i m a democrat and, you know, we you know, we haven t been perfect either. but this has been the most drastic gerrymandering that i have ever seen. so i think we do need to take it to a nonis part is an nonpartisan commission or board or whatever we want to call it so we take legislative out of the process. and congresswoman, i know you want to take a moment to give your thoughts on the passing of senator hagan. i do. senator hagan was a brilliant warrior. she fought hard for these peopl of her district. i served with her in the north carolina house and she was in thehe north carolina senate. i lived in greensboro for over 50 plus years andna had an opportunity to work with her on many community things but she fought for a for women. for the rights of lgbtq folks and for the rights of education,
the question is what is that agenda. that agenda is cutting taxes on the wealthy, which is what took place in north carolina, and increasing taxes on middle class families. slashing education by a half a billion dollars, freezing teacher pay, cutting off unemployment insurance. that s not what the people of north carolina expect and they re not going to be fooled by this outside special interest money that s really looking at this fringe agenda. senator hagan, we know for red state democrats it s often a careful line one must tread, but given the democratic unity in regards to income inequality, i was surprised at senator mark pryor s statement yesterday regarding raising the minimum wage. he said, i know that $10.10
distortion. how many workers will have to lose their jobs? how many people will have to pay for kay hagan s loyalty to obama? the figure to pay attention to here is the 2 million jobs that will supposedly be lost due to obamacare. here s what the head of the congressional budget office said about those so-called lost jobs. the reason we don t use the term lost jobs is because there s a critical difference between people who would like to work and can t find a job and people who choose not to work. what he and the conservative machinery behind him want voters to think losing your job is the same thing as retiring, because
you want to. the problem with millions of dollars is they can be effective in drowning out nuance and the truth. they should prepare themselves for a lot more doomsday obamacare ads. according to the university of virginia s center for politics, three seats currently held are likely to control the u.s. senate. republicans have a 54% chance of taking back the upper chamber. joining me now is the democratic senator from north carolina, kay hagan. pleasure to be here. it has been years that we have seen republicans and conservatives using the affordable care act as a kuj l to beat down those in business. as someone who has a battle
elections. welcome to the second hour of hyppening now, i m jenna lee. jon: and i m jon scott. president obama traveling to north carolina yesterday to give a speech, but the state s democratic senate, kay hagan, choosing to steer clear of the event, and the president, as she ñaces a tough re-election battle this november. is this a sign of things to come for the president? will fellow democrats keep him at arm s length? joining us live, juan williams, our fox news political analyst. kay hagan s people, of course, had the usual political excuse that she was too busy doing the people s business in washington, couldn t be bothered joining with the president. you ve got to wonder or, juan, what s going on there? well, i think it s pretty obvious, she doesn t want to be seen with him, jon. the reason she doesn t want to be seen with him is interesting. obviously, the president s a great fundraiser, he canty the base. the real reason is not republicans who are unlikely to vote for her