KVIA, the ABC-affiliate in El Paso that aired the interview, said Monday evening that the misidentification was the result of a “technical error.” Brenda De Anda-Swann, the general manager, said in an email that “James Hall” was superimposed in front of Vasquez by mistake during the live newscast. Hall, a New Mexico State University assistant athletic director, was the next subject to be interviewed in the segment. Hall was also misidentified.
Herrell and other Republicans accused Vasquez of misrepresenting himself and called his positions on police as “radical.”
In the 2020 interview, Vasquez said: “We need serious police reform in this country. It’s not just about defunding police, it’s about defunding a system that privileges white people over everyone else.”
De Anda-Swann said there should have been no name in front of Vasquez in the news segment. She said the station wasn’t contacted by the Free Beacon or the Herrell campaign.
“It really was just a technical error during a live newscast,” she said.
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