Sen. J.D. Vance pushed back on CBS News moderators who tried to fact-check him in a controversial moment during Tuesday’s vice presidential debate.

Despite CBS announcing it would not allow live fact-checking during the debate, moderator Margaret Brennan stepped in to correct Vance after he suggested illegal immigrants constitute an overwhelming wealth in Springfield, Ohio.

“Just to be clear for our viewers, Springfield, Ohio has a large number of Haitian migrants who have legal status, temporary protected status,” Brennan said.

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Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks during a vice presidential debate hosted by CBS News, with Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

When Vance tried to reverse the fact check, Brennan and her co-moderator Norah O’Donnell tried to talk over Vance, insisting that they should move on to the next question.

“The rules were you weren’t allowed to fact check,” Vance reminded them. “And since you’re fact-checking me, I think it’s important to say what’s really going on.”

While explaining the process of obtaining legal status and tying it to immigration policies supported by Harris, the moderators spoke again about Vance and thanked him for “describing the legal process” before turning off his microphone as the Democratic governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, tried to do that. argue with him.

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“Senator, we have so much to do, thank you so much for explaining the legal process,” Brennan said before once again urging O’Donnell to move on to the next question.

“The audience can’t hear you because your microphones are dead,” she added as Vance continued to respond.

Margaret Brennan Norah O’Donnell (Mary Kouw/CBS via Getty Images)

CBS News announced last week that it would not allow its moderators to participate live in fact-checking or correcting efforts in an effort the The anger stoked by ABC News over its partisan approach to the first presidential debate between former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. Instead, the network offered viewers a QR code that allows their reporters to monitor the candidates’ comments in real time on their website.

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CBS came under scrutiny ahead of the debate for its past coverage of Trump, with critics warning that Vance could face a one-on-three political showdown after aggressively fact-checking Trump during last month’s ABC debate.