Rising GOP star Virginia Foxx called motive in Matthew Shepard murder a ‘hoax’

Republican Rep. Virginia Foxx is set to take over leadership of the House Education Committee of the incoming Congress and her history is worrying for those wishing to see Obama’s education policies survive and because of comments she made regarding Matthew Shepard‘s death.

Foxx once claimed the idea that Matthew Shepard’s death was motivated by hatred over his sexual orientation was a “hoax” while arguing against the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. She instead credited robbery as the motive behind the 1998 murder of the University of Wyoming student, whose 40th birthday would have been Thursday.

While she called the murder a “very unfortunate incident” she said the homophobia motive was “a hoax that continues to be used as an excuse for passing hate crimes bills.”

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