President Obama Says Ray Rice Is Not A "Real Man, Stopping Domestic Violence Is Something That's Bigger Than Football"
Ray Rice has everyone fired up, including President Obama after more video was released on Monday showing the brutal knock out punch he delievered to his then fiancee, now wife, Janay Palmer.
Rice has since been released from the Baltimore Ravens, and fired from the NFL, as everyone starts to break their silence on the attack.
Rice's head coach, John Harbaugh claimed that he didn't not see the video until yesterday, noting that he and his wife would be there if Rice and his family needed anything. "It's something we saw for the first time today. It changed things." Harbaugh continued, "My hope is that they can make it work...I'll be praying for them." He said, "If my wife and I can help, in any way, then we will."
Now the President of the United States is speaking out and saying that real men don't hit women. Obama's camp issued a new statement about domestic abuse, following the Rice elevator video that was released on TMZ.
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After the Ravens suspended Rice, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest spoke on behalf of Obama during a conference when he was asked about the ordeal and said in a statement, "The President is the father of two daughters. And like any American, he believes that domestic violence is contemptible and unacceptable in a civilized society."
Earnest continued, "Hitting a woman is not something a real man does, and that's true whether or not an act of violence happens in the public eye, or, far too often, behind closed doors."
"Stopping domestic violence is something that's bigger than football - and all of us have a responsibility to put a stop to it."