"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...Read Full Story
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...Read Full Story
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...Read Full Story
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...Read Full Story
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...Read Full Story
In this series of diaries, we started with 60 bad representatives. Now we're down to four. The final four worst people in congress are Virginia Foxx, Steve King, Darrell Issa and Eric Cantor. This semifinal is between Foxx and King; the other ...
In this series of diaries, we started with 60 bad representatives. Now we're down to two. Eric Cantor and Virginia Foxx Eric Cantor (VA-07). Opposed aid to victims of Fukushima, opposed aid to tornado victims, opposed minimum wage increase ...
In this series of diaries, we started with 60 bad representatives. Now we're down to four. The final four worst people in congress are Virginia Foxx, Steve King, Darrell Issa and Eric Cantor. This semifinal is between Foxx and King; the other ...
U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx railed against the state Department of Health and Human Services from the floor of the U.S. House chamber last week, saying it was wasting national taxpayers' money. The new Medicaid claims system that Computer Sciences Corp. is ...
She has filed the initial paperwork to run in North Carolina's 5th District, a seat currently held by Rep. Virginia Foxx. Foxx, a Republican, was first elected in 2004 and said through a spokeswoman Monday that she plans to seek re-election.
The New Year begins with a few new faces in familiar positions. In U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx's office, Communications Director Aaron Groen is leaving for a job at the Baltimore office of Ronald Blue & Co., a financial services consulting firm. Caroline May ...
U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx railed against the state Department of Health and Human Services from the floor of the U.S. House chamber last week, saying it was wasting national taxpayers' money. The new Medicaid claims system that Computer Sciences ...
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Virginia Foxx (born June 29, 1943) is a Republican Congresswoman from the 5th Congressional District of North Carolina first elected in 2004. The district takes in much of the ...
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Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) called the hate-motivated murder of Matthew Shepard a "hoax" today on the House floor. Matthew's mother and gay rights activist Judy was in attendance. "Th