CBS News moderator Margaret Brennan pushed back on Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, after he called her out on her fact-check, despite the debate rules stating that the moderators would refrain from fact-checking.
During the vice presidential debate on Tuesday between Gov. Tim Walz and Vance, the Ohio senator said that Brennan was fact-checking him regarding illegal immigrants from Haiti that are in Springfield, Ohio.
“And just to clarify for our viewers, Springfield, Ohio, does have a large number of Haitian migrants who have legal status, temporary, protected status,” Brennan said.
“Margaret, the rules were that you guys weren’t going to fact-check, and since you’re fact-checking, me, I think it’s important to say what’s actually going on,” Vance said. “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, Margaret, by our own leadership.”
“Thank you Senator, for describing the legal process,” Brennan said.