Here's Why CBS Muted Mics During VP Debate: JD Vance Complained About Being Fact Checked

The moderators for the Vice Presidential Debate warned the candidates – JD Vance and Tim Walz – that their microphones could be muted if they went over on their allotted time… and it happened.

Moderators Margaret Brennan and Norah O’Donnell were forced to cut off the microphones in a moment that stemmed from Vance‘s claims about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio.

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One of the most-talked about moments from the previous presidential debate was when Trump claimed that immigrants in Springfield were eating the dogs and cats of residents. During the VP debate, Vance referred to the immigrants as “illegal aliens.”

While the moderators said they wouldn’t be fact checking, Brennan clarified that many of the Haitian immigrants in Ohio are there legally.

“The rules were that you guys weren’t going to fact check,” Vance said while continuing to take time to attempt to prove his point. He continued to go over on his time and was asked to stop talking. Walz started to chime in too… and then the microphones were just turned off.

Brennan chimed in, “The audience can’t hear you because your mics are cut. We have so much we want to get to.”

Read all of the rules for the debate.