Bigoted GOP Rep blames ABC News For Calling Matt’s Death a “Hoax”

Posted on May 1, 2009
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For the second night in a row, Countdown’s Keith Olbermann has blasted North Carolina Congresswoman Virginia Foxx as the Worst Person in the World.

Last night she won for saying on the floor of the house:

“We know that young man was killed in the commitment of a robbery. It wasn’t because he was gay,” Foxx said during debate. “The bill was named for him, the hate-crimes bill was named for him, but it’s really a hoax that continues to be used as an excuse for passing these bills.”

Shepard died several days after he was found tied to a remote fence in Wyoming, severely beaten and robbed of $20. Prosecutors said he was lured from a bar by two men, including one whose defense attorney said reacted violently after Shepard made a sexual advance.

Tonight Keith told Foxx to “apologize sincerely” To MAtt’s Mom – who was sitting in the gallery of the house when Fox spoke – or resign her seat in the US House of Representatives.

Who knew such bigotry as Foxx’s was alive and well in the Winston-Salem area of North Carolina?

Check out the video here.
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