Everyone's going crazy over this video of Marco Rubio hitting a little kid in the face with a football

Colin Campbell

Aug 19, 2015, 00:05 IST

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A small child botched the catch of a football thrown by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) on Tuesday - and video of the incident quickly went viral among politicos on Twitter.

The pass began smooth enough, according to video posted by Bloomberg Politics.

Rubio, a presidential candidate who has a campaign video advertising his ability to coach youngsters, lobbed a smooth toss to the Iowa boy.

The boy, however, flailed and the ball hit his face. Thankfully, a campaign aide reportedly said the child was unhurt.

"Oh no!" Rubio can be heard saying in the video.

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People on Twitter appeared to be very amused by the failed catch, cracking jokes left and right:

Marco Rubio's campaign really spiraling out of control here https://t.co/QFT4BWx4qE
- Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) August 18, 2015

WHY TRUMP COULD WIN: Rubio will apologize to the kid. The Donald would tell him he should develop better hands https://t.co/gS0C7lNjFP
- JustinGreen8 (@JGreenDC) August 18, 2015

For the record: Marco Rubio dropped a pass from fellow Gator Tim Tebow on the FL House floor http://t.co/LkWoqK8xZJ https://t.co/61RdpSGrC1
- Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) August 18, 2015

Marco Rubio would do to the middle class what he did to the kid with a fo [is swarmed by bees]
- Rob Flaherty (@Rob_Flaherty) August 18, 2015

Rubio also terrorized this little kid in a go-kart. Careful, parents.https://t.co/tkPXl2Gm6A
- Alexandra Jaffe (@ajjaffe) August 18, 2015

The Jets just signed Rubio.
- Jimmy (@JimmyPrinceton) August 18, 2015

Scott Walker released a health care plan today BUT MARCO RUBIO'S FOOTBALL TO THE FACE IS THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS. pic.twitter.com/WfkugQNcn0
- Mudacris (@moody) August 18, 2015

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