A Greensboro mother is calling out Republican U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx over a letter she said her son received from the congresswoman after a school assignment.
Emily Mango said her 10-year-old son was assigned to write a persuasive essay and send it to a changemaker. Her son decided to write to Foxx, urging the government to consider giving drivers a rebate for electric vehicle purchases. Mango said the topic was her son’s choice.
Mango said 82-year-old Foxx, who represents the northwestern parts of the state, wrote back to her son.
She posted a photo of what she said was the congresswoman’s reply on Facebook. WRAL reviewed that post before Mango set it to private.
The letter reads in part:
“What many folks do not realize is that the money that ‘comes from’ the federal government actually comes from ordinary citizens who pay taxes to support that government. Therefore, your request that ‘the federal government should give a $5,000 tax rebate for all new electric car purchases’ means that the federal government must take that money out of the pockets of hardworking people who may not have the means to buy an electric vehicle in the first place.”
In her letter, Foxx cited numerous articles from news organizations and criticized the boy’s teacher, writing, “Please ask your teacher to explain propaganda to you. My guess is that your teachers will not give you a good educational experience and help you learn to think as they are too interested in indoctrinating you.”
Mango called the letter “horrific” and addressed Foxx on Facebook, writing, “Reprehensible response. You crossed a line when you attacked a child and attacked teachers. You don’t deserve to be on a Committee for Education when you talk to children like this and think so lowly of teachers.”
Fox8 in Greensboro reported that Mango’s son was upset that his teacher was criticized, because his teacher did not pick the topic or write the letter.
Although the typed letter was signed “Virginia Foxx,” Fox8 reached out to the congresswoman’s office to ask if she wrote the letter or if it was a member of her staff. The news outlet also asked if Foxx plans to apologize for her letter.
So far, Foxx’s office has not answered those questions.
Valerieyourbea on
Imagine being a 10-year-old excited about a school assignment, finally feeling like you have a voice, only to get a ‘horrific’ response from a literal representative. This is how you kill civic engagement before it even starts
apricot-pancakes on
“Please ask your teacher to explain propaganda to you. My guess is that your teachers will not give you a good educational experience and help you learn to think as they are too interested in indoctrinating you.”
To be fair, she’s absolutely right. Everyone knows the next stage of life for *trans kids / brown people / the poors / fucking pick one* is when they’re pressured to be biogenetically merged with woke electric vehicles, like a buncha kickass Autobots, at which point it’s gonna get real confusing for feeble-minded seniors who have no business holding public office.
OhioValleyCat on
I’d like to see Virginia Fox write Donald Trump a letter telling him that the One Billion Dollars plus that he wants for a big fancy ballroom for the White House would mean that the federal government must take that money out of the pockets of hardworking people who may not have the means to build their own big fancy ballroom.
NottaNiceUsername on
> means that the federal government must take that money out of the pockets of hardworking people
No, it doesn’t mean that. It means the govt. is returning some of the vehicle purchaser’s tax money as an incentive to buy an electric.
holllygolightlyy on
At her big age of 82 at that. Shameful.
restore_democracy on
At least he learned early about Republicans.
SplashyTetraspore on
Fucking bitch rot in hell. Vote her out.
Late-Dingo-8567 on
so she’s against paying for the ballroom then I presume?
friendlyfire31 on
What a fucking goblin.
Character-Newt-9571 on
Again! No one old enough for Medicare needs to be in office
Baelgul on
Wow, what an amazing piece of shit Foxx is
capaldis on
oh of COURSE it’s her. She’s such an evil person. I’m in her district and she has this huge plot of land with private roads leading in/out.
During Helene, her private roads were the only way out of the area. All the other roads collapsed. She REFUSED to let anyone evacuate and even blocked off the road entirely. She wouldn’t even let volunteers with donations or the POWER COMPANY through for a MONTH. Oh and then she went on some tirade about how Biden was responsible for the lack of aid to the area.
Well gosh, Virginia Foxx, where do the corporate welfare dollars come from? I mean I know you are going to “age out” of the problem but the point is extending the shelf life of the planet, moron. You either contribute with your purchase decisions or you contribute cash to the cause. I definitely feel better about my taxes going towards something that helps everybody than I do about tax breaks for billionaires. But I guess that’s too advanced a topic for your tiny brain. Right, Virginia?
WHSRWizard on
She’s a ghoul. Always has been.
tommm3864 on
Foxx is a poster child for both term limits and age limits. She’s just a mean old hag.
AustinQuinn48 on
This lady didn’t write it and I bet it was either dictation or outright doing a trump move and having someone else reply to it
ConsonantlyDrunk on
Hey Virginia Foxx. Isn’t taking tax payer money how you literally get paid?
nailzfan on
Who tf is electing 82 yr olds to anything?
FSUbonedaddy on
I hate being represented by this wretched living corpse so deeply.
Additional-Basil3029 on
She’s been horrible for years. How she wins reelection is beyond me. A real piece of work.
fungobat on
>Mango said 82-year-old Foxx
Jesus Christ. We need a maximum age limit. Please.
Twodogsonecouch on
Jeez why do we have so many corpses in congress. The county is in shambles its congress’s fault retire you old hag.
Foojira on
This cross eyed bat needs to get gone from congress
SashaBanks2020 on
> Therefore, your request that ‘the federal government should give a $5,000 tax rebate for all new electric car purchases’ means that the federal government must take that money out of the pockets of hardworking people who may not have the means to buy an electric vehicle in the first place.”
This is funny to me.
She was so blinded by hatred for children and school teachers, she missed the kids whole point.
That hardworking people don’t have the means to buy electric vehicles, which is why he wants a policy to make them more affordable.
jennieother1 on
It was a really crappy letter especially from an elected official. We elect these officials, place them in a position to represent their constituents and we pay their salaries. We get very little in return. Her reply was not untrue but it did not address the reason that we need to make the switch to electric cars. We also need to create a system where they are not financially out of the reach of most people. We live in an unfortunate period of time where we seem to have let go of the reins and let these representatives forget that they are not the employer they are the employee. We have the right to demand civility, decorum, and appropriate behavior. I understand that we have come to a time where we need to put gentle words aside to put these employees of the people back into proper perspective. This is simply another example of a politician not understanding their position in their job.
EatAPeach2023 on
Never too young to realize that Republicans are shitty people
ChainLC on
take it out of the subsidies we pay to big oil. or Trump’s vanity projects.
jennafoo on
Doesn’t have a problem with taking my hard earned money from my pocket so Mark Zuckerberg can buy another mansion, which I don’t have the means to buy myself.
a_bird_with_teeth on
Nobody over the age of 65 should be allowed to run for any office. Vote this old bat out.
elbenji on
The lady had a hard on for hating the peace corps and Americorps. This isn’t shocking, she will burn in hell with all that hate in her heart
CaptainLawyerDude on
Fucking Ginny Foxx. I knew it. I had to work with people from her office and committee staff for years and it was Mean Dipshits all the way down.
Totally_Scott on
Virgins Foxx is a butthole.
Dewey081 on
Foxx looks like the crypt keeper.
Brightermoor on
Will no one rid us of these turbulent Republicans?
bigtiddyhimbo on
Not at all surprised when I saw the name of the congresswoman
I have never met a more miserable person that Virginia foxx, that stupid old ass rotting bitch knowing she’s at deaths door and making it her mission to put us in hell alongside her
Odd_Collection7431 on
republicans love to abuse children any way they can
lifeat24fps on
This is also the old witch who just trapped new student loan borrowers into 30 year plans. She’ll be 112 years old and long gone while you’re kids are trapped in debt.
mtgspender on
instead we take the money out of tax payers pockets to give directly to billionaires and to bomb brown children all over the world
JiveChicken00 on
Virginia Foxx looks like she has to drink the blood of virgins at every full moon to continue living.
cometshoney on
Virginia Fox doesn’t worry about cars, period. That woman commutes on a broom.
theracismdisliker on
Virginia Foxx is legit one of the worst people to have ever lived. I wish hell was real so she could go there.
ElevatorLeft6634 on
When I see all these fcking 70-90 year old senators and congress people it makes me realize that the job must be so cush, other people doing your work, you just spout out bullshit and get rewarded with $ and power while rest of us are trying to retire from actual work.
zxcput on
Typical maga bitch
hmr0987 on
I’m fucking so over this idea that we shouldn’t subsidize things for ordinary people. The government sure has plenty of ability to subsidize corporate interests, but when it comes to something that will benefit the people it gets attacked.
Ok cool we’re not going to subsidize electric cars, does that mean we get our tax burden reduced and our government has to borrow less? No and no? So why the fuck don’t we subsidize things that are overall good?!
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A Greensboro mother is calling out Republican U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx over a letter she said her son received from the congresswoman after a school assignment.
Emily Mango said her 10-year-old son was assigned to write a persuasive essay and send it to a changemaker. Her son decided to write to Foxx, urging the government to consider giving drivers a rebate for electric vehicle purchases. Mango said the topic was her son’s choice.
Mango said 82-year-old Foxx, who represents the northwestern parts of the state, wrote back to her son.
She posted a photo of what she said was the congresswoman’s reply on Facebook. WRAL reviewed that post before Mango set it to private.
The letter reads in part:
“What many folks do not realize is that the money that ‘comes from’ the federal government actually comes from ordinary citizens who pay taxes to support that government. Therefore, your request that ‘the federal government should give a $5,000 tax rebate for all new electric car purchases’ means that the federal government must take that money out of the pockets of hardworking people who may not have the means to buy an electric vehicle in the first place.”
In her letter, Foxx cited numerous articles from news organizations and criticized the boy’s teacher, writing, “Please ask your teacher to explain propaganda to you. My guess is that your teachers will not give you a good educational experience and help you learn to think as they are too interested in indoctrinating you.”
Mango called the letter “horrific” and addressed Foxx on Facebook, writing, “Reprehensible response. You crossed a line when you attacked a child and attacked teachers. You don’t deserve to be on a Committee for Education when you talk to children like this and think so lowly of teachers.”
Fox8 in Greensboro reported that Mango’s son was upset that his teacher was criticized, because his teacher did not pick the topic or write the letter.
Although the typed letter was signed “Virginia Foxx,” Fox8 reached out to the congresswoman’s office to ask if she wrote the letter or if it was a member of her staff. The news outlet also asked if Foxx plans to apologize for her letter.
So far, Foxx’s office has not answered those questions.
Imagine being a 10-year-old excited about a school assignment, finally feeling like you have a voice, only to get a ‘horrific’ response from a literal representative. This is how you kill civic engagement before it even starts
“Please ask your teacher to explain propaganda to you. My guess is that your teachers will not give you a good educational experience and help you learn to think as they are too interested in indoctrinating you.”
To be fair, she’s absolutely right. Everyone knows the next stage of life for *trans kids / brown people / the poors / fucking pick one* is when they’re pressured to be biogenetically merged with woke electric vehicles, like a buncha kickass Autobots, at which point it’s gonna get real confusing for feeble-minded seniors who have no business holding public office.
I’d like to see Virginia Fox write Donald Trump a letter telling him that the One Billion Dollars plus that he wants for a big fancy ballroom for the White House would mean that the federal government must take that money out of the pockets of hardworking people who may not have the means to build their own big fancy ballroom.
> means that the federal government must take that money out of the pockets of hardworking people
No, it doesn’t mean that. It means the govt. is returning some of the vehicle purchaser’s tax money as an incentive to buy an electric.
At her big age of 82 at that. Shameful.
At least he learned early about Republicans.
Fucking bitch rot in hell. Vote her out.
so she’s against paying for the ballroom then I presume?
What a fucking goblin.
Again! No one old enough for Medicare needs to be in office
Wow, what an amazing piece of shit Foxx is
oh of COURSE it’s her. She’s such an evil person. I’m in her district and she has this huge plot of land with private roads leading in/out.
During Helene, her private roads were the only way out of the area. All the other roads collapsed. She REFUSED to let anyone evacuate and even blocked off the road entirely. She wouldn’t even let volunteers with donations or the POWER COMPANY through for a MONTH. Oh and then she went on some tirade about how Biden was responsible for the lack of aid to the area.
Wish her nothing but the worst!
[Source from the local paper](https://www.wataugademocrat.com/news/local/hurricane-aftermath-fuels-feud-between-congresswoman-and-neighbors/article_2a97cc1e-9b30-11ef-b420-1fdfc4785f8f.html)
Well gosh, Virginia Foxx, where do the corporate welfare dollars come from? I mean I know you are going to “age out” of the problem but the point is extending the shelf life of the planet, moron. You either contribute with your purchase decisions or you contribute cash to the cause. I definitely feel better about my taxes going towards something that helps everybody than I do about tax breaks for billionaires. But I guess that’s too advanced a topic for your tiny brain. Right, Virginia?
She’s a ghoul. Always has been.
Foxx is a poster child for both term limits and age limits. She’s just a mean old hag.
This lady didn’t write it and I bet it was either dictation or outright doing a trump move and having someone else reply to it
Hey Virginia Foxx. Isn’t taking tax payer money how you literally get paid?
Who tf is electing 82 yr olds to anything?
I hate being represented by this wretched living corpse so deeply.
She’s been horrible for years. How she wins reelection is beyond me. A real piece of work.
>Mango said 82-year-old Foxx
Jesus Christ. We need a maximum age limit. Please.
Jeez why do we have so many corpses in congress. The county is in shambles its congress’s fault retire you old hag.
This cross eyed bat needs to get gone from congress
> Therefore, your request that ‘the federal government should give a $5,000 tax rebate for all new electric car purchases’ means that the federal government must take that money out of the pockets of hardworking people who may not have the means to buy an electric vehicle in the first place.”
This is funny to me.
She was so blinded by hatred for children and school teachers, she missed the kids whole point.
That hardworking people don’t have the means to buy electric vehicles, which is why he wants a policy to make them more affordable.
It was a really crappy letter especially from an elected official. We elect these officials, place them in a position to represent their constituents and we pay their salaries. We get very little in return. Her reply was not untrue but it did not address the reason that we need to make the switch to electric cars. We also need to create a system where they are not financially out of the reach of most people. We live in an unfortunate period of time where we seem to have let go of the reins and let these representatives forget that they are not the employer they are the employee. We have the right to demand civility, decorum, and appropriate behavior. I understand that we have come to a time where we need to put gentle words aside to put these employees of the people back into proper perspective. This is simply another example of a politician not understanding their position in their job.
Never too young to realize that Republicans are shitty people
take it out of the subsidies we pay to big oil. or Trump’s vanity projects.
Doesn’t have a problem with taking my hard earned money from my pocket so Mark Zuckerberg can buy another mansion, which I don’t have the means to buy myself.
Nobody over the age of 65 should be allowed to run for any office. Vote this old bat out.
The lady had a hard on for hating the peace corps and Americorps. This isn’t shocking, she will burn in hell with all that hate in her heart
Fucking Ginny Foxx. I knew it. I had to work with people from her office and committee staff for years and it was Mean Dipshits all the way down.
Virgins Foxx is a butthole.
Foxx looks like the crypt keeper.
Will no one rid us of these turbulent Republicans?
Not at all surprised when I saw the name of the congresswoman
I have never met a more miserable person that Virginia foxx, that stupid old ass rotting bitch knowing she’s at deaths door and making it her mission to put us in hell alongside her
republicans love to abuse children any way they can
This is also the old witch who just trapped new student loan borrowers into 30 year plans. She’ll be 112 years old and long gone while you’re kids are trapped in debt.
instead we take the money out of tax payers pockets to give directly to billionaires and to bomb brown children all over the world
Virginia Foxx looks like she has to drink the blood of virgins at every full moon to continue living.
Virginia Fox doesn’t worry about cars, period. That woman commutes on a broom.
Virginia Foxx is legit one of the worst people to have ever lived. I wish hell was real so she could go there.
When I see all these fcking 70-90 year old senators and congress people it makes me realize that the job must be so cush, other people doing your work, you just spout out bullshit and get rewarded with $ and power while rest of us are trying to retire from actual work.
Typical maga bitch
I’m fucking so over this idea that we shouldn’t subsidize things for ordinary people. The government sure has plenty of ability to subsidize corporate interests, but when it comes to something that will benefit the people it gets attacked.
Ok cool we’re not going to subsidize electric cars, does that mean we get our tax burden reduced and our government has to borrow less? No and no? So why the fuck don’t we subsidize things that are overall good?!