Ted Cruz says favorited porn tweet was 'inadvertent' and a 'mistake'

We’re just going to bet that Sen. Ted Cruz isn’t having a great Tuesday morning.

Overnight, the Texas Republican’s Twitter account favorited a tweet featuring hardcore pornography.

Later that morning, the senator told reporters that the like was "inadvertent" and a "mistake" caused by several people having access to the 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," he said, according to NBC News.

Cruz also reportedly joked about it, saying that they should have "done something like this during the Indiana primary."

By early Tuesday, the tweet was removed from the senator’s likes and reported to Twitter by staff, according to his senior communications adviser.

“The offensive tweet posted on @tedcruz account earlier has been removed by staff and reported to Twitter,” adviser Catherine Frazier said on Twitter.

Still, the damage was done. Screenshots of the tweet appearing in Cruz's like were already taken, and the senator was trending on Twitter later that morning.

Other recent tweets that Cruz's account has liked in recent days are mostly focused on the response to Hurricane Harvey.

In the meantime, @SexuallPosts, the account that posted the tweet, has thanked the senator and changed its bio to include "Follow for the Same Porn @TedCruz."