Ted Cruz Breaks Silence After 'Liking' Explicit Video on Twitter Account

Someone on Ted Cruz‘s personal Twitter account “liked” a video that was sexual in nature last night, and news of the social media activity spread quickly.

“There are a number of people on the team who have access on the account. It appears that someone inadvertently hit the ‘like’ button. When we discovered the post, which was I guess an hour or two later, we pulled it down. It was a staffing issue, and it was inadvertent. It was a mistake. It was not a deliberate act. We’re dealing with it internally, but it was a mistake. It was not malicious,” the 46-year-old conservative politician told Politico in his first statement since the news broke.

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Cruz also added that it’s “still being discussed” whether the staff member in question will retain access to the account.