Ted Cruz Finds Out the, Um, Hard Way That Trending on Twitter Isn’t Always Good

Ted Cruz, failed presidential candidate and hobgoblin, had quite the Monday night! The Twitter night shift was doing what it does, when someone stumbled across something Ted “liked” from his official account. Now, even the shit he normally likes is gross, but this one was quite special. Seems ol’ Ted Cruz “accidentally” liked a tweet from an account called @SexuallPosts. The post contained a very NSFW video of some very NSFW sexual activities.

Well, as you can imagine, Twitter lost it’s goddamn mind. And it was glorious.

Justice, she was swift. And she showed no mercy.

This tweet on Ted Cruz & his porn addiction aged like a fine wine made for Dems. https://t.co/fLtP9fAKYH

— Scott Dworkin (@funder) September 12, 2017

The tweet he’s quoting came from Ted’s old college roommate, Craig Mazin. He famously roasted Ted during the primaries, with gems like this one.

https://twitter.com/clmazin/status/720259227067920385

I believe that’s what’s referred to as an evergreen tweet, yes?

Once word spread that Ted Cruz was busy liking sex posts from his official account, Twitter went ALL THE WAY IN. I swear, I know that platform can be a pain in the ass, but there is nothing better than Twitter when shit like this goes down.

https://twitter.com/PhillyD/status/907470286936711168

https://twitter.com/NaturallyKatz/status/907566130180628480

https://twitter.com/pattymo/status/907471362905788416

The like was up for nearly an hour. That is terribly sad and absolutely hilarious. No one likes you, Ted Cruz!

One media outlet actually reported Ted Cruz's "like" of a porn site was "quickly yanked off." Tea Pain can't unread that.

— Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) September 12, 2017

Ted Cruz in a panick when he realized people can find out what you like pic.twitter.com/CUAH8EbHKh

— Rogelio Garcia, Lawyer (@LawyerRogelio) September 12, 2017

CRUZ ADVISOR: nows a good time to acknowledge liking that tweet & laugh it off
TED CRUZ: ack ack ack
ADVISOR: no, laugh. like we practiced

— jonny sun (@jonnysun) September 12, 2017

Sadly, the fun had to come to an end. Someone finally figured out that it was weird for that gremlin to be trending on 9/11 and removed the offending like. Of course, per the “oh shit I fucked up on social media” handbook, the like was blamed on hackers. Or ghost Twitter, it’s pretty unclear.

https://twitter.com/catblackfrazier/status/907488125445963779

Not sure how a like can be posted to someone else’s account, but okey dokey, Catherine! It was fun while it lasted, and we’ll always have this exchange to remember the event.

https://twitter.com/SexuallPosts/status/907475090866089984

Always thank your fans! Never change, Twitter.

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(Image: Twitter/@tedcruz)