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Ted Cruz Twitter porn gaffe inspires inevitable Photoshop battle

Sam Haysom

Updated 13 September 2017 at 6:17 am

It was only a matter of time, wasn't it?

On Tuesday, Ted Cruz made headlines when his official Twitter account "liked" a porn video.

SEE ALSO: This is your friendly reminder that Ted Cruz has a porn lookalike. Proceed at your own risk.

Within hours, the internet was awash with jokes. Jimmy Kimmel did a set about it on his show. And now — somewhat inevitably — there's been a Photoshop battle on Reddit featuring the following image:

Ripe for the Photoshopping.

Image: Susan Walsh/AP/REX/Shutterstock

Needless to say, the battle quickly developed a (mildly NSFW) theme:

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As is the case with most Photoshop battles, things quickly got off-topic.

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Finally, this person dropped the mic.

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Oh dear.

WATCH: Watch Ted Cruz get booed.

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