Republican senator Ted Cruz was the laughing stock of Twitter on Tuesday, after the politician’s Twitter account liked a pornographic video from another account.
The account in question, the aptly-named @SexuallPosts, posted a video to the social network featuring two women and a man engaging in sexual activities. While over 520 people liked the post, Cruz was among the most influential with over three-million followers.
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“Thanks for watching ted,” @SexuallPosts tweeted, taking full advantage of the blunder.
It also changed its bio to this gem: “Follow for the Same Porn @TedCruz Watches.”
Twitter users soon noticed the unashamed like, which remained on Cruz’s profile for more than half an hour. Unfortunately for the Texan lawmaker, this was more than enough time for Twitter to ready the memes and sass.
The Ted Cruz the media doesn’t want you to see on 9/11 pic.twitter.com/x4cLYjdsvW
— rickandmorty (@rickandmorty101) September 12, 2017
What Ted Cruz was doing when he liked that tweet pic.twitter.com/tdvqV1ZlZR
— caleb (@calebtrailmixx) September 12, 2017
So this is what happens when I go on vacation. Ted Cruz likes a tweet from Sexuall Posts. pic.twitter.com/4SGbiwrUXY
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) September 12, 2017
Ted Cruz liking that tweet pic.twitter.com/asdHOrSP0X
— booboo the fool (@dearcorvo) September 12, 2017
Ted Cruz accidentally liking that post pic.twitter.com/GJ0H0na1h6
— Thomas Jones (@tomj191) September 12, 2017
Celebrities joined in on the commentary, with Zach Braff among the most vocal.
“When you were thinking of watching porn, but now you’re torn because the Ted Cruz tweets are 
When you were thinking of watching porn, but now you’re torn because the Ted Cruz tweets are
pic.twitter.com/Pa4OGFc64X — Zach Braff (@zachbraff) September 12, 2017
Ted Cruz will say he got hacked, but… pic.twitter.com/VL3nAKOTc2
— Zach Braff (@zachbraff) September 12, 2017
“Soon Ted Cruz will wake up to this nightmarish PR situation. Wonder if he’ll be able to beat it?” Adam Best artfully joked.
Soon Ted Cruz will wake up to this nightmarish PR situation. Wonder if he’ll be able to beat it? pic.twitter.com/uA7HUBrwI6
— Adam Best (@adamcbest) September 12, 2017
Our prayers and thoughts for Ted Cruz this morning. Nothing is too hard for him to beat.
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) September 12, 2017
Some users wondered how Cruz is dealing with it all, and what fallout would be beyond the confines of the internet.
Ted Cruz in the morning. pic.twitter.com/VSdqypWiB9
— – ̗̀オマル ̖́- (@Cordero5Omar) September 12, 2017
Live look at Ted Cruz trying to figure out how he’s going to get out of this one. pic.twitter.com/QFP4NeqMQY
— Cody (@CodyLikesStuff) September 12, 2017
Ted Cruz ‘s reaction after realizing why he’s trending pic.twitter.com/IUkhvP2RtN
— kj (@polirical) 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
Heidi Cruz, tomorrow: Ted Cruz can’t come to the phone right now…why? Oh, because he’s dead. #TedCruz pic.twitter.com/OyiQF48Ka3
— Kayla (@Kayla_H_18) September 12, 2017
Ted Cruz looking through Twitter right now pic.twitter.com/eAak0UTvZs
— Solodemon99 (@sarpic73) September 12, 2017
Others awaited an official announcement from Cruz himself.
I can’t wait for Ted Cruz “I was hacked” press conference. pic.twitter.com/yQ0UCC4LSy
— Austin (@AustinCTweets) September 12, 2017
Me waiting for Ted Cruz to respond to this drama pic.twitter.com/Iy4BBHpyY6
— Matthew D’Ambrosio
(@drmattdambrosio) September 12, 2017
But it wasn’t the politician who made the first announcement. Cruz’s senior communications officer Catherine Frazier took to the social network to clear the air, suggesting that the post had been removed from the profile, and reported 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
Frazier didn’t divulge who liked the post, or whether there was a security breach.
Although it might’ve ruined his week on social media, the like by Cruz has seemingly increased search results for SexuallPosts. Google Trends showed a marked increase in searches for “SexuallPosts” and “Ted Cruz porn” over the past few hours.
While on Twitter, it seems that some are following in Cruz’s stead.
Ted Cruz brought me here
—
(@itscalebryan) September 12, 2017
Feature image: Gage Skidmore via Flickr (CC 2.0 BY-SA, resized)
