{"id":852915,"date":"2026-09-19T05:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T05:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/852915\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T05:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T05:28:10","slug":"chris-brown-turns-on-texas-rep-as-congressional-honor-causes-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/852915\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Brown Turns on Texas Rep. as Congressional Honor Causes Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tChris Brown<\/a> delivered divergent statements to Texas state Rep. Venton Jones<\/a> and U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett<\/a>, the two Texas Democrats who honored him and Usher<\/a> at the Arlington stop on their co-headlining tour, as controversy swirls around the polarizing pop star\u2019s official recognition by the two lawmakers.<\/p>\n

\n\tOn Sept. 12, Crockett took to the stage during Brown and Usher\u2019s stop on The R&B Tour at AT&T Stadium and announced that, for the multi-platinum singer\u2019s separate contributions to music, both artists were being recognized in the Congressional Record. State Rep. Jones was also on stage at the concert to join Crockett in the presentation and presented Brown a separate legislative recognition. The decision lit up a major controversy online, with liberal Texas Democrats\u2019 reaction to Crockett ranging from deeply confused as to why she honored a well-known domestic abuser to red-hot rage at a decision many found to be an embarrassment.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe are experiencing Black joy to the highest level,\u201d Crockett said at the concert. \u201cAnd I wanted to make sure we document that at the congressional level. So let\u2019s give it up again for Chris Brown.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tCrockett has not made a public statement this week regarding the event at AT&T Stadium. But speculation has run wild as to why a lawmaker known for taking President Trump to task and equating him to an abusive partner while advocating for abortion access and diversity, equity and inclusion would go out of her way to sing the praises of someone so associated with violence against women. A New York magazine article<\/a> on Friday floated several potential explanations for her reasoning, from drumming up voter support before the midterms to her eye for a post-politics career as a celebrity.<\/p>\n

\n\tBrown opted to stir the pot of controversy on social media as the growing backlash against the two lawmakers brought his name into headlines this week \u2014 inevitably dredging up his dark history of domestic abuse and legal issues that still plague the hitmaker. On his Instagram page<\/a>, Brown thanked Crockett but laid into Jones after Jones, in an appearance on Don Lemon\u2019s show, apologized to domestic violence survivors and reframed the concert appearance as having been about voter mobilization ahead of the midterms \u2014 a framing Brown suggested contradicted what happened onstage, where the midterms went unmentioned.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThank you so much,\u201d Brown wrote to Crockett. \u201cI apologize for any backlash you have to deal with for awarding me. I\u2019m not political but I move off of frequency and energy and I\u2019m so grateful. ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI don\u2019t want the award anymore my brother,\u201d he wrote to Jones. \u201cYou went on with Don Lemon and started tap dancing for them folk. Y\u2019all keep that st.\u201c On a now-deleted Instagram Story, he continued, writing, \u201cFunny thing is\u2026 Y\u2019ALL CAME TO ME WITH THIS! NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND. I was minding my damn business. My shows in Dallas were already sold out. I ain\u2019t [want] to be honored because I knew some st like this would happen\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tBrown was probably correct to predict the political blowback. His track record of legal trouble<\/a> has dotted his entire adult life. His first foray into the court system and the court of public opinion came in 2009, when he pleaded guilty to the felony assault of his then-girlfriend Rihanna, an incident that occurred when he was still a teenager. His string of legal woes has not definitively concluded since then; a case stemming from a 2023 incident<\/a> at a London nightclub saw the singer take a plea in late July so prosecutors would drop charges of assault, attempted grievous bodily harm, and a weapons charge. Brown is currently awaiting sentencing in the case.<\/p>\n