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Four Big Debate Lies From Kamala Harris...and the Moderator Too

Katie Pavlich
Katie Pavlich  |  September 11, 2024 1:00 PM

The dust is starting to settle on the first debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris in Philadelphia Tuesday night. The raucous event was hosted by ABC News. 

During the debate, Kamala Harris made a number of false statements and conveniently the debate moderators, David Muir and Linsey Davis, only injected their own "fact-checks" against Trump. 

Harris, like President Joe Biden before her, claimed former President Donald Trump praised neo-Nazis in Charlottesville — a 2017 event — as "very fine people." This was a lie and a smear.

Then, Harris falsely claimed Trump called for a "bloodbath" — implying he wants political violence by taking remarks he made about the auto-industry and the economy completely out of context. 

Later in the debate, Harris falsely claimed Democrats don't support abortion up until the moment of birth, and in some states after a baby is born. Davis bolstered this false claim.

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And finally, Harris claimed no U.S. troops are stationed in "war zones" after the catastrophic Biden-Harris withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021. Harris' language here is specific, deceptive and slippery. A number of U.S. troops are stationed in combat zones all over the world and have taken on casualties over the past 3.5 years — including in January 2024 when an Iranian drone attacked an outpost in Jordan. U.S. troops in Iraq were attacked this week.