Ted Cruz’s Sideways Facebook Live Goes Awfully Wrong & Goes Viral

Senator Ted Cruz ruined his Facebook Live broadcast Friday.

The former presidential nominee’s live chat with conservative radio host Mark Davis went viral but for the wrong reasons. An unidentified staffer filming the encounter on a smartphone suffered some “technical problems” halfway through.

.@chrislhayes looks at Sen. Ted Cruz’s Facebook live that went upside down…

And vertical

Horizontal

And even in reverse —> https://t.co/qSfwvMmR86 pic.twitter.com/IMAI6JGenw

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) October 20, 2018

Cruz, currently in a tight race with social media-savvy Democratic congressman Beto O’Rourke said his team “may not win IT department of the year.” He also repeatedly urged the smartphone-operator to remove their hand from over the camera’s lens.

Footage of the broadcast went trending on Twitter. It even drew the attention of Stormy Daniels‘ lawyer Michael Avenatti. Here’s what he said in response.

.@tedcruz aka Lyin’ Ted – I’m a clown? You don’t even know how Facebook or an iPhone works. You are a complete joke. https://t.co/lRymvOxe4o

— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) October 20, 2018

Twitter mocked Cruz for the rest of the day. One user tweeted “Ted Cruz going sideways on Facebook live. This joke is too easy. #BetoForSenate”

Ted Cruz going sideways on Facebook live. This joke is too easy. #BetoForSenate https://t.co/SShEKlf8ea

— Stephanie Gillis (@stevie_gillis) October 19, 2018

Another tweeted, “I didn’t know my mom was in charge of Ted Cruz’s Facebook live streams.”

I didn’t know my mom was in charge of Ted Cruz’s Facebook live streams https://t.co/XAUFnQVDiD

— Sara Porcheddu (@saraporcheddu) October 20, 2018

Cruz and O’Roarke face off in a tightly contested race for the Senate on November 6.