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Live fact-checking Kamala Harris’ town hall on CNN

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Kamala Harris close up at Anderson Cooper, 10-23-2024 — Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a CNN town hall in Aston, Pa., Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024, as moderator Anderson Cooper listens. (AP)

By Louis Jacobson
October 23, 2024

By Samantha Putterman
October 23, 2024

PolitiFact fact-checked Vice President Kamala Harris on CNN as she spoke with voters in a town hall outside of Philadelphia.

Former President Donald Trump was invited to hold a town hall on the network but declined. There are no future debates planned for the campaign.

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