Sen. Ted Cruz responded to the drama that surrounded his Twitter page “liking” a pornographic video on Tuesday.

The “like” of the two girls one male video set Twitter on fire when it was discovered.

Cruz explained that the “liking” of the video was a “staffing issue” and then used some of his trademark humor, as BPR predicted he would, to add levity to the situation.

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

But he also gave an actual explanation to reporters.

“It was a staffing issue, and it was inadvertent, it was a mistake, it was not a deliberate action,” the Texas senator told reporters. “There were a number of people on the team that have access to the account, and it appears that someone inadvertently hit the ‘like’ button.”

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