CLAIM: CBS Moderator Margaret Brennan claimed that “Iran is weakened” because of President Joe Biden.
VERDICT: FALSE. Biden relaxed sanctions against Iran, giving it access to billions and making it stronger and bolder.
The first question of the vice presidential debate was a very specific one: whether each candidate would approve a preemptive strike against Iran, given that it has continued to attack Israel and is developing a nuclear weapon.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) dodged the question and trashed former President Donald Trump instead. Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) said that he would support whatever Israel decided it needed to do to defend itself from Iran.
But the moderator set up the question with an inaccurate statement, claiming that “Iran is weakened” because
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