Ted Cruz clears up that whole 'porn tweet' debacle — kind of
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) had some explaining to do Tuesday morning after Twitter users discovered his official account had "liked" a tweet containing a pornographic video overnight. (While Cruz's staff finally "unliked" the NSFW tweet, it was not before @SexuallPosts thanked the senator "for watching.")
Cruz — who once wrote a 76-page legal brief calling for sex toys to be banned in the state of Texas — seemed to take things in stride and with a sense of humor. A one-time 2016 presidential candidate, Cruz joked to the press that "perhaps we should have done something like this during the Indiana primary."
Of course, that still leaves open the lingering question of who liked the "porn tweet" from Cruz's account. "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," Cruz went on to explain, as reported by NBC News' Frank Thorp V.
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"It wasn't you?" someone asked.
"It was a staffing issue," Cruz replied, "and it was inadvertent, it was a mistake, it was not a deliberate action."
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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.
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