CBS cuts J.D. Vance's mic after he fired back at hosts for 'fact checking' his response to the Haitian migrant crisis in Springfield

The vice presidential hopefuls had their mics cut after Republican J.D. Vance protested about the CBS debate moderators 'fact checking' him over Haitian migrant claims in Springfield, Ohio. 

During a back-and-forth on immigration, Vance talked about how Haitians were overwhelming resources in the Ohio community.

Springfield has been a focus of the 2024 presidential campaign for weeks after Vance and former President Donald Trump claimed migrants there were 'eating pets.' 

'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,' Face the Nation host Margaret Brennan told the VP candidate. 

After moderators fact-checked former Trump in a lopsided manner during his debate against Vice President Kamala Harris last month, CBS said there would be no live fact-checking Tuesday night.

Instead they would provide audiences with a QR Code where they could find fact-checks provided online. 

'Thank you, 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. 

He then pushed that obtaining a particular type of visa was easy under the Biden Administration.

Migrants, Vance said, could be 'granted legal status at the wave of a Kamala-Harris-open-border wand.'  

'Thank you, senator, for describing the legal process,' Brennan curtly responded.

Vance kept talking, noting how 'Kamala Harris opened up that pathway.' 

Democratic vice presidential nominee, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, then joined in, saying that 'those laws have been on the book since 1990.' 

As Vance tried to make another point, suddenly his voice wasn't audible in the studio. 

'Gentlemen the audience can't hear you because your mics are cut,' Brennan told them. 

'We have so much we want to get to.'