Virginia Foxx

Virginia Foxx

Representative Virginia Foxx is from the 5th District of North Carolina. Foxx is a member of the Republican Party. Virginia Foxx serves on three Congressional committees. Find more information and news about Virginia Foxx here.

 
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"I'm sorry my wording was poor." Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) in an "apology" to Judy Shepard, mother of hate crime victim, Matthew Shepard * Since yesterday, Foxx has been publicly skewered for her comments, largely by homosexuals who want desperately to bury the truth about that crime so that Shepard's story can be used to galvanize support for their push to silence dissent from their agenda. The Left certainly has a right to their "feelings" but they don't have a right to their own "facts". Tony Perkins, President, Family Research Council. It's very stupid to intentionally tarnish the memory of anyone deliberately murdered. But ... Read Full Story
Written by aidanki on
Matthew Shepard The anti-gay crime that gave rise to the Matthew Shepard hate-crimes bill was characterized in the US House of Representatives by Rep Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) as "a hoax." She claims Shepard's sexual orientation wasn't a motivating factor when he became the victim of a robbery and beating that ended in his death. There is powerful symbolism associated with the name of Matthew Shepard and the appalling way in which he was murdered. Conservatives like Foxx fear he is being used as a 'gay martyr' to push a gay rights agenda. Rep. Virginia Foxx Foxx's spurious "hoax" claim is based on politics and ... Read Full Story
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I decided to hop onto Twitter bright and early this morning to see if the mass hysteria was still going on over the swine flu (they shut down schools here in Fort Worth! ZOMG! Teh zombies are coming! Apocalypse! Dooooooommmmmm!). It was. Even MORE interesting, however, was a story that was percolating along with my coffee. Apparently, U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-5th NC) claimed on the House Floor yesterday morning that the Matthew Shepard Hate crime was a hoax. Click here to view this YouTube page: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWm2zGTZBM0 Not only did she deny the facts of the crime, she denied them IN FRONT OF MATTHEW ... Read Full Story
Written by aidanki on
Judy Shepard appeared on the Rachel Maddow Show last night. She took issue with the claim by representative Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) that it was "a hoax" to describe the attack on Matthew Shepard as an anti-gay hate crime. Foxx has been opposing the expansion of Federal hate crimes legislation and is on record saying that calling the murder of Matthew Shepard an anti-gay crime is "a hoax that continues to be used as an excuse for passing these bills." Judy Shepard countered Foxx'x distortions on the Maddow Show : Well, you know, attacks of lesser consequence, I guess, have been said about Matt since ... Read Full Story
Written by queerunity on
There have been calls for the resignation of North Carolina representative Virginia Foxx who yesterday during the house of representatives hearing of H.R. 1913 the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act AKA Matthew Shepard Act, called Matthew Shepard's case a "hoax" and a crime not motivated by anti-gay bias but by robbery. Below a video from Media Matters captures the reps comments, and the facts that the Matthew Shepard case was indeed a hate crime motivated by sexual orientation: The representative later, said the word "hoax" was likely a poor choice of words, but did not apologize for her comments. 1230 Longworth House ... Read Full Story
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Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) continues to provide the WTFs and LOLs. Foxx, who as you remember spoke out against the Matthew Shepard hate crimes bill and said that the Shepard murder was a hoax, says health care reform is a...  
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Is Rep. Virginia Foxx crazy? I don’t know, but she certainly says some crazy things. Consider a couple of things she said yesterday: – “Actually, the GOP has been the leader in starting good environmental programs in this country.” Maybe, if you go all the way back to the days of Teddy Roosevelt. More recently, the GOP [...]  
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Unfortunate Rep. Virginia Foxx, who throws words like “tarbaby” around in casual discourse, for some reason said this about the Democrats today: “Just as we were the people who passed the civil rights bills back in the ’60s without very much help from our colleagues across the aisle. They love to engage in revisionist history.” [...] Republican - United States - Lyndon B. Johnson - Civil and political rights...  
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Is there a contest in the GOP to see who is the craziest? Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), the Congresswoman who slandered Matthew Shepard, thinks health insurance reform is a bigger danger than terrorism -- and we know how much Republicans fear terrorism. I know it doesn't make sense. Foxx is Bachmann-like in her extremism. From Faiz Shakir at Think Progress:  
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I would have said Foxx (R-NC) made an ass of herself, but we won't malign that noble beast here. Watch it: FOXX:  ... and actually the GOP has been the leader in starting good environmental programs in this, in this country, uh, just as we were the people who passed the Civil Right bills back in the '60's, without very much help from our colleagues across the aisle. They love to engage in revisionist history. CARDOZA: Thank you Mr. Speaker...  
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In a profile piece for the Winston-Salem Journal, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) made an interesting declaration about Democrats -- that without ideas, all they have to use against the conservative opposition is character assassination.  
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Virginia Foxx just posted this on Twitter: Will govt-run healthcare require monthly abortion premium? @GOPLeader has details: http://bit.ly/zvl8F What's interesting to me is that when you click through to the link she references and read it there are links that...  
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