In Which Kelly Ayotte Gets Owned by Mika Brzezinski

This morning, Sen. Kelly Ayotte was on MSNBC’s Morning Joe to answer the question, “Does Mitt Romney have a woman problem?” She said he doesn’t and that women voters will support Romney because of, among other things, high gas prices.

Newsweek/Daily Beast editor-in-chief Tina Brown and co-host Mika Brzezinski pushed her to acknowledge reality, but Ayotte kept coming back to high gas prices — so Brzezinski asked about the oil subsidies that Congress refuses to eliminate despite record profits by Big Oil. Hilarity ensues.

Ayotte: I personally would like to see us eliminate all subsidies on those issues. Let’s make it an even playing field.

Brzezinski: So how did you vote on that?

Ayotte: I voted against it…

Brzezinski: Republicans say it’s such a bad time to get rid of the subsidies for big oil who have made, I don’t know, $80 billion in profits and are making even more profits this year and the next quarter. Most of those Republicans who voted that down received a lot of their campaign help from the oil companies. I’m sure you have. Am I wrong?

Ayotte: [Blah, blah, blah]

Brzezinski: I asked a question…

Ayotte: [Blah, blah, blah]

Brzezinski: So you’re not going to answer my question?

Ayote never did answer the question. The Center for Responsive Politics reports Ayotte has raised over $142,000 in campaign contributions from the oil and gas industry. You can watch the full video here.