Export-Import Bank fan Kay Hagan claims Thom Tillis defends corporate welfare

Give the lady points for boldness: Sen. Kay Hagan is blasting her Republican opponent for “sid[ing] with the special interests” because he opposes a corporate welfare agency that gives most of its subsidies to Hagan’s campaign contributors.

Hagan, D-N.C., is in a tough reelection battle with Thom Tillis, speaker of the state’s House of Representatives. In 2012, Hagan voted to renew the charter of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, a federal agency that subsidizes foreign companies and governments buying U.S. goods.