The most awkward moments from last night’s Republican debate

There were plenty of poignant moments during the Republican presidential debate in Simi Valley, Calif., on Wednesday — and plenty of awkward ones too.

Let’s start with Florida Sen. Marco Rubio’s self-introduction, during which he joked that he was doing his part to battle California’s historic drought.

“That’s why I brought my own water,” Rubio said to near-silence from the audience — which may or may not have realized he was referring to his infamously parched response to President Obama’s 2013 State of the Union address.

Then there was Donald Trump’s ill-fated attempt to high-five (or perhaps fist-bump) Ben Carson over their shared opposition to the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Or how about the oddly hard hand-slap Jeb Bush delivered to Trump when the real estate mogul commended the former Florida governor’s choice of “Ever-ready” as his Secret Service code name.

“It’s very high energy, Donald,” Bush said.

But perhaps the most awkward (or awkwardly awesome) moment was when CNN’s camera zoomed in on Trump the first of many times he was attacked by his GOP rivals.

As Trump would say, “Whatever!”

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