Ted Cruz sat down with CNN’s Dana Bash to talk about the tweet heard ’round the world and his attitude toward consenting adults and sex toys.
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Cruz said the “like” made on a bisexual porn video on his Twitter account was a staffer: “It was not me. And it’s not gonna happen again. This was a screw-up.”
When pressed on the irony that he pushed legislation trying to ban the sale of sex toys, Cruz went off on the media and the left:
“I am saying that consenting adults should do whatever they want in their bedrooms. And, you know, the media and the left seem obsessed with sex! Let people do what they want!”
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