Los Angeles, CA – On Wednesday, September 10, 2013, at 2 p.m. Assemblymember Jimmy Gomez (D-51), Majority Whip and Chair of the Select Committee on Domestic Violence sent a letter to the Fox News Channel demanding an apology to viewers everywhere for turning the Ray Rice domestic violence story into a joke.
On the Fox News morning show “Fox & Friends”, co-hosts Brian Kilmeade and Steve Doocey found humor in the incident, to the point of laughter while saying that the message is to “take the stairs.”
“Personally, I have not for a moment found anything remotely funny about domestic violence,” said Assemblymember Gomez. “The Fox News Channel co-hosts Brian Kilmeade and Steve Doocey need to issue an apology to all viewers. And the real message is that domestic violence is not a joke.”
According to the Centers for Disease Control, Intimate Partner Violence resulted in 14% of all homicides, nationwide in 2007, translating to 2,340 mortalities. Further, according to the 2010 National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, 32% of women are physically assaulted by a partner during their lifetime.
Full text of letter sent to Fox News Channel available upon request
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Assemblymember Jimmy Gomez represents the 51st Assembly District which includes the Northeast Los Angeles neighborhoods of Echo Park, Mission Junction, Historic Filipinotown, Chinatown, Glassell Park, Montecito Heights, Monterey Hills, El Sereno, Highland Park, Mt. Washington, Lincoln Heights, City Terrace, Elysian Valley, Cypress Park, Eagle Rock, portion of Silverlake, and unincorporated East Los Angeles.
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