“ it was an honest mistake .
sen. ted cruz on why his twitter account left a ❤ ️ on porn sen. ted cruz , r - texas , spoke to reporters on capitol hill about the pornographic tweet that was briefly “ liked ” by his official twitter account monday night .
the texas senator woke up tuesday to find his name trending on twitter — linked overnight to a certain explicit video tweeted by pornhub .
( published tuesday , sept. 12 , 2017 ) cruz addressed the notoriety tuesday , even joking about it before answering questions from reporters on capitol hill : " this is not how i envisioned waking up this morning . "
on tuesday morning , reporters waited outside the u.s. capitol to question cruz about his online alias ’s handiwork , which he disavowed .
cruz said in an interview with cnn ’s dana bash .
that someone was a staff member who had accidentally hit the wrong button , the texas senator told cnn .
late monday night , someone with access to cruz 's twitter account appeared to have " liked " a tweet featuring pornography .
it is n't clear who with access to cruz 's twitter account tapped the like button on the tweet — cruz did n't say when asked about it tuesday .