{"id":438603,"date":"2026-09-17T08:42:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T08:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/438603\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T08:42:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T08:42:23","slug":"i-aint-ask-to-be-honored-chris-brown-responds-after-dallas-rep-apologizes-for-honoring-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/438603\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I ain’t ask to be honored’: Chris Brown responds after Dallas Rep. apologizes for honoring him"},"content":{"rendered":"

Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett and State Rep. Venton Jones are facing backlash for presenting Chris Brown with an honor at his Arlington concert. <\/p>\n

ARLINGTON, Texas \u2014 Chris Brown responded to Dallas Rep. Venton Jones (D-Dallas) Tuesday after the lawmaker apologized for honoring the rapper and dancer at a recent Arlington concert.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When Brown and Usher stopped in Arlington this weekend, Jones and Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) went on stage to present the two artists with a Congressional Record recognition. The move made headlines due to Brown’s history of domestic violence.\u00a0<\/p>\n


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In 2009, Brown pleaded guilty to assaulting his former girlfriend, Rihanna.<\/p>\n

In a statement on Tuesday, Jones apologized\u00a0<\/a>to those who were hurt by his actions. He said he went to present the honor as part of a plan to encourage the concert attendees to vote ahead of the consequential midterm election.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“To the constituents of House District 100 – each individual I have the privilege to serve – and every survivor of domestic and sexual violence, I extend my sincerest apology for the hurt, frustration, and pain my choices caused,” he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rep. Crockett has yet to issue a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In an Instagram story following Jones’ statement and appearance on CNN with Don Lemon, Brown responded, saying, “I ain’t ask to be honored”.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Funny thing is… ya’ll came to me with this! Not the other way around,” Brown wrote. “My shows in Dallas were already sold out. I ain’t asked to be honored because I knew some s— like this would happen.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Brown went on to tag Rep. Jones and accused him of “tap dancing” because he didn’t want to lose voters. In a previous Instagram story, Brown posted a picture hugging Crockett and apologized for any backlash she may receive for honoring him.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett and State Rep. Venton Jones are facing backlash for presenting Chris Brown with an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":438604,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103],"class_list":["post-438603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}