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Marco Rubio: “I needed water, what am I going to do? God has a funny way of reminding us we're human.”

On the recordFebruary 12, 2013
I needed water, what am I going to do? God has a funny way of reminding us we're human.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

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On his impromptu water break during GOP rebuttal

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