(CNN) - Sen. Marco Rubio stopped for a drink during the GOP response to the State of the Union - and the moment immediately went viral.
Even Rubio himself acknowledged the awkward break in his speech on Twitter.
#GOPResponse #SOTU #gop #tcot http://t.co/3hxtgdbP
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Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) February 13, 2013
Others on Twitter ribbed the Florida senator for stopping his speech to reach for the water bottle.
Republicans upset with Rubio for diluting talking points. #Watergate—
Lanre Akinsiku (@Lanre_Ak) February 13, 2013
I don't always drink water. But when I do, it's in the middle of the biggest moment of my career. #staythirsty—
David Waldman (@KagroX) February 13, 2013
"During the real one, I won't grab the baby water and drink it. WAIT WHAT?"—
Neal Brennan (@nealbrennan) February 13, 2013
Stay thirsty, Americans – Marco Rubio—
Anthony De Rosa (@AntDeRosa) February 13, 2013
Rubio campaign definitely under water.—
(@HistoryEtc) February 13, 2013
Hint to Sen. Rubio: crank down the AC before a big speech under the lights. But this is still a very well delivered speech.—
Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) February 13, 2013
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What a joke!
Rubio went from wiping sweat from the side of his head, smacking and licking his lips, to taking gulps of water during his all important Republican response to the nation on national television. All true signs of lying!
And this is CNN's contribution to discussion over Rubio's response??? REALLY?
And just when we were really getting interested in his speech...
Probably from all that Nixonian sweating he was doing.
It was really weird when it happened, but it was admittedly smart of him to be self deprecating immediately with this tweet.
Wow, there's no bias on this site...
not good. poor thing
Sen. Margo Rubio (R) Florida... Please somebody STOP him!
He does sound like an amateur, reading a long list of items from a pre-prepared laundry list. Did he hear the same State of the Union speech that the rest of us did? Seriously.
didn't bother to look at Rubio The GOPs are just a circus now. sitting there looking like kids who are being ignored. They have no grounds for their beliefs. What an embarrassment to this country. They are very sad.
This guy is a joke.
I think the president did a good job in outlining his agenda.
This man dedicated his speech to the issue of welfare. Welfare? Really? The US spent $650 BILLION dollars last year alone on defense, but do you think this Republican sheister would ever mention that?
No, of course not. Rubio wants to mention only the SECOND biggest piece of the pie, because it's not the one that earns his cronies BILLIONS of dollars in business every year. Freaking. Disgusting.
Rubio the GOP fall guy for 2016
In other news, the world is on fire.
Absolutely FUNNIEST speech EVER by a politician. I can't remember laughing harder. Hey Marco, wrong night, wrong city - Amateur Night at the Apollo is WEDNESDAY!!!
Something as unimportant as a drink of water goes viral. And the water drinker posts it on Twitter... Welcome to the state of our union. Sheesh!
OMG....I hope he is NOT the repub savior
Nothing to see here. Just CNN trying to make a quick buck out of a thirsty guy.
President Obama and the democrats do no wrong. Republicans can't do anything right. I love the media.
If he's the future of the GOP, the party is in serious trouble. He looked and sounded scared to death.
Rubio was an embarassment and is proof that the Tea Party has damaged the Republican Party for several decades to come.
Excuse me, but this guy has no clue what poverty is or starting off from nothing is like, and he wants to represent the middle class and poor? Does he not come from a rich family? Huh? Get real. As an American Mexican Veteran, I would even think so stupid to allow this moron to support my people (Americans). I grew poor and I mean poor, like eating from trash bins to survive because we had nothing when I was a child. My mother worked as a maid to support 12 of us, and if it was not for our father we would not have made it, a Kroean war veteran. This shmuck has no clue what middle class is because he's never lived thast life nor does he know what it's like to be brought up poor . BO has been there and he knows what he is talking about. Borther you do not know what a real Hispainc is in this Country, don't try to buy our support. Go back to bed with rich fat cats that got oyu where you are.
More material for Saturday Night Live.