It turns out that Senator Hagan hasn't been "clear" and "decisive" at all. In a post-debate press conference late last night, Kay Hagan was forced to explain why it was more important for her to attend a campaign fundraiser in New York City than an important Senate Armed Services Committee hearing focused on the growing threat of ISIS. The media called it the biggest takeaway of last night's debate.

Amazingly, Kay Hagan almost got away with it, but after purposely obfuscating and deceiving North Carolinians for weeks, the truth finally caught up with her. For weeks, Senator Hagan's campaign has lied about her absence and abandoning her responsibilities:

On September 21 : "Hagan spokeswoman Sadie Weiner said Hagan often had conflicting hearings, a problem generally shared by every senator..."



On October 2: Hagan's campaign lied to PolitiFact. Their write-up explains, "...her campaign said she missed another Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in the morning of the same day to attend a banking committee meeting.”



YESTERDAY: Hagan's team tried to deceive WLOS (ABC) in Asheville: “Hagan's Spokesman Chris Hayden responded saying, 'Their number of skipped hearings has no context for times she was in other hearings or holding meetings with North Carolinians.'"

For the last month, Hagan and her team chose deception over truth, but her off-the-cuff admission has been called a "game-changer." In fact, Fox 46 predicted that the startling admonition will result in an ad soon.

The Islamic State occurred under her watch as Chairwoman of the Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee, where she failed to hold a single public hearing to address ISIS. Now it turns out that she lied about why she missed a key committee hearing. This isn't the first time Hagan has been caught running afoul of the truth, but this time it is a national security issue. Senator Hagan has been asleep at the wheel in Washington as the threats facing our country have grown - that isn't clear or decisive.

"Senator Kay Hagan lied to North Carolinians for weeks, putting her political career ahead of her constituents," said NRSC Press Secretary Brook Hougesen. "While threats to our country have grown, Senator Hagan has been asleep at the wheel in the Senate. The only thing clear and decisive about Kay Hagan's response to ISIS has been her decision to skip important national security hearings, even to attend a ritzy fundraiser."