CBS News moderator spars with Sen. JD Vance after he chides her on fact-checking

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.

As Walz began chiming in and Vance tried to respond, their microphones were cut.

Former President Donald Trump called out Brennan on Truth Social over her back-and-forth with his running mate.

"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!" Trump wrote.

The Haitian illegal immigrants were first brought up by Walz, who said, "Senator Vance, and it surprises me on this, talking about and saying, 'I will create stories to bring attention to this that vilified a large number of people who were here legally in the community of Springfield.' The Republican governor said it's not true, don't do it, there's consequences for this -- there's consequences.

"We could come together, Senator Lankford did it, we could come together and solve this if we didn't let Donald Trump continue to make it an issue, and the consequences in Springfield were the governor had to send state law enforcement to escort kindergarteners to school. I believe Senator Vance wants to solve this, but by standing with Donald Trump and not working together to find a solution, it becomes a talking point, and when it becomes a talking point like this, we dehumanize and villainize other human beings."

"Governor Walz broke brought up the community of Springfield, and he's very worried about the things that I've said in Springfield," Vance responded. "Look, in Springfield, Ohio, and in communities all across this country, you've got schools that are overwhelmed, hospitals that are overwhelmed. You've got housing that is totally unaffordable because we brought in millions of illegal immigrants to compete with Americans for scarce homes. The people that I'm most about in Springfield, Ohio, are the American citizens who have had their lives destroyed by Kamala Harris's open border. It is a disgrace."

Walz and Vance were referring to the GOP vice presidential nominee's comments last month that his office had received inquiries from town residents about migrants eating pets.