Fact-checking the presidential debate between Harris and Trump

From conspiracy theories to flubbed facts, here's where Donald Trump and Kamala Harris erred during their presidential debate.

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump faced off in their first debate Tuesday night, trading barbs on foreign policy, abortion and guns.

Trump advanced a number of debunked conspiracy theories related to migration, crime and voting in the combative showdown, while Harris made misleading statements about manufacturing jobs and whether U.S. troops are in combat zones.

Here's what Harris and Trump got right and wrong on the debate stage in Philadelphia.

“Her father’s a Marxist professor in economics, and he taught her well," Trump said.

That’s not what his students say.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/fact-check-presidential-debate-trump-harris-rcna169687

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