To paraphrase Al Franken, yet another Republican Congress "person" has taken the lead in the coalition of Bigoted Lies and the Bigoted Lying Liars Who Tell Them.
Meet Rep. Virginia Foxx (R., North Carolina):
the House Republican chosen to lead the charge against including women, people with disabilities, and gays in America's already-existing hate crimes law - existing law already counts violent crime based on the race, religion or national origin of the victim as a "hate crime" - just referred on the US House floor to Matthew Shepard's murder as "a hoax."
Apparently, with no shame whatsoever, the disingenuous lies roll off double-XX Rep's lying tongue:
"the hate crimes bill that's called the matthew sheppard bill is 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 a robbery. it wasn't because he was gay. this -- the bill was named for him, hate crimes bill was named for him, but it's really a hoax that that continues to be used as an excuse for passing these bills.
Which is, of course, is the diametrically opposed to the sworn testimony during the trial of Shepard's murderers:
During the trial, Chastity Pasley and Kristen Price (the pair's then-girlfriends) testified under oath that Henderson and McKinney both plotted beforehand to rob a gay man. McKinney and Henderson then went to the Fireside Lounge and selected Shepard as their target. McKinney alleged that Shepard asked them for a ride home. After befriending him, they took him to a remote area of Laramie where they robbed him, beat him severely (media reports often contained the graphic account of the pistol whipping and his smashed skull), and tied him to a fence with a rope from McKinney's truck. Shepard begged for his life.
Both girlfriends also testified that neither McKinney nor Henderson was under the influence of drugs at the time. The beating was so severe that the only areas on Shepard's face that were not covered in blood were those where his tears had washed the blood stains away.
Watch the video of Foxx's bald-faced lies and check out more coverage of the latest example of Rethug lying bigotry:
http://www.americablog.com/...
All of which should give you a nice head of steam for calling Foxx's office:
A hoax? Belittling the brutal murder of a 21 year old college student? And Republicans wonder why their angry, hateful, pathetic party is now only 20% of the US population.
Watch the video for yourself. Then feel free to call this sorry excuse for a human being and tell her what you think of her bigotry.
Phone: (202) 225-2071
Phone: (336) 778-0211
Phone: (828) 265-0240
UPDATE: Despite the lying liars, the hate-crime bill has passed in the House!
http://jta.org/...
UPDATE: More lying liars:
REP MICHELE BACHMANN (R-MN): I feel that this hate crime legislation could be considered the very definition of tyranny.
REP. GRESHMAN BARRET (R-SC): This bill would inhibit religious freedom in our society -- a scary thought.
REP. LOUIE GOHMERT (R-TX): You think a pregnant mother does not deserve the protection of a homosexual? You think a military member doesn't deserve the protection of a transvestite?
REP. STEVE KING (R-IA): I, Mr. Speaker, oppose and I defy the logic of the people that would advocate for such legislation the very idea we could divine what goes on in the heads of people when they commit crimes.
http://thinkprogress.org/...
Sorry for the short commentry on my part, I wanted to get this out before her offices closed for the day.