Foxx Tells 10-Year-Old He'll Pay $4T Debt She Voted For
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- Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC, 82) wrote a letter to 10-year-old Christian Mango responding to his essay about EVs, telling him "YOU and your classmates will be responsible for that debt" — even as she herself voted for a ~$4 trillion bill the source says added to the national debt
- Foxx's letter included six links from publications the source identifies as climate-denial outlets (WSJ, Fox, Washington Times, National Review), and none of them addressed electric vehicles, the subject of Christian's original letter
- Foxx voted against EV tax credits that were capped at certain MSRPs, available on used vehicles, and targeted at lower-income earners, despite her stated concern that credits benefit "mostly people with higher incomes"
- Christian Mango, 10, wrote his congressional representative suggesting a $5,000 EV tax credit and climate action, arguing EVs "pay less" and "there's no gas," after being encouraged by his elementary school class to write a letter to a decisionmaker
- Foxx, who holds a doctorate in education and sits on the House education committee, is running for a 12th term against former journalist Chuck Hubbard in a gerrymandered NC district where she has a projected 97% chance of winning
- Emily Mango, Christian's mother, shared Foxx's response on Instagram, calling it "disrespectful, hostile and unkind" and saying she had to teach her son "nobody should talk to a child like that"
Why it matters: The letter crystallizes a contradiction the source flags: a lawmaker who voted to add ~$4 trillion to the debt is warning a 10-year-old he'll have to pay it off, while also voting to repeal Inflation Reduction Act provisions that had cut the deficit by $238B. In NC-5, Foxx has a projected 97% chance of winning despite the letter going viral.
