Fact-Checking Trump and Harris During the ABC Presidential Debate: Muir and Davis Checked Trump 5 Times, None for Harris

During the ABC Presidential Debate, former President Trump was fact-checked five times by co-moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis, while Vice President Kamala Harris was not corrected on any occasion.

Critics of Disney-owned ABC accused the network of lopsided fact-checking during the presidential debate, with many pundits arguing that Trump faced more challenging questions and that Harris received a pass on several issues.

"Planet Chronicle contributor Ari Fleischer posted on social media that ABC is making a huge mistake by fact-checking live. They are only proving their own bias," the original sentence rewritten.

Here are fact-checks from the ABC Presidential Debate from the National Constitution Center:

Fact-checks on Trump

1. Abortion

Trump was questioned about his stance on abortion by ABC's Davis, who highlighted that the former president has bragged about ending Roe v. Wade and has referred to himself as "the most pro-life President in American history," but has since stated that he would be beneficial for women's reproductive rights. Trump also recently stated that Florida's six-week abortion ban is too short, but he would vote against a ballot initiative that would overturn the six-week ban on abortions in the state.

Trump stated that he voted for the reason that the state allows abortion up to the ninth month, as evidenced by the previous governor of West Virginia, who said, "The baby will be born, and we will decide what to do with the baby," implying that they would execute the baby.

Davis raised eyebrows with the first fact-check of the evening.

No state in this country permits the killing of a baby following its birth, according to Davis.

2. Pets

Trump said illegal immigrants are eating people’s pets

In Springfield, the people who arrived are consuming the pets of the residents. This is what is taking place in our nation, and it is disheartening, as stated by Trump.

The city manager of Springfield, Ohio, informed ABC News that there have been no verified reports of pets being harmed, injured, or abused by individuals from the immigrant community.

The ABC anchor wasn't amused when Trump claimed to have seen it on television.

Trump replied, "Maybe my dog was taken and used for food, as stated by the people on television. Perhaps that's a good thing to say for a city manager."

"The city manager is the source of the information I am taking, not television," Muir stated.

Trump stated that according to the individuals on television, their dog was consumed by the individuals who visited the location.

Muir reiterated that there is no evidence of that, as stated by the Springfield city manager.

3. Crime

At one point, Trump declared, "Crime in this country is surging," but Muir promptly countered.

The FBI reports that overall violent crime is decreasing in the country, as President Trump mentioned.

Trump responded, "The FBI's defrauding statements didn't include the cities with the worst crime, which was a fraud. Their number of 818,000 jobs they created turned out to be a fraud, just like their statements."

4. Sarcasm

Trump claimed he was being sarcastic when he stated he lost the 2020 election to President Biden.

"I sarcastically said that we lost by a whisker. You know that. There is plenty of proof to show it. They should have sent it back to the legislatures for approval. I received almost 75 million votes, the most any sitting president has ever gotten. I was told that if I got 63 votes in 2016, I couldn't be beaten."

I watched all the videos and didn't detect any sarcasm.

Muir questioned Harris about whether she believed Trump was attempting to intimidate voters through his claims of widespread fraud in the election.

5. Pelosi

During Trump's response, Muir sarcastically remarked that the question was not about Nancy Pelosi, which was perceived as a hostile moment against Trump.

Trump stated that he attended a speech and predicted it would be significant. He then met with Nancy Pelosi and the mayor of Washington, D.C., who put his statement in writing. Trump remarked that the event would be a large rally and again emphasized that it was not his idea. He requested 10,000 National Guard or soldiers, but his request was rejected by both Pelosi and the mayor.

"If Nancy Pelosi and the mayor of Washington had done their jobs, it would not have happened. He stated, "I was not responsible for security. It was Nancy Pelosi's responsibility, and she did not fulfill her duties.""

Pelosi was the subject of the question, not Muir as president.

Fact-checks on Harris

There weren’t any.

It has been noted by many that Muir and Davis did not address Harris's statement that Trump said there were "very fine people" on both sides of the Charlottesville "Unite the Right" rally in 2017.

For years, critics have argued that Trump mischaracterized neo-Nazis as "very fine people" while discussing the removal of a Robert E. Lee statue, with Biden and his allies in the media perpetuating this narrative.

In 2017, Snopes admitted that Trump never stated that neo-Nazis were "very fine people" during his press conference following the Charlottesville rally.

Trump stated in a news conference after a rally protesting the removal of a Confederate statue that there were "very fine people on both sides," referring to the protesters and counterprotesters. However, he clarified that he was not talking about neo-Nazis and white nationalists, who he said should be "condemned totally." Snopes reported on this statement.

Trump assisted ABC moderators in refuting Harris's claim by informing viewers that it was false.

Harris criticized Trump for disparaging people and called him a "disgrace," but ABC moderators did not mention this. Additionally, Harris linked Trump to Project 2025, but moderators failed to mention that Trump has distanced himself from the controversial plan.

Trump's "bloodbath" comment and stance on IVF were mischaracterized by Harris, and ABC moderators did not ask about gun bans and mandatory buybacks, despite the fact that no active military were in a combat zone.