Immigration
CLAIM 1: Vance: “We’ve got 20-25 million illegal “immigrants” who are here in the country.”
These numbers are much higher than estimates for the number of illegal immigrants in the US.
Harris: When he was president, Trump “invited the Taliban to Camp David.”
True.
Harris says that she will continue to maintain and grow the Affordable Care Act
(True)
HARRIS: “There is not one member of the military who is in active duty in a combat zone in any war zone around the world for the first time this century.”
This is a common administration talking point, and it's technically true. But thousands of troops in Iraq and on the Syrian border are still in very dangerous terrain. U.S. troops died in Jordan in January on a base that keeps watch over the war with ISIS in Syria.
Walz: “He promised... ‘I’ll build you a big, beautiful wall'... less than 2% of that wall got built.”
False Exagerated
“The Trump administration resulted in a trade deficit — one of the highest we’ve ever seen in the history of America.”
Mostly False.
Trump made a claim that Democrats favor the “execution” of babies after they’re born.
False
Vance: "We're the cleanest economy in the entire world."
VERDICT: This is false, according to two global rankings for overall environmental performance.
In 2024, the US was ranked 34th in the world overall by the Environmental Performance Index (EPI). It was 27th in the world for air quality, and 9th for water sanitation.
On one measure, minimising the threats of agriculture to the environment, the US came first.
Another monitoring body, the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) ranked the US 57th out of 63 countries and the European Union, in 2024.
Trump “a lot of these immirgants are coming in and the [democrats]
Are trying to get them to vote.
FALSE.
TRUMP: The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan "was one of the most incompetently handled situations anybody has ever seen."
True with context. Trump and Republicans in Congress say President Biden is to blame for the fall of Kabul to the Taliban three years ago, and the chaotic rush at the airport where 13 U.S. troops died in a suicide bomb attack that killed nearly 200 Afghan civilians trying to flee. Of late, Republicans have been emphasizing Harris’ role. But the Afghanistan war spanned four U.S. presidencies, and it's important to note that it was the Trump administration that signed a peace deal that was basically a quick exit plan.
Trump regularly claims there were no casualties in Afghanistan for 18 months under his administration, and it’s not true, according to Pentagon records.
Harris supports reinstating the protections of Roe v. Wade
(True)
Walz said: “Donald Trump hasn’t paid any federal tax in the last 15 years". He then added “in the last year as president".
he has payed taxes just not in his last year as president.
The first part of this claim - which was also posted on Walz's X account during the debate - is false. The second part is true.
Trump has paid tax in the last 15 years but he did not pay any in the last year of his presidency.
A 2022 report, by the House Ways and Means Committee, released Trump's federal income tax returns for the years 2015 to 2020.
Waltz: “Look, crossings are down compared to when donald Trump was in office”
True but needs more explanation Cbs “In August, migrant apprehensions along the U.S. southern border numbered 58,038, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data. When Trump left office in January 2021, migrant apprehensions along the U.S. southern border numbered 75,316 that month.
Illegal border crossings had been dropping steadily since the spring, and the decline accelerated after Mr. Biden issued a proclamation on June 4 that banned most migrants from seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border. Harris has said she would keep Mr. Biden's asylum crackdown in place if elected.
However, yearly apprehensions at the U.S. southern border reached record highs during Mr. Biden's term, according to the data. In fiscal year 2023, the number reached 2.2 million. The number of yearly apprehensions under Trump peaked at around 852,000 in fiscal year 2019.”
Vance: Iran has recived 100bn in unfrozen assests by the Harris administration.
no proof
Trump believes that the ACA is “lousy health care.” He believes that it’s the Democrat’s fault for this and that he saved it
(True)
Trump: “I had no inflation, virtually no inflation,”