CBS Cuts JD Vance’s Mic After He Fires Back at Hosts for ‘fact-checking’ his response to the Haitian migrant crisis in Springfield
The vice presidential candidates’ microphones were turned off after Republican J.D. Vance protested CBS debate moderators who “fact-checked” him about Haitian migrant claims in Springfield, Ohio.
During a conversation about immigration, Vance talked about how Haitians were an overwhelming resource in the Ohio community.
Springfield has been the focus of the 2024 presidential campaign for weeks after Vance and former President Donald Trump claimed migrants were “eating pets” there.
“Thank you Governor, and just to clarify, for our viewers, Springfield, Ohio has a large number of Haitian migrants who have legal status, temporary protected status,” Face the Nation host Margaret Brennan told the VP candidate.
After moderators lopsidedly fact-checked former Trump during his debate against Vice President Kamala Harris last month, CBS said there would be no live fact-checking Tuesday night.
The vice presidential candidates’ microphones were cut after Republican JD Vance protested CBS debate moderators who “fact-checked” him about Haitian migrant claims in Springfield, Ohio
Face the Nation host Margaret Brennan (right) cross-checked Republican vice presidential candidate Senator J.D. Vance, noting how Haitians living in Springfield, Ohio were in the country legally
Instead, they would provide the public with a QR code to help them find fact checks online.
‘Thank you, Margreet. The rules were you guys weren’t allowed to fact check and since you guys are fact checking me, I think it’s important to say what’s really going on,” Vance said.
He then emphasized that obtaining a certain type of visa was easy under the Biden administration.
Migrants, Vance said, could “gain legal status with the wave of a Kamala-Harris-open-border magic wand.”
“Thank you, Senator, for describing the legal process,” Brennan replied curtly.
Vance continued to talk, noting how “Kamala Harris opened that path.”
Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Governor Tim Walz then joined in, saying that “those laws have been on the statute book since 1990.”
As Vance tried to make another point, his voice suddenly became inaudible in the studio.
“Gentlemen, the audience cannot hear you because your microphones are dead,” Brennan told them.
“We have so much we want to accomplish.”