- Republican Senator Ted Cruz liked a hardcore porn video on Twitter early Tuesday morning
- The clip shows a man having sex with a woman while another woman looks on and masturbates
- In July of 2016, Cruz said: ‘Pornography…has become a public health crisis that is destroying the life [sic] of millions’
- Ted Cruz trended within minutes of the like and the post was unliked after forty minutes
Texas Republican Ted Cruz liked a hardcore porn link showing a man having sex with a woman while another woman looks on and masturbates.
The conservative senator appears to have liked the tweet at 12.39am, according to multiple Twitter users. The like was redacted within 40 minutes.
It’s worth noting Cruz’s staff and interns likely have access to his account. ‘Ted Cruz’ was trending withing minutes of the like.
In July of 2016, Cruz said in a GOP platform draft: ‘Pornography, with its harmful effects, especially on children, has become a public health crisis that is destroying the life of millions.’
Ted Cruz liked a hardcore porn link showing a man having sex with a woman while another woman looks on masturbates on Tuesday
Ted Cruz called pornography a public health crisis in 2016 and said it is destroying the lives of millions
‘We encourage states to continue to fight this public menace and pledge our commitment to children’s safety and well-being. We applaud the social networking sites that bar sex offenders from participation. We urge energetic prosecution of child pornography which closely linked to human trafficking.’
While Cruz was the solicitor general of the state of Texas, he helped argue in favor of banning sex toys in the Lone Star State.
The video he liked does not appear to feature any sex toys.
Ted Cruz’s tweet was up for a surprising amount of time which may be an indication that he was hacked or no one with access to the account was awake
Ted Cruz was trending within minutes of liking the pornographic video on Twitter
Ted Cruz’s college roommate implied this behavior was not unusual for the Texas native
If Cruz did like the video himself, it wouldn’t be the first time he watched porn. In 2015 he watched hardcore pornography with Supreme Court justices when the court was considering regulating online porn.
He told the Washington Post: ‘We were in front of a large computer screen gazing at explicit, hard-core pornography.
Cruz’s college roommate Craig Mazin tweeted: ‘Now imagine Ted Cruz is doing this four feet below you in the bottom bunk bed. Yes, my misery very much appreciates your company.’