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By Reuters 
5h ago
Andy sullivan
Washington – A stray housefly briefly commanded the US national stage Wednesday, creating a stir when it landed on Vice President Mike Pence’s cropped white hair as he debated with his Democratic rival, US Sen. Kamala Harris.
The bug sat there for several minutes during the confrontation, distracting onlookers who were perhaps looking for a break from all the talk about taxes and trade.
“The fly won the debate,” Jeanne Duncan, a writer from Oregon, posted on Twitter.
The fly endured when the former Republican congressman and former Indiana governor shook his head and stood with Harris, looking confident knowing the candidate was in no condition to chase him away. Pence’s left eye was noticeably bloodshot.
A short time later, he disappeared, but his legend was only growing.
On Twitter, an account called @MikePenceFly quickly gained thousands of followers.
All jealous because I got the best seat for the debate tonight.
– Most famous fly (@MikePenceFly) October 8, 2020
Harris’s running mate, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, posted a photo of himself with a fly swatter on Twitter, asking supporters to “put in $ 5 to help this campaign fly.”
His campaign created a website, flywillvote.com, to register voters. Within an hour, he was selling a “Truth About Flies” fly swatter for $ 10.
Repel flies and lies. Get yours today: https://t.co/ehsECKfDPO pic.twitter.com/oVLHHmq85c
– Team Joe (Text JOE to 30330) (@TeamJoe) October 8, 2020
Pence staff decided not to take advantage of the uninvited guest. In a post-debate call, senior advisor Jason Miller had a different animal in mind. “We had a deer stare in Senator Harris’ headlights tonight,” he said.
Some Democrats took the opportunity to mention President Donald Trump’s Covid-19 infection. “The fly must be quarantined,” wrote Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar.
Republican Senator Rand Paul had a different twist: “The deep state planted a bug in @VP. This illegal espionage is really out of control.”
Stephen Colbert, host of “The Late Show” on CBS, suggested that by sitting on Pence’s hair for two minutes or so, the fly had a greater attention span than Trump himself.
2 minutes and 3 seconds – that’s the amount of time a local California television news reporter recorded the screen time of the fly on Mike Pence’s head during the #VPDebate.https: //t.co/1n1qZcBvXU
– The New York Times (@nytimes) October 8, 2020
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