Posted on October 29, 2014

PBS' Ifill Calls Out Kay Hagan For Hypocrisy On Outside Money: But It's Okay When It's For You?

SEN. KAY HAGAN (D-NC): North Carolina is this purple state, but I feel very good about where we are. I do think that this out of state money is something that I'm very disappointed in. But it is because of the Supreme Court --



GWEN IFILL, PBS: But you've benefited from it as well?



HAGAN: You know, I think no matter who gives money it should be disclosed and I think it should be transparent. I've got legislation in the Senate that would do just that. Thom Tillis doesn't support that. We've got to let the American public know who is putting this money forward. If you think about it, you've got a handful of the wealthiest people in this country that are dictating what 350 million hear and see on TV and that's wrong. To me, that's not democracy.



IFILL: But as long as that money is coming from people who support you it's okay?



HAGAN: You know, I certainly wish that we could have disclosed where people -- where no matter who gives money the public knows and follows that. That's why I support this bill.