Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., scolded ABC News for failing to fact-check Vice President Kamala Harris’ comment about U.S. troops during last week’s presidential debate, accusing them of acting as a mouthpiece of the Harris campaign as new video appears to contradict her claim.
“ABC allowing Kamala Harris to say ‘no U.S. troops are in combat zones’ without any pushback or fact-checking is outrageous. This goes beyond bias–it’s a media company effectively joining the Harris campaign,” Cotton posted Tuesday on X.
During the debate last week, Harris claimed, “There is not one member of the United States military who is in active duty in a combat zone in any war zone around the world, the first time this century.”
ABC News’ David Muir and Linsey Davis, who moderated the debate, fact-checked former President Trump multiple times while failing to fact-check Harris at all.
On Sunday, ABC News’ Martha Raddatz acknowledged that the network’s fact-checkers found Harris’ claim “to be false” despite the moderators not correcting her at the time.
“There are currently 900 U.S. military personnel in Syria, 2,500 U.S. troops in Iraq. All have been under regular threat from drones and missiles for months. We also have action in the Red Sea. Also, every single day, the Navy SEALs, Delta Forces special operators can be part of any sort of deadly raid,” she said.
