Marco Rubio slightly lost his grip on Monday night when he hit a little boy in the face with a football.
The presidential hopeful was playing catch with his sons and a few Iowans between pork chops at the state fair when he let the pigskin slip.
It was an accident and the child was fine, insisted reporters at the picnic in Ankey.
But that didn't stop the sketch sweeping the internet once it was released by Bloomberg.
Marco Rubio was playing catch with his sons between pork chops at the state fair when he let the pigskin slip
The failed toss (not pictured) was an accident and the child was fine, insisted reporters at the picnic in Ankey
In the gif, which is less than five seconds long, Rubio lets the unwitting blond boy go long as he lifts the ball with his right hand.
He then lightly tosses it in his direction.
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As the boy twists his head skywards, the ball lands squarely on his face. He desperately tries to clap his hands together above him to grab the ball, but tumbles to the ground.
'Oh! Ha ha!' the adults laugh.
It is unclear whether it was a poor throw from Rubio or a slight misjudgment from his young teammate.
In the clip, Rubio lets the unwitting blond boy go long as he lifts the ball with his right hand
It is unclear whether it was a poor throw from Rubio or a slight misjudgment from his young teammate
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