Fact-checking claims from Kamala Harris and Donald Trump's first debate

Published: Sep 11, 2024 Duration: 00:03:10 Category: News & Politics

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Last night, we watched the second presidential debate of the year, but it was actually the first to feature Kamala Harris. Our national verifying team fact checked the claims that former President Trump and the vice president made Casey Decker is fact checking both candidates for the first time Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump squared off on the debate stage. It's good. You see you have fun. Our verified team closely tracked the claims the two candidates made fact checking them to see what's true and what's false to do that. We used these sources on the topic of immigration. Trump repeated a claim that's been circulating widely on social media the past few days about a small town in Ohio that has experienced a large influx of Haitian migrants in Springfield. They're eating the dogs, the people that came in, they're eating the cats, they're eating, they're eating the pets of the people that live there. This claim is false appears to have started from an unsubstantiated rumor shared online and there's no evidence to support it. The city of Springfield, the Springfield Police Division and the Clark County Park District have all issued statements saying they haven't gotten a single report of pets being stolen or eaten. A city spokesperson added quote, there have been no verified instances of immigrants engaging in illegal activities such as squatting or littering in front of residents homes. Later in the debate, the focus shifted to energy specifically fracking a key issue in Pennsylvania, the swing state where the debate was held. Trump said Harris wants to ban the practice which she denied. I made that very clear in 2020 I will not ban fracking. I have not banned fracking as vice president of the United States. This claim needs context. It's true that there is no federal ban on fracking and the Biden administration has not pursued one. But when Harris first ran for president in 2019, she said during a town hall quote, there's no question I'm in favor of banning fracking. Once she was chosen as Joe Biden's running mate, she changed her position and made public statements promising the new administration would not ban fracking. She's kept that position since reiterating in a recent CNN interview quote, as president, I will not ban fracking. The two also squared off on the economy each claiming it was better off during their time in the White House when I had it, I had tariffs and yet I had no inflation. Trump's claim is false. Inflation was low during much of his term but it was not zero. Inflation is an increase in prices. The government tracks it with the consumer price index. A figure that represents the relative cost of a basket of common goods from when Trump took office to when he left, prices rose by 7.7%. That's an average yearly inflation rate of 1.9%. Almost exactly the rate the Federal Reserve says is ideal for a healthy and stable economy. We fact checked a bunch more claims from this debate, read them at verify this.com with your verify, I'm Casey Decker.

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