While some wondered what the cutting of Ray Rice by the Baltimore Ravens would do to their fantasy football teams, Politico’s Glenn Thrush was confronting another “inconvenient truth”: By terminating Rice, the Ravens were also cutting the income of Rice’s wife, “whom they now care so deeply about.”
Inconvenient truth: In terminating Ray Rice, Ravens cut income to Rice's wife whom they now care so deeply about. http://t.co/Pe7VJeuJqh
— Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) September 8, 2014
And what an income!
@GlennThrush In 2012, Rice signed a 5-year $40 million contract with a $15 million signing bonus. He's not a minimum wage worker.
— Tom Brune (@TomBruneDC) September 8, 2014
https://twitter.com/pinkbunny70/status/509089702759391232
.@GlennThrush the 25 million he has earned in his career thus far is just not enough to live on. Poor gal's gonna starve.
— Grim (@TheTenArms) September 8, 2014
@Mobute @GlennThrush Rice is walking away with $25 Million…
— chad (@strangepowers_) September 8, 2014
https://twitter.com/brad_dallas/status/509077402375712768
That aside, plenty were appalled by the message Thrush was sending.
@GlennThrush The Ravens didn't cut her income. Ray Rice did. Those are the consequences of his actions and his alone.
— Finn (@nofunfinn) September 8, 2014
@GlennThrush How is that different than with any other case of domestic violence. I guess women should just shut up and take it, eh?
— Your buddy Dave? (@davesplash) September 8, 2014
.@GlennThrush Your crocodile tears of concern for Ray Rice's wife is heartwarming. #SMH
— Bill Wong (@ten24get) September 8, 2014
https://twitter.com/KatieDTW/status/509076865936809984
https://twitter.com/BrooklynJuggler/status/509081171297595392
Wow worst take ever https://t.co/aF0VXsJ495
— Jared Keller (@jaredbkeller) September 8, 2014
If only she hadn't gotten in front of Rice's fist like she did. She should have thought this out.@GlennThrush @jaredbkeller @Gus_802
— grimcity (@grimcity) September 8, 2014
@GlennThrush this is a terrible take. Not everything is about the money (which they have a lot of by the way)
— Joey aka Sir Yacht (@SirYacht) September 8, 2014
@elongreen @GlennThrush deeply twisted defence of domestic violence
— jokerfied belleslettres (@belleslettre) September 8, 2014
It's great to see all of the horrible people come out of the woodwork today with their great takes on Ray Rice @GlennThrush
— Hikikomori Povich (@childfreedad) September 8, 2014
@GlennThrush is this a serious tweet? Do you think this is a rational and logical point of discussion in all of this?
— friendly neighborhood idiot (@smokinjoe) September 8, 2014
https://twitter.com/JimmyOnFire__/status/509086924821512194
.@GlennThrush Inconvenient truth: Your tweets are bad and you should feel bad.
— extremely mad and incredibly dumb (@onlineandnice) September 8, 2014
@GlennThrush Dude, women are now considered full citizens, able to seek employment and income on their own.
— Rick Freeman (@RWFreeman) September 8, 2014
https://twitter.com/chicorgi/status/509081812241768449
.@GlennThrush Extremely good point. If we actually care about women who's husbands beat them, pay their husbands more money. That's science.
— The Chad Dog of Shimano (@SamSheehan) September 8, 2014
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