Virginia Foxx: Story of Matthew Shepard's Murder A "Hoax" (VIDEO)
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Rep. Virginia Foxx Dishonored Matthew Shepard's Death On The House Floor
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Virginia Foxx: Story of Matthew Shepard's Murder A "Hoax" (VIDEO)
Sort by The Huffington Post (Free subscription) - 04/29/2009
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...
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Rep. Virginia Foxx Dishonored Matthew Shepard's Death and said it was a hoax
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The lies that are told by right wing extremists know NO bounds. What Rep. Virginia Foxx said on the floor yesterday in attacking the hate-crimes bill was inexcusable . I will try to take some action against her. From Media Matters Action Network: Rep. Virginia Foxx Called Matthew Shepard Hate Crime "A Hoax" Summary: On April 29, 2009, in a speech on the House floor, Rep. Virginia Foxx claimed that...
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NC Congresswoman Virginia Foxx - evil to the core
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This is beyond belief -- Virginia Foxx, spitting on Matthew Shepard's grave during today's hate crimes bill debate, from Media Matters : Summary : On April 29, 2009, in a speech on the House floor, Rep. Virginia Foxx claimed that Matthew Shepard's death was merely the result of a robbery gone bad. While his killers Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson did rob him, they also admitted that they were...
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North Carolina Should Be Ashamed!
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Such a dumb bitch! Emphasis on the dumb.
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Homophobic Asshole of the Week: Virginia Foxx
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Miriam touched on this briefly yesterday when the Matthew Shepard Act passed the House, but this really takes the cake. Anyone that is opposed to hate crime legislation must have a tremendous super power to ignore all the violence that...
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GOP Liars At The Podium
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The debate has just ended and the vote is about to commence, but check out Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) calling the murder of Matthew Shepard "a hoax." Rep. Foxx: "The bill was 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 robbery. It wasn't because he was gay. The bill was named for him, the hate crimes...
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Homophobic Asshole of the Week: Virginia Foxx
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Miriam touched on this briefly yesterday when the Matthew Shepard Act passed the House, but this really takes the cake. Anyone that is opposed to hate crime legislation must have a tremendous super power to ignore all the violence that...
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Shameless, Brainless, Heartless, Factless, Full of Absolute Shit
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Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-North Carolina): The, uh, hate crimes bill that's called the Matthew Shepard Bill is named after, uhn, uh, a very unfortunate incident that happened where a young man was killed, but we know, uh, that that young man was killed in the, uh, in the commitment [sic] of a robbery. It wasn't because he was gay. This—the bill was named for him, the hate crimes bill was named for him,...
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New Hampshire State Senate Votes For Same Sex Marriage But... Virginia Foxx Is Still Taking Up Space In Congress
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No clown makeup needed New Hampshire took another giant step forward in joining New England neighbors in Massachusetts, Vermont and Connecticut, plus the state of Iowa, in decriminalizing marraige for gay people. The state Senate voted 13-11 for a slightly amended version of the bill the House had already passed. Although most New Hampshire voters support same sex marriage, the state's conservative...
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Stupid Republican Congresscritter Lies About Matthew Shepard
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I’m no fan of hate crimes legislation, mostly because I don’t believe that it matters one bit if someone murderers someone because they want their wallet, or if they do it because of their race, religion, or gender. That said, these comments by North Carolina Republican Virginia Foxx are both wrong and stupid: H/T: William K. Wolfrum [...]
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Lying or Stupid? How about BOTH?
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I am, at this moment, so damn glad I am not represented at the state or national level by the subject of the video below that you're glad of it too. This ... nasty-nice Republican Representative stood up to speak on a hate crimes bill , and announced to the world that Matthew Shepard's death had nothing to do with his sexuality. Read more… What you need to do
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Rep. Virginia Foxx being attacked for telling the truth about Matthew Shepard’s murder
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Another day, another instance of the far left foaming at the mouth with “outrage” over a conservative telling an inconvenient truth. This time it’s over the “hate crimes” legislation that was passed earlier today in the House. Specifically, it was over a speech Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) made a speech on the House [...]
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Why we fight, reason #96,147
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Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-Homophobistan), on the House floor earlier today: via Media Matters
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Markey, Polis Speak Out For Federal Hate Crimes Legislation
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(Cross-posted from Michael Ditto's blog at ProgressNow Colorado ) Editor's note: the roll-call vote shows that GOP Rep. Mike Coffman did in fact vote for the Hate Crimes Prevention Act. We regret the error and thank Rep. Coffman for his support. By a vote of 249 to 175, the House of Representatives just passed the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009. All of Colorado's Democratic...
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Rewriting History
Sort by The WOW Report (Free subscription) - 04/29/2009
During the debate on the Hate Crimes Bill in the U.S. House, North Carolina GOP Congresswoman Virginia Foxx stated that Matthew Shepard’s gay bashing murder was a “hoax." The bill includes sexual orientation protections and passed by a vote of 249-175.