Electoral College responds to Vance’s clash with debate moderators, microphone cut: ‘They’re checking my facts’

A focus group of Republicans, Democrats and independents reacted to CBS News Vice President Sen. JD Vance’s microphone being turned off during the CBS News vice presidential debate on Tuesday night.

Independent and Republican voters disapproved of the heckling, but the number of independent voters dropped significantly when Vance began explaining his position.

Although CBS announced it would not allow live fact-checking during the debate, moderator Margaret Brennan interjected to correct Vance after he suggested that illegal immigrants were overwhelming public resources Springfield, Ohio.

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NEW YORK – OCTOBER 1: Republican vice presidential candidate Senator JD Vance (R-OH) and Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Governor Tim Walz participate in a debate at the CBS Broadcast Center on October 1, 2024 in New York City. This is expected to be the only vice presidential debate of the 2024 general election. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (Getty Images)

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“Just to be clear to our viewers, there are a large number of Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio who have legal status and temporary protected status,” Brennan said.

“The rules said you wouldn’t fact check,” Vance reminded her. “And since you’re fact-checking me, I think it’s important to say what’s actually going on.”

As Walz tried to intervene, independent support also briefly waned.

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While explaining the process of obtaining legal status and linking it to immigration policies supported by Harris, the hosts spoke again about Vance and thanked him for “describing the legal process” before cutting off the microphone for him, as did Tim Walz, the Democratic governor of Minnesota, it tried to argue with him.

As the microphones were turned off, it could be seen that the independent vote line was moving toward approval as Republican approval fell slightly.

Yael Halon of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.