During Tuesday’s vice presidential debate between Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Ohio Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, each candidate made questionable, and sometimes downright false assertions.
Here’s a look at some that stood out:
What Vance said: “Look, in Springfield, Ohio, and in communities all across this country, you’ve got schools that are overwhelmed, you’ve got hospitals that are overwhelmed … because we brought in millions of illegal immigrants to compete with Americans for scarce homes.”
Many of the Haitians immigrants in Springfield have the legal right to live and work in the United States under a designation called Temporary Protected Status, which allows the Department of Homeland Security secretary to grant people from certain nations the right to stay in the U.S. if circumstances in their home country make it unsafe for them to return. Vance’s claim drew a rebuke from debate moderator Margaret Brennan, who attempted to correct him in real time.
“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, before eventually cutting the candidates’ microphones when their back and forth on the issue continued.
What Walz said: “Their Project 2025 is going to have a registry of pregnancies.”
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