Hold onto your hats folks because we’ve got some drama brewing in the world of football. Kansas City Chiefs kicker, Harrison Butker, is not a fan of President Joe Biden and he’s not afraid to make it known. But hold on, before you grab your pitchforks and storm his social media pages, let’s take a closer look at what’s been going down.
It all started when Butker criticized the president over his abortion stance and policies during a commencement speech at an all Catholic University. And it seems people weren’t happy about him calling out the president as they are now dragging him on the internet.
The backlash against Chiefs star Harrison Butker continues to grow with the NFL issuing a statement distancing the organization from his commencement speech in which he told women they should aspire to be homemakers.
That press release came as the petition to have him removed from the Super Bowl champion’s roster closes in on 100,000 signatures. It was set up just a day after his address at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas.
Despite the outrage, the field goal kicker’s remarks were met with some applause by the crowd.
Butker, 28, who’s made his conservative Catholic beliefs well known, also assailed Pride month, a particularly important time for the LGBTQ+ rights movement, and President Joe Biden’s stance on abortion as well as Covid-19 policies.
‘Bad policies and poor leadership have negatively impacted major life issues. Things like abortion, IVF, surrogacy, euthanasia, as well as a growing support for degenerate cultural values and media all stem from pervasiveness of disorder,’ Butker ranted.
The Georgia-native even quoted self-made billionaire Taylor Swift, although he only referred to her as his ‘teammate’s girlfriend,’ thanks to her relationship with tight end Travis Kelce.
‘As my teammate’s girlfriend says, “familiarity breeds contempt,”‘ he told the audience, referring to Swift’s song Bejeweled from her 2022 album Midnights.
The NFL’s chief DEI officer has now stepped in to make it clear that Butker’s statements were ‘personal’ and do not reflect the league’s efforts to make football more inclusive.
‘Harrison Butker gave a speech in his personal capacity. His views are not those of the NFL as an organization. The NFL is steadfast in our commitment to inclusion, which only makes our league stronger,’ the league’s chief diversity and inclusion officer, Jonathan Beane, said.
‘His views are not those of the NFL as an organization. The NFL is steadfast in our commitment to inclusion, which only makes our league stronger,’ Beane, who is also a senior vice president, said.
As of Thursday morning, the Change.org petition, ‘Demand the Kansas City Chiefs to Dismiss Harrison Butker for Discriminatory Remarks,’ has over 80,000 signatures.
‘These dehumanizing remarks against LGBTQ+ individuals, attacks on abortion rights and racial discrimination perpetuate division and undermine human rights,’ it also said.
Former Kansas City commissioner Justice Horn also slammed Butker in a social media post, writing, ‘Harrison Butker doesn’t represent Kansas City nor has he ever. Kansas City has always been a place that welcomes, affirms, and embraces our LGBTQ+ community members
Butker’s comments have been reverberating around the internet for days now.
‘I think it is you, the women, who have had the most diabolical lies told to you,’ the Georgia Tech graduate said.
‘Some of you may go on to lead successful careers in the world, but I would venture to guess that the majority of you are most excited about your marriage and the children you will bring into this world,’ he said.
‘I can tell you that my beautiful wife Isabelle would be the first to say that her life truly started when she started living her vocation as a wife and as a mother.’
But hey, at the end of the day, we’re all just human beings with our thoughts and beliefs. So let’s cut the guy some slack. After all, he’s just a football player trying to navigate his way through a divisive political landscape.
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