FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims during the vice presidential debate

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Vance links unaffordable housing to immigrants who have come into the country illegally VANCE: “You’ve got housing that is totally unaffordable because we brought in millions of illegal immigrants to compete with Americans for scarce homes.” THE FACTS: Most economists blame a long-term decline in the housing supply for the steady increase in home prices. Walz wrongly claims Project 2025 creates pregnancy registry WALZ: “Their Project 2025 is going to have a registry of pregnancies.” THE FACTS: That’s not true. The new language uses the phrase “an infant who is born alive” instead of “a born alive infant as a result of an abortion.” It states that medical personnel are required to “care for the infant who is born alive” rather than “preserve the life and health of the born alive infant.” Both the current version of the law and the 2015 version that was amended state that “an infant who is born alive shall be fully recognized as a human person, and accorded immediate protection under the law.” Infanticide is criminalized in every state, including Minnesota, and the bill does not change that. Vance on Trump and Jan. 6, 2021 VANCE: “Remember he said that on January the 6th, the protesters ought to protest peacefully.” THE FACTS: It’s true that Trump told the crowd gathered near the White House, “I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.” But Vance ignored the incendiary language Trump used throughout his speech, during which he urged the crowd to march to the Capitol, where Congress was meeting to certify President Joe Biden’s victory.