{"id":2603243,"date":"2026-05-15T15:15:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T19:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-blasts-gop-lawmaker-for-writing-boy-an-honest-letter-that-dared-to-question-his-teachers-here-it-is\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T15:16:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T19:16:54","slug":"media-blasts-gop-lawmaker-for-writing-boy-an-honest-letter-that-dared-to-question-his-teachers-here-it-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-blasts-gop-lawmaker-for-writing-boy-an-honest-letter-that-dared-to-question-his-teachers-here-it-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Blasts GOP Lawmaker for Writing Boy an Honest Letter That Dared to Question His Teachers &#8211; Here It Is"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmedia-blasts-gop-lawmaker-for-writing-boy-an-honest-letter-that-dared-to-question-his-teachers-here-it-is%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2603243&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A North Carolina Republican congresswoman, Rep. virginia Foxx, is being heavily criticized after sending a detailed reply to a 10-year-old boy who wrote advocating a $5,000 federal tax rebate to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-unveils-toughest-ever-car-emissions-rules-to-try-to-force-electric-vehicle-purchases\/\" title=\"Biden Unveils Toughest-Ever Car Emissions Rules to Try to Force ...\">encourage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-push-for-green-energy-tax-credit-benefiting-union-workers-in-budget\/\" title=\"Democrats Push For Green Energy Tax Credit Benefiting Union Workers In Budget\">electric vehicle purchases<\/a><\/a>. The controversy centers on Foxx\u2019s rationale for opposing EV rebates-arguing that government redistribution would take money from working people-and on her admonition telling the child to ask his teacher to explain \u201cpropaganda,\u201d which critics interpreted as an attack on educators and the child\u2019s schooling.<\/p>\n<p>According to the account, the boy\u2019s essay began the dispute in April when a classroom assignment had students advocate for a policy. After receiving Foxx\u2019s response, the boy\u2019s mother and various <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-reports-mislead-on-supreme-court-abortion-pill-decision\/\" title=\"Media Coverage Mis...resents Supreme Court&#039;s Decision on Abortion Pill\">media outlets amplified<\/a> the issue, including opinion pieces and social media, portraying the letter as inappropriate for a child.the article, however, claims Foxx treated the boy seriously, provided policy reasoning and sources for further reading, and effectively encouraged skepticism about what he is taught-framing the backlash as dismissing the value of straightforward lessons about political and economic tradeoffs.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019d have thought she said there was no Santa Claus.<\/p>\n<p>A veteran North Carolina Republican is catching fire from media outlets this week over a reply she sent to a 10-year-old boy who wanted her to support a rebate for electric vehicle purchases.<\/p>\n<p>Telling the truth to children, apparently, is not what liberals want to see in their lawmakers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Triad state Sen. Michael Garrett blasts Rep. Virginia Foxx\u2019s letter to child; \u2018That is a loss of soul\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ODpiANBCn4\">https:\/\/t.co\/ODpiANBCn4<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0Ec4Zmz9rd\">pic.twitter.com\/0Ec4Zmz9rd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FOX8 WGHP (@myfox8) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/myfox8\/status\/2054305890870706203?\">May 12, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Rep. Virginia Foxx is being blasted in news reports, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.charlotteobserver.com\/opinion\/article315734145.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">newspaper opinion columns<\/a>, on liberal websites, and even in the normally conservative <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/05\/12\/us-news\/boy-10-sent-persuasive-essay-to-his-republican-congresswoman-who-accused-his-teacher-of-indoctrinating-in-scathing-response\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a> for not only shooting down the EV rebate idea, but also suggesting he\u2019s getting an indoctrination instead of an education from the adults who are paid to teach him.<\/p>\n<p>The brouhaha began in April, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/myfox8.com\/news\/north-carolina\/greensboro\/greensboro-mother-slams-nc-rep-virginia-foxx-for-response-to-10-year-old-sons-essay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WGHP-TV<\/a> in High Point, when a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/upstate-new-york-school-district-puts-fourth-graders-in-restorative-justice-circles-as-part-of-new-race-based-curriculum\/\" title=\"Upstate New York School District Puts Fourth-Graders In \u2018Restorative Justice Circles\u2019 As Part Of New Race-Based Curriculum\">fourth-grade class<\/a> at a private school in Greensboro was assigned to write an essay to an influential individual advocating a policy of some kind.<\/p>\n<p>Christian Mango decided to write his congresswoman about EV promotion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should have a $5,000 tax rebate. For electric cars, because they\u2019re better than normal cars. They\u2019re better for the environment. They pay less. And there\u2019s no gas,\u201d the boy told WGHP.<\/p>\n<p>(If that sounds like a childish explanation of the benefits of EVs, while ignoring their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/data-shows-incredible-way-electric-vehicles-create-double-pothole-damage-gas-cars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">manifold problems<\/a>, it\u2019s not much worse than the average liberal\u2019s. And remember, Christian is only 10.)<\/p>\n<p>The letter went off to Foxx\u2019s office in an envelope from the Canterbury School, where a<a href=\"https:\/\/canterburygso.org\/admissions\/affordability\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> fourth-grader\u2019s tuition<\/a> runs just under $24,000 a year.<\/p>\n<p>Several weeks later, the boy received <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2026\/05\/localimages\/letter-.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an  response<\/a> from Foxx, explaining why she did not support an EV rebate \u2014 essentially saying that a free-market economy fosters innovation better than government interference.<\/p>\n<p>Even more to the point, she explained that the government doesn\u2019t create money and that \u201cyour request that \u2018the federal government should give a $5,000 tax rebate for all new electric car purchases\u2019 means that the federal government must take that money out of the pockets of hardworking people who may not have the means to buy an electric vehicle in the first place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She then included links to articles about the \u201cdisastrous record of policies enacted to address \u2018climate change&#8217;\u201d \u2014 from sources guaranteed to infuriate liberals: The Wall Street Journal and Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>And she gave young Christian a very personal reason he should care about the mountain of debt the federal government is incurring by including an article describing how, in 2038, the interest on the debt will surpass the government\u2019s discretionary spending:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c2038 is only 12 years away and YOU and your classmates will be responsible for that debt,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>And then she added the coup de grace:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIncidentally, please ask your teacher to explain propaganda to you. While I will never be able to know, my guess is that your teachers will not give you a good educational experience and help you learn to think as they are too interested in indoctrinating you. How sad.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Christian\u2019s mom, Emily, took to Instagram to label Foxx\u2019s response as \u201chorrific.\u201d (The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DYM8W-blY5P\/?img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link is here<\/a>. You can practically hear her shrieking through the type.)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cYou crossed a line when you attacked a child and attacked teachers,\u201d the boy\u2019s mother told Rep. Virginia Foxx. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2sqoOlWucH\">https:\/\/t.co\/2sqoOlWucH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 HuffPost (@HuffPost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HuffPost\/status\/2054689462156747204?\">May 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>News reports carried the same message: \u201cNC mother calls Rep. Virginia Foxx\u2019s letter to 10-year-old \u2018reprehensible\u2019\u201d the Raleigh News &#038; Observer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/politics-government\/article315726849.html#storylink=cpy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">headlined one report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s interesting is that critics are ignoring the fact that Foxx, an 82-year-old 12-term congresswoman whose duties <a href=\"https:\/\/foxx.house.gov\/about\/committees.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">include chairing<\/a> the powerful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hearing-room-erupts-chaos-dem-rep-makes-vile-comment-pro-life-republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House Rules Committee<\/a>, took the time to send a 10-year-old an honest reply to a momentous question of public policy. Her letter treats his cause seriously and explains, seriously, why the solution he suggests won\u2019t work. It offers him further reading on the subject.<\/p>\n<p>And it implicitly urges him to question exactly what he\u2019s being taught and by whom.<\/p>\n<p>It was, in short, a lesson in reality, and Christian and every American in his age group would be better off if they paid attention to it.<\/p>\n<p>Education in the United States \u2014 from a dirt-poor inner-city public school to the spacious grounds of <a href=\"https:\/\/canterburygso.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canterbury School<\/a> in Greensboro \u2014 is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/teachers-union-tries-cancel-school-students-can-protest-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dominated by leftists<\/a>, and leftists have never been held responsible for the true price of progressive policies. (Here\u2019s a hint: A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hudson.org\/national-security-defense\/100-years-of-communism-and-100-million-dead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hundred million deaths<\/a> is in the ballpark.)<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes it takes a bracing truth from an old-school politician to break the news that there are no fairy tale solutions to real-life problems. 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