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VP Debate 2020: Pence had a fly resting on his head for 2 minutes, Internet calls it his 'first Black friend'

As Senator Kamala Harris and Pence spoke about racial injustice and police brutality, it did not budge, nor did Pence acknowledge its presence

Toward the end of the Vice Presidential debate 2020, featuring Mike Pence and Kamala Harris, a fly landed on Pence's head for several minutes as he answered questions from moderator Susan Page and responded to the Democratic nominee.

The fly remained on the vice president's head for about two minutes. As Harris and Pence spoke about racial injustice and police brutality, it did not budge, nor did Pence acknowledge its presence, but Twitter certainly did, particularly those viewers who were no fans of his, to begin with. The black fly was hard to miss against Pence's white hair and immediately captivated social media.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who racked up Emmys for her star turn in HBO's satire Veep, about the White House, wrote on Instagram that "I really wish we had thought of this on @veephbo - who is controlling that fly?" 

Not just Instagram, there were a couple of nasty memes on Twitter, one among them read: "The lizard person inside of pence is dying rn that he can’t eat that bug on top of his head" 

Pence's picture with the fly/bug sitting on him started floating on Twitter, as one Internet user shared a picture of him and wrote, "Imagine Mike Pence going on Twitter after the debate to see what people thought of his ideas only to see over half a million tweets about the fly on his head instead lmaoooooo." While another one shared a series of screenshots and wrote, "There are already MORE THAN A HUNDRED "Fly on Mike Pence's head" Twitter accounts."

While one Internet user wrote, "Every word from Mike Pence is a lie Mike Pence has a pet fly Mike Pence is pretty shitty for a white guy." And some made fun of him and wrote, "Kamala Harris wiped the floor with Mike Pence and there is really no question about that. He didn't answer a single question. The most exciting moment of his performance was when he was a landing pad for a fly."

More and more people poked fun at Pence, as another tweet read, "Respect to @Mike_Pence, but the fly landing on ur head when denying systemic racism...pls see (Ecclesiastes 10:1): As dead flies cause even a bottle of perfume to stink, so a little foolishness spoils great wisdom and honor. ~ it's a sign to change your foolish thinking." Some made bizarre conclusions and wrote, "I thought it was really nice of Mike Pence to bring his one black friend to the debate with him and let it fly around the podium. And it was very Christian of him to let the fly eat his lies while they were Corona-hot from his facial sphincter. #VicePresidentialDebate." There were more people who focused on the color of the fly with one saying: "That “the fly is Mike Pence’s only Black friend” is WILDLY racist lmao. Wtf"

Some called the fly campaign merchandise and wrote, "That fly would make great campaign merchandise. "The fly knows its shit. Vote Biden Harris," and one wrote, "Even the fly abandoned him, in the end ..."