
In an America on fire, we can still laugh at twee, but it feels dirty. It was, in other words, the exact opposite of the fly, which is a very twee joke. It would be absolutely hilarious, if it didn’t also feel like the very end of the entire American experiment. It has a shaky, public-access-TV aesthetic, and his self-tanner was applied so inconsistently that on Twitter he was compared to both “ Snooki in February” and blackface entertainer Al Jolson. The January 6 riots at the Capitol were led in search of Pence and according to a new report, the rioters were within a minute of seeing the man they held. Former vice president Mike Pence has settled into a more low-key life outside of the White House, though his time there ended on a scary note. The fly landed only a few hours after Trump posted a dark infomercial for the experimental COVID treatment he thinks has saved his life. Mike Pence's latest project has Twitter talking. He delivers his jokes in the same tone he delivers serious remarks.” Unlike Rickles, though, Trump rarely laughs. “His unhurried delivery-which eschews setup/punch rhythms in favor of a meandering conversation with the audience, punctuated by audacious remarks-calls to mind a late-career Don Rickles.

“Even if you don’t find Trump funny at all, you must admit that you are resisting a lot of attempts,” Brooks writes.

“When I heard Mike Pence outline the Trump administration’s plans,” it read, “I knew there was only one ticket I could trust to protect me and the 150 or so eggs I laid in the vice president’s hair.” An illustrator used impressive photoshop skills to make this unpleasant image: Slate got in on the fun with a satirical op-ed from the fly itself. Hacky jokes poured forth-the fly was Pence’s one “black friend,” it was attracted to the closest pile of shit-and made the jump to late night.

Dozens of parody Twitter accounts sprung up in minutes. If you were online at some point from that moment on through early Thursday morning, you probably know it was a strangely persistent housefly.Īside from a few standard debate complaints-bad moderating, bad answers on fracking, too much interruption-the fly was the only thing that really broke through from the debate, and almost immediately wore out its welcome. 8:09 AM PT A new photo has emerged from the January 6th insurrection, one that shows then-VP Mike Pence hiding away as rioters stormed the Capitol, chanting about. About an hour into Wednesday’s somewhat sleepy debate between Kamala Harris and Mike Pence, an unexpected guest showed up on the Salt Lake City stage and took a perch on the side of Pence’s head.
