ouch.
Update: Catherine Frazier, a senior comms adviser to Sen. Cruz, reported the “offensive tweet” to Twitter:
The offensive tweet posted on @tedcruz account earlier has been removed by staff and reported to Twitter
— Catherine Frazier (@catblackfrazier) September 12, 2017
Um, what is Twitter going to do about someone with access to Cruz’s account liking a porn video?
There’s no way to sugarcoat it — this will be bad:
This is the night that Ted Cruz became president.
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) September 12, 2017
*wakes up, opens Twitter*
"what happened while I was asleep?"
sees multiple tweets about ted cruz and porn
"oh no"
— Jamelle Bouie (@jbouie) September 12, 2017
Me waiting for Ted Cruz to respond to this drama pic.twitter.com/Iy4BBHpyY6
— Matthew D'Ambrosio™ (@drmattdambrosio) September 12, 2017
You know trump gonna call a press conference on Ted Cruz like pic.twitter.com/Mime4MC5Q4
— Think Liberty (@think_liberty) September 12, 2017
Q: Why was Twitter invented?
A: Because one night in the future, Ted Cruz will fave a porn tweet and Twitter will reach perfection
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) September 12, 2017
Ah, 12:25 AM, finally getting to bed at a reasonable h—Ted Cruz liked a WHATnography tweet
— Patrick Monahan (@pattymo) September 12, 2017
Ted Cruz porn scandal is exactly what the world needed right now
— Adam H. Johnson (@adamjohnsonNYC) September 12, 2017
Let the investigation begin!
if you either are ted cruz's intern who is about to get fired over the porn fav or know who it is pls email me ty [email protected]
— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) September 12, 2017
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Editor’s note: This post has been updated.
