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Harrison Butker Of Kansas City Chiefs: “I Stand By What I Said”


Butker still backs his controversial May commencement speech at Benedictine College.

Harrison Butker spoke to local Kansas City media at training camp today for the first time since his controversial May commencement speech at Benedictine College. Butker became a lightning rod for suggesting that some of its female graduates looked forward to being wives and mothers more than entering the working world. Today, Butker said he “respected all the viewpoints” of people who disagreed with his speech, which included criticisms of President Joe Biden and his handling of COVID-19, and comments on abortion, IVF, surrogacy, and euthanasia.

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