An 82 year old Congressional representative is getting heat for an embarrassing letter she wrote to a well-meaning 10 year old constituent on the topic of electric cars and climate change, where she seems to brag about saddling his generation with debt through a recent climate rollback she voted for. And she’s up for re-election, by the way.
Christian Mango is ten years old, and was encouraged by his elementary school class to write a letter about a topic of his choice, and mail it to a decisionmaker.
Christian chose his Congressional representative, 82 year old Virginia Foxx (okay, so she’s technically not a boomer – she’s 2 years too old for that).
Foxx is an 11-term Congresswoman in North Carolina, one of the most gerrymandered states in the nation, and is currently running for her 12th term in the heavily republican district, having previously proudly touted an endorsement from an enemy of the US who tried to overthrow the government. Her opponent is Chuck Hubbard, a former journalist and native of the district.
For the topic of his letter, Christian chose electric cars – which is what makes this story relevant to us here at Electrek. Christian laid out several points about EVs, stating that “they’re better than normal cars. They’re better for the environment. They pay less. And there’s no gas.” (All true! well done Christian).
