Ted Cruz 'likes' NSFW porn video post on Twitter

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Ted Cruz may be in the market for a new social media manager, an intern to blame or a new Twitter password.

The Texas Senator, who has more than three million followers on Twitter, "liked" a pornographic two-minute video clip from account @SexuallPosts. The account replied to Cruz's like with: "Thanks for watching ted!" It also updated its Twitter profile to read: "Follow for the Same Porn @TedCruz Watches."

Early Tuesday, the Twitter universe took notice and immediately slammed the conservative politician with a slew of hilarious responses for the embarrassing gaffe, which apparently happened on Monday, Sept 11 (yes, on 9/11).

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Cruz has in the past spoken out against the pornography industry, saying it hurts family values. Last summer he joined some Republican leaders who called the industry a "public health crisis."

This isn't Cruz's first Twitter mishap. While running for office in 2016, he removed an ad targeting Marco Rubio after it was revealed that it featured an actress who appears in adult movies.

A senior communications advisor to Ted Cruz wrote: "The offensive tweet posted on @tedcruz account earlier has been removed by staff and reported to Twitter."

Update: Ted Cruz told the Associated Press: "This is not how I envisioned waking up this morning. Although I will say that if I had known that this would trend so quickly, perhaps we should have posted something like this back during the Indiana primary."