Virginia Foxx (R-NC) Story of Matt Shepard a hoax

[mtf80123]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/29/virginia-foxx-story-of-ma_n_192971.html

As the House of Representatives debates an expansion of hate crimes legislation, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) has taken the rhetoric to a new level, claiming that those who say Matthew Shepard was murdered in Wyoming for being gay are perpetrating a "hoax" on the American people.

"I also would like to point out that there was a bill -- the hate crimes bill that's called the Matthew Shepard bill is named after a very unfortunate incident that happened where a young man was killed, but we know that that young man was killed in the commitment of a robbery. It wasn't because he was gay. This -- the bill was named for him, hate crimes bill was named for him, but it's really a hoax that that continues to be used as an excuse for passing these bills," said Foxx.



Can I use the "C" word about her?

Contact her at:

http://www.foxx.house.gov/
[phone] or by fax at [phone]

[EFerrari]

1. Who do you have to be to say something like that.

Unbelievable.

[Fuzz]

2. An out of touch, insensitive idiot.

[Believing Is Art]

3. "but we know that that young man was killed in the commitment of a robbery"

Yeah, the assholes that killed him admitted they intended to rob his place after they killed him. That makes this soooo much more excusable.

I only speak for myself but the "C" word is fitting here.

[ccharles000]

4. I live near her district and

have to live with her damn campaign commercials every two years. I am just glad she does not represent me. My rep is Brad Miller NC-13

[Toucano]

5. Yes, you may.

That's what it's for.

[bridgit]

6. The GOP may think they need to send out female republicans to put that *soft* face...

on a rock hard world...Foxx is proof that every single republican and member of the GOP, republican men/republican women are out of touch hoax' *and* ignorant buffoons

[Matariki]

7. Perhaps she should also deny the Holocaust - then take a trip to Europe

During the trial, Chastity Pasley and Kristen Price (the pair's then-girlfriends) testified under oath that Henderson and McKinney both plotted beforehand to rob a gay man. McKinney and Henderson then went to the Fireside Lounge and selected Shepard as their target. McKinney alleged that Shepard asked them for a ride home. After befriending him, they took him to a remote area of Laramie where they robbed him, beat him severely (media reports often contained the graphic account of the pistol whipping and his smashed skull), and tied him to a fence with a rope from McKinney's truck.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Shepard

[YOY]

8. That's 31 flavors of hate with ignorance sprinkles and a illogical cherry on top.

n.t.

[SIMPLYB1980]

9. That makes me sad.

I'm glad she isn't in my district.

[Graybeard]

10. Matthew's mother was in the House gallery when Foxx said this.

KO named Foxx tonight's Worst Person. He said that Matthew's mother was listening to the debate from the House gallery when this ugly, awful woman spewed those lies. Keith demanded a public apology and her resignation.

[Toucano]

14. She has to apologize. At the very least. n-t

[malaise]

18. Fox did more harm to herself and her fellow

Rushicans. Let her bray some more.

[Behind the Aegis]

11. What a POS she is!

Not only a POS a fucking liar to boot!

[imdjh]

12. She's a moron, and I'd still like to see a better bill

The only part of the bill that I have ever cared about and wanted from the beginning was the provision for the federal government to step in and ensure that a crime is properly prosecucted and sentenced , ie no "homosexual panic" bullshit or simple indifference by the local court.

The part that annoys me about the hate crimes law is the reporting. The current statistics are COMPLETELY MEANINGLESS, because they only count hate crimes prosecuted as such. If you are robbed and beat up but he doesn't call you a faggot or a cracker or a Jew or Mexican or nword then it doesn't show up in the stats. The reporting should be statistical, not judicial.

[gratuitous]

13. Go look at that lame website of hers

Free Republic looks sophisticated by comparison. On many different levels.

[Toucano]

15. A former teacher, she is.

Wonder why kids are killing themselves?

[dgibby]

16. Keith took her to the cleaners-Worst Person in the World!

[Graybeard]

17. k/r