Virginia Foxx

[[File:Virginia Foxx official Congress photo.jpg|thumb|right|165px|Rep. Foxx's official US Congress photo. Creepy as hell]]{{uspolitics}}
'''Virginia Foxx''' {{lived|1943}} is a batshit insane [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the [[United States|American]] House of Representatives from [[North Carolina]]'s fifth district (2005-present).<ref>[http://foxx.house.gov/ Foxx's homepage]</ref> Like [[Michele Bachmann]], she is one of those crazy ranting women in the House and unfortunately her seat is utterly safe, as her constituency is one of the most [[conservative]] in the country.

In September 2005, Foxx was among the politicians who opposed the $51 billion aid package for the victims of [[Hurricane Katrina]]. <ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=L-kvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8jsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4966,7230333&dq=katrina+virginia-foxx&hl=en Rome News-Tribune] 22 September 2005</ref>

In early 2009 she said that {{wpl|Matthew Shepard}} was killed in a robbery, not because he was gay.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZckDoKz7Dk YouTube: Rep. Virginia Foxx Dishonored Matthew Shepard's Death On The House Floor]</ref> She did not (and probably could not) address why he was tortured and crucified as well.  She has also said that [[universal health care]] is more threatening than "any [[terrorism|terrorist]] right now in any country,"<ref>[http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2009/11/02/67393/foxx-health-care-terrorism/ Think Progress: Rep. Foxx: Health care reform is a bigger threat than ‘any terrorist right now in any country.’] 2 November 2009</ref> that American seniors will be put to death by their government,<ref>Regarding [[President Obama]]'s health care reform bill — [http://thinkprogress.org/health/2009/07/29/170888/end-of-life-smear/ Think Progress: Conservatives Fabricate ‘Mandatory’ End-Of-Life Consultations In House Bill] 29 July 2009</ref> and that "there are no Americans who don't have health care."<ref>[http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2009/07/24/52639/foxx-americans-health-care/ Think Progress: Rep. Virginia Foxx: ‘There Are No Americans Who Don’t Have Health Care’] 24 July 2009</ref>

She has also claimed that the Republican Party passed the [[Civil Rights Act]], with almost no help from the [[Democratic Party]],<ref>[http://thinkprogress.org/2009/11/19/foxx-civil-rights/ Think Progress: Foxx: Republicans ‘Passed Civil Rights Bills Back In The 60s Without Very Much Help’ From Democrats] 19 November 2009</ref> despite the fact that [[Lyndon Johnson]] pushed it through Congress with the help of mostly Democrats and some northern Republicans.<ref>[http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2004/summer/civil-rights-act-1.html National Archives' ''Prologue Magazine'': LBJ Champions the Civil Rights Act of 1964] Summer 2004</ref> 

Foxx also voted against the {{wpl|Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010}}.<ref>[http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2010/roll317.xml Final Vote Results for Roll Call 317]</ref> In 2019, Foxx was against the Equality Act, that was supposed expand the federal [[Civil Rights Act]] of 1964 against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. <ref>[https://www.c-span.org/video/?460685-3/house-debate-equality-act House Debate on the Equality Act]</ref>

Representative Foxx is affectionately known as 'Hide Yer Biscuits', stemming from her habit of hoarding food from whatever buffet she visits.<ref>[http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/03/06/843558/-Virginia-Foxx-is-Coming-Hide-Yer-Biscuits Daily Kos: Virginia Foxx is Coming. Hide Yer Biscuits.] 6 March 2010</ref> Meanwhile, she was one of only 13 representatives to vote against the National School Lunch Program.<ref>[http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/6051/virginia-foxx Project Vote Smart: Representative Virginia Ann Foxx's Voting Records]</ref>

Foxx said that she had no tolerance for those with student loans.<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/17/representative-virginia-fox-on-student-debt_n_1431050.html HuffPo: Representative Virginia Foxx: 'No Tolerance' For Graduates With Big Student Loans To Pay] 17 April 2012</ref>

Virginia Foxx is also one of 139 representatives who voted to overturn the [[2020 United States presidential election]] results, even after the [[2021 U.S. Capitol riot]].<ref>[https://www.vox.com/2021/1/6/22218058/republicans-objections-election-results 147 Republican lawmakers still objected to the election results after the Capitol attack], ''Vox'', January 7, 2021</ref>
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