Marco Rubio gets the last laugh, bottle poppin

[Serious]

Sen. Marco Rubio gets the last laugh with more than $100,000 in water bottle sales

Marco Rubio's PAC is capitalizing on the Florida senator's so-called Watergate by selling branded water bottles.

Sen. Marco Rubio may be getting the last laugh from his water drinking gaffe.

Rubio’s political action committee has raised more than $100,000 from selling “Rubio” water bottles since he took that awkward sip of water during his State of the Union rebuttal last week, Buzzfeed reported.

The Reclaim America PAC began offering the red and white “Rubio” water bottles on Wednesday for a donation of $25 or more.

A source close to the Florida Republican told Buzzfeed that more than 3,100 of the bottles have since been snapped up.

"Send the liberal detractors a message that not only does Marco Rubio inspire you… he hydrates you too,” a message on the PAC’s website reads.

Rubio has worked to spin the water drinking incident to his advantage after becoming the butt of jokes with his ill-timed reach for water on Tuesday night. He tweeted a photo of the tiny Poland Spring bottle after his speech and later joked about the moment in television interviews.

“God has a funny way of reminding us we’re human,” he said on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”

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Can't front this is a pretty smart move.

 

[Brown_Pride]

It does improve upon the previous situation, in that sense it's a victory, 3100 bottles is hardly a large enough number to say it's been a huge success. When you're a foot underground climbing up an inch is still technically an improvement.

 

[Eastside Get The Money]

Republicans

Spoiler

 

[Jello Biafra]

Got to give him props for being savvy enough to make lemonade out of lemons.

Still doesn't erase this image though.

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Dude's supporters bought bottles by the crate w/47% tax return money

 

[The Real]

Dude's supporters bought bottles by the crate w/47% tax return money

Plus $100,000 won't do much for him in any of the bigger races- it might not even really offset the negative impact of the water moment.

 

[havoc00]

Id cop that water

 

[kermit da hustla]

@ this being a victory. fukkouttahere. republicans spent untolds amount of money last year, and we all saw them get their asses handed to them on every electoral level when november came around.

republicans can spend their money as they choose. they're still losing, and rubio hasn't done anything to repair the damage that state of union address did to his standing in the eyes of most americans.

a ton of those "i built this" shirts were sold last year, too.