On Wednesday morning, viewers who watched the vice presidential debate between Ohio GOP Sen. JD Vance (Trump’s running mate) and Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (Kamala Harris’ running mate) got on social media to chat about the moderators from CBS and chat about whether they were biased against either of the candidates or if they were being “obnoxious” in leaning to the left with their questions and interruptions.
The debate, which took place Tuesday evening, was moderated by CBS reporter Margaret Brennan who had previously promised that she would not do any on-the-spot fact-checking, casting serious doubt on stories concerning Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio causing all sorts of chaos. It’s like these folks just cannot help themselves, right? They so desperately want to be part of the story, to push forward the left-wing agenda, that they can’t resist the temptation to make propaganda.
In light of this, a long back-and-forth ensued that led to the network cutting Vance’s mic while the co-moderator for the event, Norah O’Donnell, butted into the conversation. Conservatives, as you might imagine, were not pleased with this behavior. Especially considering it’s the same thing that was done by moderators during the debate between Harris and Trump.
“F you CBS – how dare you,” conservative host Megyn Kelly posted on X. “Tried to fact check. JD put you in your place. You won’t [let] him fight you and you wont let them debate.” One of her followers added, “JD Vance called out the moderators for lying to the audience, and CBS immediately muted him. Legacy media is clearly controlled by the Democrats.”
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Viewers of the September 10th presidential debate largely panned ABC News’s moderators for repeatedly jumping in during candidates’ answers to deliver real-time fact-checking, interruptions that CBS promised not to repeat when it announced the network would play host to Vance and Walz. Instead, a spokesperson said, viewers would see a QR code on their screen they could scan with their phones where they could read facts about statements made by both candidates. That plan quickly fell apart by the third topic of the night when Sen. Vance was asked for his opinion on the state of America’s immigration crisis.
“The people that I’m most worried about in Springfield, Ohio are the American citizens,” Vance said in response to the question, causing Brennan to fire back, “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.” That means nothing, Vance went on to say, stating migrants could be “granted legal status at the wave of a Kamala-Harris-open-border wand.”
The discussion roped in Gov. Walz, who refuted Vance’s assertion that Vice President Harris “opened up the pathway” to millions of new arrivals. “Those laws have been on the books since the 1980s,” he shot back before both men found themselves silenced. “Gentlemen the audience can’t hear you because your mics are cut,” Brennan told them. Fox News hosts analyzing the debate were withering in their assessments of refereeing by Brennnan and O’Donnell. “And there was some, you know, questions about fact-checking and whether it was fair and balanced across the way,” Bret Baier said Tuesday night. “The moderators were obnoxious and made it feel like three-on-one on Vance, and Vance was just fine,” Brit Hume added.
During other points in the event, Vance would get jumped by the moderators, but rose to the occasion, not to mention he backed Walz into a corner concerning attempts that have been made by both President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to censor free speech on the internet.
The debate was truly masterfully handled by Vance who clearly won according to various post-debate polls.
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