Bloomberg convention speech goes viral after fly lands on face

A fly that landed on former 2020 presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg’s face during his speech at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday generated serious buzz on social media.

The former New York City mayor, who poured nearly $1 billion into his failed presidential bid, had two visits from the fly, with it landing once near his right eye and another time just below his nose, prompting a number of comments across Twitter.

Here it is. The video of the fly that channeled Elizabeth Warren by getting all into Michael Bloomberg’s face on the stage. #DNC2020 pic.twitter.com/HFDl18rwmh

— Daniel Chaitin (@danielchaitin7) August 21, 2020

Bloomberg is getting upstaged by a fly

— Adam Lance Garcia (@AdamLanceGarcia) August 21, 2020

Mike Bloomberg delivers part of what seems an effective speech — and then what? Is that a Russian fly buzzing about his face? Damned Putin! #DemConvention

— Bob Garrett (@RobertTGarrett) August 21, 2020

A fly landing on Bloomberg’s face is precisely the kind of reception he deserves at the #DemComvention. There is no reason for the party to give a prime spot to a regressive force of his caliber. #DNC2020 pic.twitter.com/VOpgr0pHQd

— Omar Baddar (@OmarBaddar) August 21, 2020

The fly landing on Bloomberg’s face got more convention time than…

— Hamza Shaban (@hshaban) August 21, 2020

Bloomberg entered the Democratic primary late, choosing to focus on Super Tuesday instead of early primaries and caucuses.

He dropped out of the race and endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden shortly after a poor showing on Super Tuesday. 

Bloomberg’s remarks came on the same night that Biden accepted the Democratic nomination for president and gave a 24-minute speech that has been lauded by political media, including Fox News anchor Chris Wallace, who called it “enormously effective,” and CNN anchor Jake Tapper, who labeled it “one of the best, if not the best, of his career.”