CLEARWATER, Florida — Halfway through Mike Pence’s speech on Halloween night, the lights went out.Donald Trump supporters regularly shout, “Drain the swamp!”—referring to corruption in Washington, D.C.—but found themselves in the swamp-like darkness Monday night when the vice presidential nominee’s venue lost power.

They may have found themselves in the spookiest Halloween political rally of all time: like a haunted house at the local youth center.In the stifling hot airplane hangar where Pence was delivering his speech, confusion reigned.

The power was out completely. No lighting, no sound.

Conspiracy theories proliferated quickly. “I think Hillary pulled that shit, to tell you the truth,” said George Luttrell, a 78-year-old native Floridian and diehard (cuckoo) Trump fan, after the ordeal.

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