While other presidential candidates might kiss babies on the campaign trail, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has a different approach to dealing with children: hitting them with footballs.
.@marcorubio goes long in Iowa… and… d’oh. Don’t worry, the kid’s okay! http://t.co/Ly9sThFm0Thttps://t.co/6NtUT5Eqhk
— Bloomberg Politics (@bpolitics) August 18, 2015
The footage of the Republican rising star dropping a kid with a football to the face comes from Bloomberg Politics, which also posted a video report on the Iowa State Fair, where 2016 presidential candidates courted voters in the key early primary state.
Let’s look at that play again.
Jason Reed
The Rubio campaign did not respond to a request for comment about the clip, in which the senator’s throw resembled nothing so much as a precisely targeted drone strike in the tribal mountains of Pakistan.
https://twitter.com/sam_baker/status/633670275230507009
.@marcorubio: HOW COULD YOU pic.twitter.com/29LIVxN4kP
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) August 18, 2015
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