JD Vance reminds CBS hosts of debate rules after they tried to fact-check him

Sen. JD Vance rejected CBS News anchors who tried to fact-check him in a controversial moment during Tuesday’s vice presidential debate.

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 resources in Springfield, Ohio.

“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.

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Minnesota Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz speaks during a vice presidential debate hosted by CBS News with Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

When Vance tried to push back on the fact check, Brennan and her co-host Norah O’Donnell tried to talk over Vance and insisted they needed to move on to the next question.

“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.”

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.

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“Senator, we have so much to do. Thank you for explaining the legal process,” Brennan said, before again asking O’Donnell to move on to the next question.

“The audience can’t hear you because your microphones are turned off,” she added as Vance continued to respond.

Margaret Brennan Norah O’Donnell (Mary Kouw/CBS via Getty Images)

CBS News announced last week that it would not allow its anchors to participate in live fact-checking or corrections to avoid this The Anger sparked ABC News over its partisan handling of the first presidential debate between former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. Instead, the network offered viewers a QR code that their reporters could use to review candidates’ remarks in real time on their website.

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CBS came under scrutiny ahead of the debate for its past coverage of Trump. Critics warned that Vance could be drawn into a one-on-three political showdown after Trump was subjected to aggressive fact-checking during the ABC debate last month.