{"id":78844,"date":"2026-09-18T06:55:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T11:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/18\/jasmine-crockett-torched-for-honoring-singer-with-notorious-history-of-violence-completely-vile\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T06:55:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T11:55:35","slug":"jasmine-crockett-torched-for-honoring-singer-with-notorious-history-of-violence-completely-vile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/18\/jasmine-crockett-torched-for-honoring-singer-with-notorious-history-of-violence-completely-vile\/","title":{"rendered":"Jasmine Crockett torched for honoring singer with notorious history of violence: ‘Completely vile’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rep. Jasmine Crockett<\/a>, D-Texas, who recently lost her Senate bid, is facing online backlash after she honored music artist Chris Brown by entering him into the congressional record this past weekend.<\/p>\n

“Now, y\u2019all know, I tend to get in trouble every once in a while. I\u2019m a make this real quick. I need to know who run it! So is Dallas in the building?” Crockett said as she took the stage alongside Brown on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n

“Let\u2019s give it up for Chris Brown,” she added to applause from the audience.<\/p>\n

The moment drew scrutiny from viewers online, raising questions about Crockett\u2019s status as a lawmaker and whether it should be used to celebrate Brown, someone with a history of domestic violence.<\/p>\n

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Among other instances of misconduct, Brown pleaded guilty in 2009 to felony assault after he attacked his then-girlfriend and famous singer, Rihanna. Many images of her injuries were made public, sparking intense condemnation from the music industry. His violence, however, wouldn\u2019t stop there. He was involved in a 2013 altercation with Frank Ocean, another singer, and pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge that same year. In 2017, another ex-girlfriend was granted a domestic violence restraining order against him after she alleged physical abuse.<\/p>\n

Most recently, Brown pleaded guilty to charges of striking producer Abe Diaw twice in the head with a glass tequila bottle in July 2023. He is expected to receive a sentence in October for a separate charge for affray, a criminal charge in English law for unlawfully threatening violence against another person.<\/p>\n

Andrew Kerr, an investigative reporter with the Washington Free Beacon, quickly noted Brown\u2019s past in a post to X<\/a> after news of Crockett\u2019s tribute began to spread online. \u00a0<\/p>\n

“Kamala Harris-endorsed Rep. Jasmine Crockett uses her congressional authority to honor Chris Brown, the rapper best known for beating ever-living s— out of Rihanna in 2009,” Kerr wrote.<\/p>\n

Shannon Watts, a Democratic activist and political commentator, also pointed out Brown\u2019s storied past.<\/p>\n

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“Chris Brown pled guilty to felony assault after brutally attacking Rihanna. Another ex, Karrueche Tran, later obtained a five-year restraining order after testifying that he abused and threatened her. He has also faced multiple allegations of violence and sexual assault against other women,” Watts wrote.<\/p>\n

Crockett\u2019s member statement, a form of recognition that lawmakers can have entered into the congressional record without any vote, recognizes “the artistry of Chris Brown and Usher Raymond.”<\/p>\n

On stage on Saturday, Crockett framed her member statement as a way to recognize two key artists who had helped shape contemporary R&B and pop music, especially for the Black community.<\/p>\n

“I know it\u2019s almost Sunday, so I wanna be clear. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. And right now, we are experiencing Black joy to the highest level, and I wanted to make sure we document that in the Congressional Record,” Crockett said.<\/p>\n

But Democratic strategist Ameshia Cross believes that the moment was a political miscalculation, coming across as ignorant of the challenges in the Black community.<\/p>\n

“Chris Brown has a problem, and several folks beyond Rihanna have met his violent rage. It\u2019s well-documented. This was a ridiculous move by Crockett,” she wrote on X.<\/a><\/p>\n

“Also, when Black women suffer [domestic violence] at the highest rates and often fatally, this was tone deaf as hell,” she added.<\/p>\n

Eric Michael Garcia, the D.C. bureau chief of the Independent, echoed Cross\u2019 thinking.<\/p>\n

“Absolutely disgusting to see Jasmine Crockett platform and honor an abuser of women. Just completely vile,” Garcia wrote in a post of his own.<\/p>\n

Dan Winslow, a New York Times bestselling author, hinted that<\/a> the moment had changed his view of her.<\/p>\n

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“CHRIS BROWN plead guilty to beating Rihanna. It was a horrific and savage beating. Crockett thought he deserved to be honored. Absolutely disgusting behavior. I am glad she lost. I will never support her again,” Winslow wrote.<\/p>\n

In response to the public backlash, Brown posted a response to his Instagram account, pleading to be left alone and expressing displeasure at Crockett having put him in the spotlight.<\/p>\n

“Funny thing is… YALL CAME TO ME WITH THIS! NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND. I was minding my own d-mn business. My shows in Dallas were already sold out. I ain’t asked to be honored because I knew some sh-t like this would happen… I have an idea how about y’all leave me the f— alone and let me focus on the fans that spent their money to actually see and support me,” Brown wrote.<\/p>\n

Having decided to give up her seat to pursue a Senate bid, Crockett will not be returning to the U.S. House of Representatives at the start of the next congress after she lost to James Talarico<\/a>, the Democratic nominee in the Lone Star State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, who recently lost her Senate bid, is facing online backlash after she honored music artist Chris Brown by entering him into the congressional record this past weekend. “Now, y\u2019all know, I tend to get in trouble every once in a while. I\u2019m a make this real quick. I need to know … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78844\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}