Sunday shows – Scalise won’t say if election was stolen under questioning from Fox’s Chris Wallace

by The Hill staff - 10/10/21 11:36 AM ET

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) leaves a press conference after a closed-door House Republican conference meeting on Tuesday, July 20, 2021. — Greg Nash

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 pressed him on the matter.

Guests also discussed the latest on the debt ceiling and infrastructure fights, and an appearance before a Senate committee by a Facebook whistleblower.

Read The Hill’s complete coverage below.

GOP leader won’t say if election was stolen under questioning from Fox’s Chris Wallace

By JOSEPH CHOI

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Cheney blasts Scalise for refusing to say Biden legitimately won election

By JOSEPH CHOI

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) blasted House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) after he refused to say if he believed the 2020 presidential election was “stolen” from former President Trump.

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Senate Democrat says ‘a lot left to be learned’ about Trump effort to overturn election

By CAROLINE VAKIL

“There’s just a lot left to be learned, and particularly as the old saw goes, ‘Follow the money.’ Who was paying for this stuff, and how did it all work?” Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) asked.

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Democrat on controversial Schumer speech: Timing ‘may not have been the best’

By JOSEPH CHOI

Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) said on Sunday said he agreed with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) frustration with his Republican colleagues that was seen in a fiery speech last week, but acknowledged that the timing of the remarks “may not have been the best.”

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Yellen on invoking 14th Amendment to ignore debt limit: ‘We shouldn’t ever be in that position’

By CAROLINE VAKIL

“We shouldn’t be in a position where we need to consider whether or not the 14th Amendment applies. That’s a disastrous situation that the country shouldn’t be in,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said.

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McAuliffe expresses frustration House hasn’t passed infrastructure bill

By MONIQUE BEALS

Virginia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Terry McAuliffe on Sunday expressed his frustration that the House has yet to pass its infrastructure bill.

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More hate speech, misinformation possible if algorithms are removed, Facebook VP says

By CAROLINE VAKIL

Facebook’s vice president of global affairs, Nick Clegg, said on Sunday that people would encounter more hate speech and misinformation if algorithms ranking content were removed from the social media platform.

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Facebook VP can’t give ‘yes or no answer’ on whether algorithms amplified insurrectionists’ voices

By MONIQUE BEALS

“Given we have thousands of algorithms and you have millions of people using this, I can’t give you a yes or no answer to the individual personalized feeds each person uses,” Facebook Vice President Nick Clegg said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

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Facebook can ‘broadly’ accept regulators having access to algorithms, says executive

By MONIQUE BEALS

A top Facebook executive on Sunday said the company could “broadly” allow regulators to access the social media platform’s algorithms.

“Broadly, the answer is yes,” said Nick Clegg, Facebook’s vice president for global affairs and communications, during an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” with Dana Bash.

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