Overview
- A fourth grader wrote to Rep. Virginia Foxx urging a $5,000 rebate for new electric cars, and his mother says he chose the topic for a class assignment.
- A typed reply signed “Virginia Foxx” rejected the rebate as a taxpayer burden and told the child to ask his teacher about propaganda, while citing articles from major outlets.
- The boy’s mother posted a photo of the letter and called it horrific, and she said her son was upset because his teacher did not pick the topic or write the letter.
- Local reporters asked Foxx’s office if she wrote the reply or if a staffer did and whether she would apologize, and no confirmation or apology was reported.
- Coverage split by outlet, with the Daily Caller praising the substantive engagement and local reports stressing tone and the appropriateness of criticizing a child’s teacher.