President Trump isn’t the only member of the GOP who causes a stir with his late-night Twitter antics.
Senator Ted Cruz sent social media into a frenzy on Monday night when his official Twitter account liked a porn clip.
Seriously. Apparently Cruz (or whoever runs his social media) didn’t enjoy it enough to retweet it, however.
You can check out a screenshot of it below, since we’ll likely find out it was the result of a pesky “hacker” at any time.
Early Tuesday, Cruz senior communications adviser Catherine Frazier tweeted an inevitable explanation: “The offensive tweet posted on @tedcruz account earlier has been removed by staff and reported to Twitter.”
https://twitter.com/catblackfrazier/status/907488125445963779
The two minute, 20 second video begins with a blonde mom walking in on two “teenagers,” um, expressing their love for one another. You can probably guess where it goes from there.
Naturally, Twitter didn’t let Cruz — a married father of two who joined Republicans last year in declaring pornography “a public health crisis that is destroying the life of millions” — off the hook for this.
There are almost too many options to share, but let’s kick it off with the inevitable Michael Scott meme.
Ted Cruz waking up pic.twitter.com/AM22gOt9ZU
— Brett Anderson (@_BAnderson30_) September 12, 2017
“Westworld” star Jeffrey Wright called for porn legend Ron Jeremy to join Cruz in a run for office in 2020.
Ted Cruz/Ron Jeremy 2020
— Jeffrey Wright (@jfreewright) September 12, 2017
Others noticed the bad timing, with it being Sept. 11. Hey, at least Cruz started the day off tweeting some heartfelt messages before hitting the like button.
ted cruz liking porn on twitter on 9/11 is wild there's literally no way we don't live in the matrix
— elijah daniel (@elijahdaniel) September 12, 2017
Well done @TedCruz using the power of "like" to illustrate the evils of porn #Weiner pic.twitter.com/SQDPh1cRTp
— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) September 12, 2017
Ted Cruz will say it was a rogue staffer but… pic.twitter.com/tPOFxw6Nls
— Zach Braff (@zachbraff) September 12, 2017
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
Actor Patrick Monahan pointed out the inexplicably long period of time the tweet remained up, even as Twitter turned Cruz into a punchline.
https://twitter.com/pattymo/status/907471362905788416
Writer Mathew D’Ambrosio used a well-timed screenshot from Cruz’s porn vid to share his anxiousness waiting for Cruz’s response.
https://twitter.com/drmattdambrosio/status/907468332500008961
This one was just good because of Cruz’s scrunched face.
LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OK OK IM DONE NO MORE IM DONE W/ TED CRUZ I SWEAR LMFAOOOOO
IM A MESS RN IM NO GOOD FOR YALL RN LOOOLL ???? pic.twitter.com/3NRGaA9GbX
— ♡♪!? (@SkyWilliams) September 12, 2017
And Wired’s Ashley Feinberg wants the culprit — if it’s not Cruz — to send her an email with details. Yours truly would like to second that, so please email me at sean.burch@thewrap.com and share your story.
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 ashley_feinberg@wired.com
— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) September 12, 2017
Cruz’s former Princeton roommate and frequent critic also joined the mockery. “Now imagine Ted Cruz is doing this four feet below you in the bottom bed bunk,” he wrote. “Yes, my misery very much appreciates your company.”
https://twitter.com/clmazin/status/907470879851819008
https://twitter.com/clmazin/status/907470879851819008
https://twitter.com/clmazin/status/907471690812211200