CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale swooped in at the VP debate to challenge “false claims” by Trump’s running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-OH), and Harris’s running mate, Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), on the same topic — abortion.
Vance and Walz met Tuesday night for the one and only vice-presidential debate, moderated by CBS News anchors Margaret Brennan and Norah O’Donnell and simulcast across cable and broadcast news platforms.
The two candidates battled on a variety of issues, including abortion.
During CNN’s Debate Night In America post-debate coverage, anchor Anderson Cooper brought Dale in to challenge statements by Walz and Vance — both of whom made claims about abortion:
COOPER: Let’s go to Daniel Dale, a fact-checker. Daniel, what stood out to you?
DANIEL DALE, CNN SENIOR REPORTER: I think what most struck me, Anderson, was significant revisionist history from Senator Vance on the subject of Obamacare in January 6th. But I was also struck by the fact that we had a false claim from each candidate on the subject of reproductive rights. So, first, let’s listen to something that Governor Walz said about the conservative heritage foundation think tanks initiative known as Project 2025.
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WALZ: Their project 2025 is going to have a registry of pregnancies. It’s going to make it more difficult, if not impossible, to get contraception and limit access, if not eliminate, to infertility treatments.
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DALE: This claim, which Governor Walz has made...
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