Fact check? Debate moderator Anderson Cooper lets mentions of 'gun show loophole' slide

Anderson Cooper, one of the most aggressive moderators we’ve seen, managed to pull the population of Denmark out of his pocket during Tuesday night’s Democrat debate when he felt the need to school the candidates, particularly Bernie Sanders, on their economic policies.

https://twitter.com/TPCarney/status/654100382206050304

Sanders: Sanders says we live in a "rigged economy." Urges U.S. to be more like Norway, Sweden & Denmark. Audience cheers.

— Brit Hume (@brithume) October 14, 2015

I love that Anderson Cooper knows the size of the population of Denmark.

— Miriam Elder (@MiriamElder) October 14, 2015

Anderson Cooper knows the population of Denmark off the top of his head

— Tim Mak (@timkmak) October 14, 2015

most impressive part of the debate so far is Anderson Cooper knowing the population of Denmark

— Sam Stein (@samstein) October 14, 2015

That was pretty impressive. Less impressive was that someone with Cooper’s insistence on facts let so many slide when the topic turned to guns. Sanders was the first to bring up the infamous “gun show loophole,” which Cooper let slide.

.@BernieSanders on #guncontrol: I strongly supported instant background checks and doing away with terrible gun show loophole. #DemDebate

— FOX Business (@FoxBusiness) October 14, 2015

"gun show loophole" #drink

— Razor (@hale_razor) October 14, 2015

https://twitter.com/NeilFrick/status/654103502940049408

Does Anderson Cooper realize there is no gun show loophole?

Or is that not important?

— Nick Bell (@Nbell3) October 14, 2015

Fact check? Debate moderator Anderson Cooper lets mentions of 'gun show loophole' slide

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