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Report Video IssueNRCC Chair Blames Democrats for Breakdown in Talks Over Hacked Materials
2018-09-07T15:07:31-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/e2e/20180907150827001_hd.jpgRepresentative Steve Stivers, the chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), has blamed Democrats for the breakdown in talks on not using hacked information in this campaign cycle. Stivers cited "trust" as a factor in the breakdown after Democrats reached out to media to gain "leverage" in the talks. "it wasn't about the language. We were this close on the language. It was about...trying to use the press for leverage...,which I just felt like was a breach of what we agreed to at the beginning; to not play this out in the press."
Representative Steve Stivers, the chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), has blamed Democrats for the breakdown in… read more
Representative Steve Stivers, the chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), has blamed Democrats for the breakdown in talks on not using hacked information in this campaign cycle. Stivers cited "trust" as a factor in the breakdown after Democrats reached out to media to gain "leverage" in the talks. "it wasn't about the language. We were this close on the language. It was about...trying to use the press for leverage...,which I just felt like was a breach of what we agreed to at the beginning; to not play this out in the press." close