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Ted Cruz’s Twitter Account ‘Liked’ a Porn Video and the Internet Went Wild

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The Texas senator is saying the incident occurred due to a ‘staffing issue.’

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It was the “like” heard ‘round the world.

Tuesday morning, Twitter users woke up to find Texas Senator Ted Cruz’s Twitter account had “liked” a tweet that included a pornographic video.

Later in the day, Cruz told reporters “There are a number of people on the team that have access to the account, and it appears that someone inadvertently hit the like button.”

The tweet has been un-“liked,” but not before the Twitterverse had a chance to screenshot Cruz’s page saving the unfortunate “like” for posterity.

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