Marco Rubio paused in the middle of his response to President Obama’s State of the Union to take a sip from a just-off-camera bottle of water.
The break between points about Obama’s speech instantly became fodder for Twitter snark.
Marco Rubio: the man you want to have a desperate gulp of water with.
— Paul Begala (@PaulBegala) February 13, 2013
The fall of western civilization is complete. Marco Rubio’s water bottle draws 15 parody accounts: buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynsk… — Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) February 13, 2013
Rubio’s off-camera water grab will be talked about tomorrow more than his address — West Wing Reports (@WestWingReport) February 13, 2013
At least he’s getting some laughs of his own out of the incident: Rubio tweeted this picture after the speech.
#GOPResponse #SOTU #gop #tcot twitter.com/marcorubio/sta…
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) February 13, 2013
