Marvel Fans Joke That Ant-Man Crashed Debate After Fly Landed On Mike Pence's Head

Marvel fans reckon none other than Ant-Man might have crashed the vice-presidential debate yesterday (7 October). You can see the miniature hero supposedly make his entrance here:

As vice president Mike Pence locked horns with Kamala Harris, he was hoping he would have the US hanging on his every word, compelled by his authority, clarity and conviction.

But instead, everyone got distracted by a fly, which casually perched on his head for the best part of two minutes.

Subsequently, social media was awash with fly talk, rather than any sort of substantive debate about policy or leadership or anything like that.

One prevailing theory was that this debate derailing insect was our friend Ant-Man:

It seems unlikely that the fly was in fact being ridden by a fictional superhero who can shrink himself down and ride such creatures.

However, I'm unwilling to rule anything out, given the way this seemingly endless year is going.

Democratic candidate Joe Biden also got in on the 'ha ha there was a fly on your face during the debate' banter too.

His campaign has even set up flywillvote.com in the wake of the debate, just to make sure they're really milking everything they can from Flyfacegate, as this will no doubt be known as for generations to come.

Donald Trump's former campaign manager Kellyanne Conway even suggested the fly should be given a mail-in ballot - referencing the postal votes that the incumbent president has vocally opposed.

Seems unlikely, but frankly in 2020 you never know.

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Jake Massey

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