A focus group of Republicans, Democrats and independents responded to former President Trump Senator J.D. Vance’s microphone being turned off during CBS News’ vice presidential debate Tuesday night.

Independent and Republican voters disapproved of the interjection, but independent voters dropped significantly when Vance began explaining his position.

Despite CBS announcing it would not allow live fact-checking during the debate, moderator Margaret Brennan stepped in to correct Vance after he suggested that illegal immigrants are an overwhelming amount of public resources in the debate. Springfield, OH.

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NEW YORK – OCTOBER 01: Republican vice presidential candidate, Senator JD Vance (R-OH), and Democratic vice presidential candidate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, participate in a debate at the CBS Broadcast Center on October 1, 2024 in New York City . This is expected to be the only vice presidential debate of the 2024 general election. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (Getty Images)

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“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.

“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.”

When Walz tried to intervene, independent approval also waned for a brief moment.

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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.

When the microphones were turned off, independent voters’ voting trend can be seen moving in the direction of approval, while Republican approval decreased slightly.

Fox News Digital’s Yael Halon contributed to this report.