Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), or whoever had access to his Twitter account at the time, liked a hardcore porn video on Monday night.

The like disappeared early on Tuesday, and Cruz later said someone on his staff who had access to the account inadvertently hit the like button .

It was not a deliberate act. Were dealing with it internally, but it was a mistake. It was not malicious, he continued.

The clip, which appeared in his likes, was from an account called Sexuall Posts and contained a 2:20 segment of a video from the adult video website Reality Kings. The account that posted the video promised Full-Length HD Porn Posted Every Day.