Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, joked to a reporter Tuesday morning he should have pulled a stunt like the Twitter porn incident during the campaign because of all the attention he has received from it.
“Perhaps we should have done something like this during the Indiana primary,” Cruz said.
Cruz lost the May 3, 2016, primary to President Trump, who received 587,710 votes to the Texas lawmaker’s 404,332 votes.
Ted Cruz just now jokes about liked porn tweet: “Perhaps we should have done something like this during the Indiana primary.”
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) September 12, 2017
Cruz’s staff informed Twitter early Tuesday about a pornographic video his personal social media account “liked” overnight.
Cruz’s communications director Catherine Frazier tweeted the update shortly after 2 a.m. EST.
“It was a staffing issue, and it was inadvertent. It was a mistake, it was not a deliberate action,” Cruz said Tuesday morning. “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 offensive tweet posted on @tedcruz account earlier has been removed by staff and reported to Twitter,” Frazier wrote.
The specific account is called @sexuallposts and the tweet his account “liked” linked to a two-minute video.
The tweet was removed around 1:20 a.m. EST.
Cruz has two Twitter accounts, including @SenTedCruz, which is used for official Senate tweets.
Cruz’s refusal to take blame for the incident indicates he may say the account has been hacked or an aide with access to the account took the action.
