It’s taken 83 years, but Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has met his match.
In ping pong, that is.
Video posted to social media by one of Sanders’ advisers shows the senior U.S. senator battling it out with a headband-clad boy in Austin, Texas, earlier this week.
“Bernie Sanders has finally met his match,” the adviser, Jeremy Slevin, captioned the post, which has garnered two million views since being published on Thursday.
Indeed, it does seem as though the boy had the one-up on the senator; during their first rally, the boy quickly smashed the ball past a bewildered Sanders, who barely had time to move as the ball came towards him and screamed quite audibly upon losing the point.
“You’re in trouble now, kid,” he joked.
Unfortunately for the senator, the boy’s return to his serve was a good one, causing Sanders to hit the ball off the table.
The next point, however, was won by the 83-year-old, showcasing that age, for him, is just a number.
Whether he learned his opponent’s play style or if it was sheer luck was unable to be determined.
Sanders was in Austin this past week to attend a rally with several other elected officials, including New York Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, Texas Rep. Greg Casar, Rep. Lloyd Doggett and Fmr. Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke.