Fly on Mike Pence’s head captivates viewers during vice presidential debate

Published October 8, 2020 2:47am ET



Mike Pence was under pressure to create buzz for the Trump campaign during the vice presidential debate — just not this kind of buzz.

During the latter half of the debate in Salt Lake City, Utah, what appeared to be a house fly landed on Vice President Mike Pence and remained on his head for close to two minutes. Twitter erupted as the fly sat perched on Pence’s white hair, with viewers helpless to do anything about it.

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