The Washington, D.C. Council was set to vote Tuesday on a resolution sponsored by Vincent B. Orange. The resolution? Implementing the “Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Ceremonial Recognition Resolution of 2014.”
D.C. Council member wanted to honor Floyd Mayweather during Domestic Violence Awareness Month
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Luckily, someone pointed out that it’s Domestic Violence Awareness Month ... literally the worst possible time to publicly honor someone who has served jail time for pleading guilty to domestic assault and spoken out in support of Ray Rice. So the resolution has been pulled.
via Washington Post:
Before Tuesday’s meeting, Orange said he planned to pull the resolution after the lousy optics were brought to his attention. His motivation for the resolution, he said, was simply to commemorate Mayweather’s still-perfect record after the Maidana fight.
“He’s undefeated,” he said.
Orange emphasized that the council had voted to honor Mayweather last year. “Since that time, Ray Rice and all domestic violence things have come to the forefront,” he said. “That changes the picture.”
(via WaPo)
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