Megyn Kelly slammed CBS’ debate moderators after they muted JD Vance’s microphone during a ‘fact check’ about Haitian migrant claims in Springfield, Ohio.
The conservative commentator and former Fox News anchor, 53, took to X to condemn the way moderators Margaret Brennan and Norah O’Donnell handled the debate between JD Vance and Tim Walz.
Despite CBS claiming there would be no fact-checking during the debate, Brennan checked Vance’s remarks about Haitian migrants overwhelming the Ohio community.
Kelly erupted over the move, tweeting: ‘F you CBS – how DARE YOU.’
‘Tried to fact check. JD put you in your place. You WONT (let) HIM FIGHT YOU AND YOU WONT LET THEM DEBATE,’ she added.
JD Vance had his microphone muted during Tuesday’s VP debate as he clashed with CBS’ moderators over claims about Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio
Conservative commentator Megyn Kelly slammed the moderators after their exchange with Vance, questioning: ‘How DARE YOU’
The contentious moment between Brennan and Vance came as the debate conversation turned to the migrant crisis and Vance remarked on an influx of Haitian migrants into Ohio.
The city of Springfield has been a focus of the 2024 presidential campaign for weeks after Vance and former President Donald Trump claimed migrants there were ‘eating pets.’
‘Thank you governor, 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 interjected.
Vance appeared surprised at the interruption from the moderator, as he responded: ‘Thank you, 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.’
Some viewers criticized the way Margaret Brennan (right) and Norah O’Donnell (left) handled the debate between JD Vance and Tim Walz
He then argued that obtaining the particular immigration status that Brennan said was ‘legal, temporary protected’ was made much easier under the Biden administration.
Migrants, Vance said, could be ‘granted legal status at the wave of a Kamala-Harris-open-border wand.’
‘Thank you, senator, for describing the legal process,’ Brennan curtly responded.
Vance kept talking, noting how ‘Kamala Harris opened up that pathway’, when Walz, then joined in, saying that ‘those laws have been on the book since 1990.’
However, as Vance tried to make another point, suddenly his voice wasn’t audible in the studio as CBS cut his mic.
‘Gentlemen the audience can’t hear you because your mics are cut,’ Brennan told them. ‘We have so much we want to get to.’
The moment came during the high stakes vice-presidential debate between Senator JD Vance (left) and Governor Tim Walz (right)
During the debate, Walz raised eyebrows with his remark that he made ‘friends’ with school shooters
The moment came during the high stakes vice-presidential debate between Vance and Walz, who sparred over policy for two hours on Tuesday evening.
As the topic turned to gun control, Walz raised eyebrows as he appeared to misspeak about becoming ‘friends with school shooters.’
The gaffe came as Walz revealed his son Gus, 17, witnessed a shooting at a community center playing volleyball.
Vance responded by saying he was shocked and offered his condolences, in a rare moment of bipartisanship.
‘I don’t want my kids to go to school in a school that feels unsafe … we have to increase security in our schools,’ Vance said. ‘I think that Governor Walz and I actually probably agree that we need to do better on this. The question is just how we actually do it.’
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