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(19,226 posts)
Wed May 13, 2026, 12:53 PM 22 hrs ago

Congresswoman Accuses 10-Year-Old Of Being Indoctrinated By Propaganda After He Sends Her A Letter About The Benefits

Of EVs For A Class Assignment'

"As part of a class assignment, a Greensboro, North Carolina fourth grader was tasked with writing a persuasive essay and mailing it off to some sort of decision maker or influential person. So — like any based individual would do — Christian Mango (sick name) wrote a letter to Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (who voted against aid for Hurricane Katrina victims) about the benefits of electric vehicles, and he suggested installing a $5,000 tax rebate for EV owners. He added that they're 'better than normal cars' because they are 'better for the environment. They pay less. And there's no gas.' I couldn't have said it better myself, Christian."

"Even if you're an anti-EV weenie like Foxx an impassioned letter like this from a 10-year-old surely deserves some sort of kindhearted response, right? Wrong! Instead of that, Foxx — or her team, more likely — sent back a scathing response, dismissing Mango's work as him falling for 'propaganda.' The response goes on, directing the child to read six articles 'about the disastrous record of policies enacted to address 'climate change.' Two of the "articles" were published by the Wall Street Journal's editorial board, a third was an opinion piece and the rest were from Fox News."

"To make matters even worse, the 82-year-old (who co-sponsored a bill that would end birthright citizenship) has previously chaired the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, according to Fox 8. Here's what else she said, while also disparaging Mango's teacher and the educational system writ large:"

" 'Ask your teacher to explain propaganda to you. I will never be able to know. My guess is that your teacher will not be able to give you a good educational experience by helping you. Because they are too interested in indoctrinating you. How sad.' "

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https://www.jalopnik.com/2172039/10-year-old-indoctrinated-propaganda-evs/

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Congresswoman Accuses 10-Year-Old Of Being Indoctrinated By Propaganda After He Sends Her A Letter About The Benefits (Original Post) sop 22 hrs ago OP
What a witch to respond like this to a ten year old child communicating to her for a school study project. magicarpet 21 hrs ago #1
Michelle Obama was right when she stated CivicGrief 21 hrs ago #2

magicarpet

(19,380 posts)
1. What a witch to respond like this to a ten year old child communicating to her for a school study project.
Wed May 13, 2026, 01:08 PM
21 hrs ago

The congressional team at this office automatically assumed it took a Lib to write this communication from this child so they figured it was their natural responsibility as Fascists to tear this "Liberal" child down and leave them in a puddle of Lib Tears.

Only a mean, hateful, and deranged person would do this, especially to a child. What a shameful, rude, hurtful, and ignorant thing to do.

CivicGrief

(295 posts)
2. Michelle Obama was right when she stated
Wed May 13, 2026, 01:48 PM
21 hrs ago

that Trump did not ruin the Republican Party, he exposed it. There is no doubt how hateful and corrupt they are.

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