Fact check: Pence falsely claims opponents admitted there weren’t Chinese spy balloons over the US while he was VP Fact check: Pence falsely claims opponents admitted there weren’t Chinese spy balloon

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Washington CNN — Former Vice President Mike Pence, who is now considering a run for president, was asked on Fox on Wednesday about the Biden administration’s criticism of rail deregulation efforts by the Trump administration. Fox host Martha MacCallum told Pence that, in the wake of the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, in early February, “They’re blaming the Trump administration. They say it’s the regulations that you peeled back that led to this lack of safety.” Pence replied: “Yeah, same crowd that said that Chinese balloons floated over our administration, right – until they admitted that they didn’t.” Facts...