Maybe Marco Rubio would've won if he hadn't left this kid hanging

Dude.
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Brian Koerber
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Marco Rubio, how could you?

After a poor showing in the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday, Rubio said he was "disappointed." But what he should really be upset about is leaving this poor 7-year-old boy hanging.


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During a rally in Exeter, New Hampshire on Feb. 2, it seems that Rubio failed to shake the hand of a kid named J.P., who seemed sufficiently upset with the accidental diss. 

"I was up there a long time. Maybe we should go for ice cream."


Jason Schreiber of the New Hampshire Union Leader, reported: "Rubio got distracted when the audience caught his attention and he turned away from J.P., leaving the second-grader standing with his hand out."

However, this wasn't the first time J.P. had met Rubio. Schreiber reports that the boy met the candidate once before when his mother was volunteering for the Rubio campaign.

But don't worry, J.P. brushed off Rubio's oversight for more important things.

"I was up there a long time. Maybe we should go for ice cream," J.P. told his parents after the event.

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Brian was the Culture Editor and has been working at Mashable on the web culture desk since 2014.

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