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I don't even need to look up her party affiliation to know that she's a republican. I mean, the average age of congress can be blamed equally on both parties, but an octogenarian who talks shit on education, is super "concerned" about the national debt, and speaks in a shitty manner toward a child is definitely republican.
I’m sorry, but why isnt* grandma retired? Like I hate it when I seek the elderly working!
I'm pretty sure she opposes social programs like social security
Its Virginia Foxx. Hard to be shocked. The idea of children being raped brings her joy.
This treasonous MAGA pedophile is more proof that only the good die young.
That kid shoukd get the top grade for the project. She really priced his thesis that this is something she needs to learn about
More importantly, another group of dumb voters supporting a corrupt old coot that does not give a shit about the future.
She’s bought and paid for by the petro union.
No, she's an elder boomer who is literally brain damaged by lead poisoning, she really believes what she's saying.
Boomers should be excluded from positions of authority for that one fact alone.
Pedo union
Also she's like a bazillion years old. Who the fuck even is she?!?
"YOU and your classmates will be responsible for paying down the national debt."
Well, she is absolutely right about that. She should know, because it's her generation's fault.
Foxx, who voted for the spending bill that the Congressional Budget Office projected would add $3.4 trillion to the national debt, told a 10-year-old that he and his classmates would be responsible for paying it down.
How are these people in charge of anything?
How are they in charge? They get voted in because better people are not running or not getting voted for in many cases. Gerrymandering protects some of them.
Because we select our leaders via rigged popularity contests then let them sit in office with zero accountability, zero modern standards for hiring or work oversight, and "performance evaluations" every 2-6 years. Imagine running a company that way.
I was told the same thing 30 years ago. Nobody is paying for shit.
I am so ready to move on from the boomer generation.
There are still stupid millenials and Gen Z. This isn't a problem with a lifespan.
There's something to be said for possible lead exposure of that generation and how it's affecting as they age. There were studies about it and apparently the newest one is showing that their exposure is increasing the risk of Alzheimer.
Gen X grew up with daily exposure to the highest levels of lead in their environment. Boomers had the second highest. Their mothers smoked and drank while pregnant. These generations are more brain damaged than any before or since.
Only the oldest Millennials can even remember leaded gasoline, and it was off the market long before they learned to drive. Zeds are obnoxious, but they aren't wrong. The sooner they engage with politics, the better.
The only benefit to being Gen X is we were shut out by the Boomers maintaining their grip on everything for so long. Oh, don’t get me wrong. There’s plenty of Gen X idiots, too. We were the biggest trump voting group, for instance. (Seriously, my people? The anti-authoritarians whose anthems were Breakfast Club, Raiders of the Lost Ark, or even Total Recall? Hate the system, hate the Nazis, hate the rich corporate overlords?)
the only thing I'm genuinely looking forward to as I get older is watching every single boomer rot in the ground.
worst. generation. ever.
I'm ok with them just ceding power.
would be lovely. I've turned blue too many times holding my breath waiting for that to happen.
the only thing that will get these self-righteous pricks out of power is the sweet release of death.
The lesson I am learning: the elderly should have the congressional keys taken away from them, before they can drive the nation into stupid.
They already did.
Have fun in hell you rotten old Bitch.
No prizes for guessing this congresswoman’s party affiliation.
Not that “Yahoo Entertainment” (news is dead, i know) even bothered to put it in the entire article, much less the headline.
The congresswoman started by thanking Christian for writing. She said they agreed about the importance of innovation in the automobile industry.
That was the last kind thing in the letter.
Foxx told the 10-year-old that his request meant taking money out of the pockets of hardworking taxpayers who might not be able to afford an electric vehicle themselves. She told him the country was heading toward bankruptcy and economic failure. She wrote that 2038 is only 12 years away, and that "YOU and your classmates will be responsible for paying down the national debt."
She capitalized "YOU." She was writing to a fourth grader.
Then she linked him to six articles from Fox News, National Review, The Washington Times, and the Wall Street Journal editorial board — articles about the failures of climate change policy.
And then she turned on his teacher.
What a fuckwit piece of shit.
Cute, the National Debt that HER and HER generation allowed to run rampant so that SHE could make off with mad bank? Not to mention the debt that HER party has incurred the last few years alone?
Good observation. They almost gave her party affiliation, but they stopped short.
Foxx now chairs the House Rules Committee and is running for re-election in 2026 with Trump's endorsement.
It's not exactly ambiguous, but it's also not explicit. That's a weird choice.