House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) on Sunday repeatedly avoided answering whether or not he believes the 2020 presidential election was “stolen,” after Fox News’ Chris Wallace
Christopher (Chris) WallaceFox’s Bret Baier: Jan. 6 was a ‘dark day’ for US ‘similar to what we saw in 1876’ Democrats offer options for passing infrastructure, reconciliation bills Khanna says he trusts Biden to work out a compromise to pass stalled legislation MORE pressed him on the matter.
Appearing on “Fox News Sunday,” Scalise blasted the Biden administration’s handling of the economy, the COVID-19 pandemic and the two major bills that have stalled in Congress.
After Scalise’s numerous condemnations of the White House, Wallace specifically asked the GOP leader if he believed the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump
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“Well Chris, I’ve been very clear from the beginning. If you look at a number of states, they didn’t follow their state passed laws that govern the election for president. That is what the United States Constitution says. They don’t say that the states determine what the rules are, they say the state legislature determined that,” said Scalise.
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Stephen (Steve) Joseph ScaliseSunday shows preview: Senate votes to raise debt ceiling; Facebook whistleblower blasts company during testimony On The Money — Presented by NRHC — Senate slowly walks back from debt disaster Rift widens between business groups and House GOP MORE on Fox News Sunday repeatedly refuses to acknowledge that the 2020 election was not stolen from Donald Trump pic.twitter.com/EME1lBK1vA
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When Wallace took that to mean that he believed the election was stolen, Scalise did not refute him, but repeated his remarks on state legislative rules and what the Constitution states, refusing to agree or disagree with claims of a stolen election.
Scalise also declined to say how he would vote if former Trump advisors resisted subpoenas from Congress to speak to the Jan. 6 Capitol select committee. Last week, it was reported that Trump had advised four former aides to resist subpoenas from the panel.
“These are legal issues and you’ve got a number of people that have been subpoenaed that are complying. They’re trying to comply, but it’s it’s a legal process,” Scalise said.
Wallace repeated his question to Scalise, to which the Louisiana representative said, “Well I don’t speculate on a bill that’s not before me.”
House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) on Sunday repeatedly avoided answering whether or not he believes the 2020 presidential election was “stolen,” after Fox News’ Chris WallaceChristopher (Chris) WallaceFox’s Bret Baier: Jan. 6 was a ‘dark day’ for US ‘similar to what we saw in 1876’ Democrats offer options for passing infrastructure, reconciliation bills Khanna says he trusts Biden to work out a compromise to pass stalled legislation MORE pressed him on the matter.Appearing on “Fox News Sunday,” Scalise blasted the Biden administration’s handling of the economy, the COVID-19 pandemic and the two major bills that have stalled in Congress.After Scalise’s numerous condemnations of the White House, Wallace specifically asked the GOP leader if he believed the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald TrumpDonald TrumpNIH director pleads with evangelicals to ‘look at the evidence’ on vaccines Trump says Grassley has his ‘complete and total endorsement’ Blinken to hold meetings next week with UAE, Israeli foreign ministers MORE and whether such claims undermines American democracy.”Well Chris, I’ve been very clear from the beginning. If you look at a number of states, they didn’t follow their state passed laws that govern the election for president. That is what the United States Constitution says. They don’t say that the states determine what the rules are, they say the state legislature determined that,” said Scalise.Steve ScaliseStephen (Steve) Joseph ScaliseSunday shows preview: Senate votes to raise debt ceiling; Facebook whistleblower blasts company during testimony On The Money — Presented by NRHC — Senate slowly walks back from debt disaster Rift widens between business groups and House GOP MORE on Fox News Sunday repeatedly refuses to acknowledge that the 2020 election was not stolen from Donald Trump pic.twitter.com/EME1lBK1vA— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 10, 2021When Wallace took that to mean that he believed the election was stolen, Scalise did not refute him, but repeated his remarks on state legislative rules and what the Constitution states, refusing to agree or disagree with claims of a stolen election.Scalise also declined to say how he would vote if former Trump advisors resisted subpoenas from Congress to speak to the Jan. 6 Capitol select committee. Last week, it was reported that Trump had advised four former aides to resist subpoenas from the panel.”These are legal issues and you’ve got a number of people that have been subpoenaed that are complying. They’re trying to comply, but it’s it’s a legal process,” Scalise said.Wallace repeated his question to Scalise, to which the Louisiana representative said, “Well I don’t speculate on a bill that’s not before me.”