North Carolina Congresswoman Virginia Foxx sent a note to Judy Shepard following her remarks during debate of the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act. Foxx said that Matthew Shepard's death was not a hate crime:
"She told WXII that she sent a handwritten note to Jane Shepard,Shepard's mother, saying that 'if I said anything that offended her, Icertainly apologize for it and know that she's hurting, and I wouldnever do anything to add to that.' The Matthew Shepard Foundation confirmed that Judy Shepard received Foxx's note, but offered no comment on it. 'We are not commenting any further on Rep. Foxx's remarks on theHouse floor, or anything that was contained in a letter,' LoganShepard, the foundation's communications associate, wrote in an e-mail… Foxx declined to say in the WXII interview whether she now considers Shepard's death a hate crime."
Watch Foxx's interview with WXII, AFTER THE JUMP…