Football fans noticed something interesting about Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker during the team’s visit to the White House as part of the celebration for their Super Bowl 58 triumph.
It’s not uncommon for a professional athlete to skip a trip to the White House if they disagree with the politics of the current president. At his controversial commencement speech earlier this month, Harrison Butker spoke out against President Joe Biden’s abortion stance and accused him of supporting “the murder of innocent babies.”
For the second straight year, the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs got to meet Biden at the White House. Despite strongly opposing Biden’s stance on abortion, Butker attended the celebration with his teammates.
And several heads-up fans noticed that during Biden’s speech, Butker was standing as far away from the president as possible in the very back right corner.
Harrison Butker is at the White House as part of the Kansas City Chiefs visit. pic.twitter.com/4yXejnLJOJ
— Armando Salguero (@ArmandoSalguero) May 31, 2024
Look how mad Butker is in the back.
— Jhoff10 (@Jhoff10) May 31, 2024
Kansas City is for Champions. What a sight.
Butker in the back having a conniption fit 🤣#KC pic.twitter.com/f5zY6recPE
— Hartzell (@hartzell965) May 31, 2024
THERE’S vocal trump cult member, Harrison Butker! He was told to stand in the back and “SHUT-UP!” pic.twitter.com/Spn6hOh45n
— Chris Elliot (@JWL2nd) May 31, 2024
Harrison Butker made headlines when he made a controversial commencement speech to a graduating class at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas. He made homophobic, antisemitic, misogynistic and sexist remarks, including one comment where he advised the graduating female students to become “homemakers.”
Chiefs Aren’t Punishing Harrison Butker For His Comments
There were plenty of calls from the public for Kansas City to cut ties with Butker. An online petition at Change.org has reached over 228,000 signatures.
Patrick Mahomes told reporters last week that he doesn’t agree with some of the thing said by Butker, but that his three-time Super Bowl champion-winning teammate is a good person. Head coach Andy Reid also cited freedom of speech in America instead of adding his opinion on Butker’s comments.
Butker has been with the Chiefs since 2017, following his release from the Carolina Panthers after they used a seventh-round pick on him. The soon-to-be 29-year-old has made 89.1 percent of his field goal attempts and 94.5 percent of extra point attempts.
