Ted Cruz's social media team has reached a dark new low. 。

Right before Senate hopeful Beta O'Rourke's debate with Cruz last night, where the sitting Senator skirted the question about whether police violence against African-Americans was a problem, Cruz released a seemingly innocuous video on Twitter featuring O'Rourke. 。

In it, Beto denounces the murder of Botham Jean, who was mysteriously killed in his apartment by an off-duty police officer. 。

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Botham Shem Jean, who is black, was unarmed at the time of his death. It's unclear why his neighbor, a white off-duty police officer, entered his apartment and proceeded to shoot him. The case is ongoing. 。

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Of all the videos Cruz could have shown of O'Rourke, he chose to share this one -- in which the candidate denounces a seemingly cold-blooded murder, all while in a black church.。

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What, Twitter wanted to know, was so bad about Beto's stand?

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Honestly, this tweet is far worse than the one Cruz liked about porn. 。

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Here's a video of O'Rourke playing the air drums to cleanse your moral palette:。

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