Sen. Marco Rubio Roasted for '3-Pt Kick' Florida Election Tweet

Senator Marco Rubio is being roasted online for an analogy comparing the Florida senatorial and gubernatorial elections to an NFL game.

Rubio referred to a "3 pt kick," more commonly known as a field goal, when comparing the election recounts to a scenario in which a losing team gets another chance to win a football game.

"Imagine if NFL team was trailing 24-22 but in final seconds hits a 3 pt kick to win," Rubio wrote at the start of a thread from his personal Twitter account. "Then AFTER game lawyers for losing team get a judge to order rules changed so that last second field goals are only 1 point.

"Well that's how democrat lawyers plan to steal #Florida election."

Imagine if NFL team was trailing 24-22 but in final seconds hits a 3 pt kick to win. Then AFTER game lawyers for losing team get a judge to order rules changed so that last second field goals are only 1 point

Well that’s how democrat lawyers plan to steal #Florida election 1/4

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) November 14, 2018

Rubio likely would have gained a reaction regardless of his metaphor, but the hypothetical NFL scenario was too good for NFL purists to pass up.

"I'm just hearing of this tweet about the 3-pt kick," wrote NFL Network's Andrew Siciliano. "Wait until he learns about the 1-point safety!"

Rubio did use the term "field goals" in a later tweet, played football at Tarkio College in Missouri and is an outspoken fan of the Miami Dolphins -- his wife is a former Dolphins cheerleader -- so it's not like he's completely unaware of what a field goal is.

However, that didn't stop Twitter users from taking jabs at the Florida senator, especially given President Donald Trump and other Republican officials' criticism of the Florida recounts.

Michael Schur, who worked as a producer on "Parks and Recreation" and "The Good Place" offered an analogy of his own in response to Rubio.

"Imagine if an NFL team were up 17-14 midway through the third quarter, then claimed the game was over," Schur said in one post, "and when the other team scored a touchdown the first team started crying and saying they were cheating and said the league was corrupt with no evidence and undermined democracy."

Additionally, critics have pointed out Rubio's notorious incident from his failed presidential campaign in which he attempted to throw a football pass to a child who missed the catch and was hit in the head by the ball.

Rubio responded to the roasting on Wednesday by taking a jab at his hometown Dolphins: "I am being roasted for '3 pt kick' tweet about election? Why? You think everyone who follows politics knows what a field goal is?

"Besides,it's absurd to claim I don't know what a field goal is... that's all my Dolphins have scored for 9 straight quarters."

I am being roasted for ‘3 pt kick’ tweet about election? Why? You think everyone who follows politics knows what a field goal is?

Besides,it’s absurd to claim I don’t know what a field goal is... that’s all my Dolphins have scored for 9 straight quarters https://t.co/PWc8QlrVd2

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) November 14, 2018

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