A spokeswoman for Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said Tuesday that a pornographic video that was “liked” by his account has been removed and reported to Twitter.
“The offensive tweet posted on @tedcruz account earlier has been removed by staff and reported to Twitter,” tweeted Catherine Frazier?, Cruz’s senior communications adviser.
Her response came after Twitter users noticed late Monday that Cruz’s account liked a tweet from an account titled “Sexuall Posts” that had a porn video attached.
It’s unclear who was responsible for the like or if Cruz’s account was hacked. Frazier did not address how the like happened.
On Capitol Hill, Cruz told NBC “a number of people on the team that have access to the account.”
“It appears that someone inadvertently hit the like button,” he said, adding: “It was a staffing issue, and it was inadvertent, it was a mistake, it was not a deliberate action.”
An aide to Cruz confirmed the comments to CNN, adding that there would be an internal effort to figure out who was responsible.
Cruz hadn’t addressed the issue on his Twitter account as of early Tuesday afternoon.