Twitter goes wild after fly lands on Mike Pence's head during debate
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When a fly landed on Vice President Mike Pence's head during the debate on Wednesday night, it immediately became one of the only things people could talk about online.
The fly sat on Pence's head for about two minutes as he and Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris debated systemic racism.
The Biden team immediately jumped on the viral moment, posting a photo with the candidate holding a fly swatter.
"Pitch in $5 to help this campaign fly," Biden tweeted.
Pitch in $5 to help this campaign fly. https://t.co/CqHAId0j8t pic.twitter.com/NbkPl0a8HV
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) October 8, 2020
Not to be outdone, President Donald Trump's former top aide Kellyanne Conway, who recently tested positive for COVID-19, quipped: "Give that fly a mail-in ballot."
Give that fly a mail-in ballot
— Kellyanne Conway (@KellyannePolls) October 8, 2020
By 10:45 p.m. EDT, the Biden campaign had created a URL redirect mocking the incident, flywillvote.com, which takes potential voters to a DNC website that aims to help register people to vote.
Still, more people on Twitter enjoyed the moment. Below are some highlights.
Fly on head fly on head fly on head fourth one herd kluge on head fly o head glue on ahead hlwisniwnswhakjsnejsnsjwnsnflyonwhead flyadnqajsjsiajsndnalajdb
— D'Arcy Carden (@DarcyCarden) October 8, 2020
SNL writers when the fly landed pic.twitter.com/fQRuxFjBi3
— kenzie (looking 4 comics/visdev work) (@pk_kenzie) October 8, 2020
That debate was fly
(Sorry)— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) October 8, 2020
SNL is gonna do a cold open about the fly, aren’t they?
— Alex Thompson (@AlxThomp) October 8, 2020
THE LORD OF THE FLIES, starring Mike Pence! Coming soon to a streaming platform near you.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) October 8, 2020
it’s the fly appearing out of nowhere for me https://t.co/fGpmZ6we8i
— Dylan Minnette (@dylanminnette) October 8, 2020
