During the vice presidential debate, CBS moderators “fact-checked” Senator JD Vance on the migrant crisis.
“Just to clarify for our viewers, Springfield, Ohio does have a large number of Haitian migrants who have legal status, temporary protected status,” moderator Margaret Brennan said. “Senator, we have so much to get to.”
“Margaret, the rules were that you guys weren’t gonna fact check,” Vance responded. “And since you’re fact-checking me, I think it’s important to say what’s actually going on.”
Vance continued to explain the immigration process despite Brennan’s efforts to shut him down: “So, there’s an application called the CBP One app, where you can go on as an illegal migrant, apply for asylum or apply for parole and be granted legal status at the wave of a Kamala Harris open border wand. That is not a person coming in, applying for a green card and waiting for 10 years, that is the facilitation of illegal immigration by our own leadership.”
“Thank you Senator for describing the legal process,” Brennan said. “We have so much to get to Senator.”
The mics were then cut.
Former President Donald Trump responded to the incident, writing on social media, “Margaret Brennan just lied again about the ILLEGAL MIGRANTS let into our Country by Lyin’ Kamala Harris, and then she cut off JD’s mic to stop him from correcting her!”
Chris Cuomo came to Vance’s defense after the mics were cut, saying, “He was right.”
“When they were talking, at one point Vance wanted to correct something about how Haitians got into this country,” Cuomo said. “And he was right. And the moderators wouldn’t let him correct it. It’s very interesting.”
“Vance was right,” Cuomo added. “There’s nuance to it, but the bigger problem is why he was moved on. ‘We’ve got so much to get to,'” he said, quoting Brennan.
“Says who? You know what I mean? What is the scheduling here? So you have a list of topics? That’s not what it’s about. It’s about how the American people can access these two men and the two theories and the narratives, and you’ve got to let them have their speak. Because now, you’ve created a story where you are the problem.”
