Virginia Foxx ended her campaign against Vernon Robinson for the 5th District congressional race by accusing Ole Vern of "the big lie." The announcer in the ad said that Foxx had been endorsed by the NRA and Grass Roots North Carolina.
Only problem is ... that's a big fat lie. Virginia was endorsed by neither group, and Grass Roots North Carolina has actually been recommending Vernon Robinson to its membership, not Foxx. According to the Winston-Salem Journal, in a mailer dated Aug. 10, Foxx's husband and campaign manager Tom Foxx wrote that Grass Roots North Carolina and the NRA had endorsed her for the 5th District.
"We've never endorsed her, we've never recommended her," said Paul Valone, the president of Grass Roots North Carolina.
When confronted with the lie, Virginia, in classic Virginia style, said, "I'm very sorry that the letter was not precise of the wording." According to the W-S Journal, she said that neither she nor her husband had proofread the letter before it was mailed out.
Which is worse, the original lie, or the lie to cover up the original lie? Didn't they impeach Bill Clinton for this kind of parsing? But Virginia will get away with it because she loves God and was born poor. She can't be blamed.
W-S Journal: "Foxx said that the information about Grass Roots North Carolina came from a statement from the organization that said she had a 100 percent voting record in the Senate. The Grass Roots statement, however, actually recommended Robinson over Foxx...."
We're waiting right now for election results in this sorry little race between two sorry little people.
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