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Graduating Student Says She Booed Harrison Butker Despite 'Standing Ovation'

Susannah Leisegang called the Chiefs kicker’s commencement speech ‘horrible’ and said she and a few others booed him

Butker, 28, has come under fire for the content of his speech, in which he criticized LGBTQIA+ Pride Month, suggested women should be “homemakers” and blasted President Joe Biden for his stance on abortion rights. “Growing up my mom was my biggest supporter, guiding me to be the man I needed to become,” Harrison wrote in a May 2020 Mother’s Day tribute shared via X by the Kansas City Chiefs. In a statement to People magazine, NFL senior vice president and chief diversity and inclusion officer Jonathan Beane said, “Harrison Butker gave a speech in his personal capacity.

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