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riversedge

(81,485 posts)
Tue May 12, 2026, 07:50 PM 1 hr ago

Mother slams NC Rep. Virginia Foxx for response to 10-year-old son's essay

Source: cbs17



by: Justin Lundy Updated: May 12, 2026 / 06:23 PM EDT



GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — A Greensboro mother is upset at a North Carolina congresswoman who responded to a letter from her 10-year-old son.

Christian Mango says he received a letter from Congresswoman Virginia Foxx.

“I could understand half of it. But not all of it,” Christian said.

His mother, Emily Mango, says the reply from Foxx was regarding an assignment from Christian’s teacher at Canterbury School in Greensboro.


“Christian and his class, they wrote a persuasive essay of their choosing. They mailed it off to a representative, a CEO, whoever the decision maker was to be influential in their persuasive essay points,” Emily said.

Christian says the topic he chose involved electric vehicles.................



Read more: https://www.cbs17.com/news/north-carolina-news/mother-slams-nc-rep-virginia-foxx-for-response-to-10-year-old-sons-essay/



Foxx is a nasty ol bit**!!




As part of a class assignment a 10-year-old NC boy wrote a letter to his congresswoman on a topic of his choice. He wrote suggesting tax rebates should be given to those with electric vehicles. Virginia Foxx responded by attacking the boy and his teacher


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NC mother calls Rep. Virginia Foxx’s letter to 10-year-old ‘reprehensible.” Foxx told 4th-grader she guessed his teachers were 'too busy indoctrinating you.' He had suggested $5K tax rebate for new electric vehicles. (Via @dani__battaglia
) https://newsobserver.com/news/politics-
government/article315726849.html
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Mother slams NC Rep. Virginia Foxx for response to 10-year-old son's essay (Original Post) riversedge 1 hr ago OP
What horrid person she is, inside and out. efhmc 1 hr ago #1
She's a Republican politician... regnaD kciN 6 min ago #11
She looks nice. llmart 1 hr ago #2
Troll enid602 1 hr ago #5
Ugh Skittles 1 hr ago #3
She is and has always been a nasty piece of work who has never done a LoisB 1 hr ago #4
She's an atypical southern "Good 'Ol Girl". I call her a NOB. You can figure it out n/t Cheezoholic 49 min ago #6
She has always been hateful The Blue Flower 46 min ago #7
And this nasty piece of work has a doctorate in education. 3catwoman3 17 min ago #8
Who in their right mind would elect this nasty old POS? Diamond_Dog 17 min ago #9
If we weren't gerrymandered to hell and back, ms liberty 7 min ago #10
Needs a SQUIRT OF LEMON Grokenstein 3 min ago #12

LoisB

(13,387 posts)
4. She is and has always been a nasty piece of work who has never done a
Tue May 12, 2026, 08:11 PM
1 hr ago

positive thing for her constituents or the rest of us.

The Blue Flower

(6,579 posts)
7. She has always been hateful
Tue May 12, 2026, 08:31 PM
46 min ago

And it shows. I've known the people of NC to be good folks. It's a mystery to me why F*xx stays in office.

ms liberty

(11,348 posts)
10. If we weren't gerrymandered to hell and back,
Tue May 12, 2026, 09:10 PM
7 min ago

She might still get elected, but fairer maps would reduce her power and she'd be easier to beat. Her district shape is interesting. I'm in it. My county votes for her enthusiastically, but I do live in the BFE. This will hurt her, but I doubt it causes her to lose her seat. I will certainly do what I can to talk it up! I hate that nasty battleaxe.

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