J.D. Vance's "You Guys Weren’t Going To Fact Check"
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J.D. Vance's "You Guys Weren’t Going To Fact Check" refers to a quote uttered by American politician J.D. Vance during the CBS News 2024 Vice Presidential Debate in which the senator vented his displeasure with CBS moderators for fact-checking his statement about Haitian immigrants in Ohio, saying "The rules were you guys weren't going to fact check." The quote became a viral topic on social media in early October 2024, with some of Vance's supporters calling the fact-check "biased" and an attempt to "censor" him, while Tim Walz's supporters mocked J.D.'s interaction with the CBS moderators.
Origin
On October 1st, 2024, CBS News moderators Norah O’Donnell and Margaret Brennan fact-checked a statement[1] of Senator J.D. Vance, the Republican nominee for vice president, about the Haitian immigrant population in Springfield, Ohio, in which he said "communities all across this country you’ve got schools that are overwhelmed, you’ve got hospitals that are overwhelmed, you’ve got housing that is totally unaffordable because we’ve brought in millions of illegal immigrants to compete with Americans for scarce homes.”
After Tim Walz responded to Vance's statement, Brennan clarified that "Springfield, Ohio does have a large number of Haitian migrants who have legal status, temporary protected status,” which prompted the Republican VP candidate to vent his displeasure with CBS moderators, saying "The rules were that you guys weren’t going to fact-check.”
The moment was widely shared on social media, including a post by the X[2] user @atrupar (seen below), which amassed over 155,000 views and 3,500 likes in a day.
WOW -- Vance gets mad when his lies about his own constituents are fact-checked. His mic ends up getting cut. pic.twitter.com/PxZ4nmphNW
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 2, 2024
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Clips of Vance's vent towards the CBS News moderators quickly sparked a viral debate on the internet, with divisive reactions from supporters of the Ohio Senator and Tim Walz supporters. For instance, on October 1st, 2024, X[3] user @EvanDerekThomas tweeted about the Republican quote, writing that it "is HUGE loser energy." The post (seen below) amassed over 59,000 likes and 5,000 reposts in a day.
On the same day, Donald Trump's official TikTok[4] presidential campaign account shared J.D.. Vance's venting clip, adding the text "JD Vance facts-check a false 'fact-check' from the moderators, gets cut off when he exposes the truth about Kamala's open border policies." The video (seen below) amassed over 3 million plays and 229,000 likes in a day.
@teamtrump RIDICULOUS. #fyp #trump2024 ♬ original sound – Team Trump
Redditors also commented on Vance's "The rules were you guys weren't going to fact check" quote, like in a Reddit[5] post by /u/MoreMotivation on October 1st, 2024, showing a screenshot of a tweet about the Republican VP candidate, which received roughly 44,000 upvotes and 1,600 comments in a day (seen below).
On the same day, Reddit[6] user /u/green_at_green posted an image macro version of Vance's quote (seen below) to the /r/PoliticalMemes subreddit, amassing over 491 upvotes and 11 comments in a day.
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@veganberniesanders ITS SOOO UNINTENTIONALLY FUNNY
@theipaper JD Vance clashed with the debate moderators after they fact-checked his fact about Haitian moderators. The Republican Vice President nominee interrupted Margaret Brennan saying 'he rules were that you guys weren’t going to fact-check'. #jdvance #factcheck #jdvancespeech #jdvancedebate #j.d.vance #vancedebate #rncfactcheck #vance #factchecker #jdvancemother ♬ original sound – The i paper
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