Kansas City wants nothing to do with Harrison Butker either.
Amid growing backlash for the Chiefs kicker following his controversial college graduation comments, the city of Kansas City attempted to disown Butker on X before deleting the tweet.
As captured by X user @ChiefsonReddit, the official X account for Kansas City posted Wednesday night: “Just a reminder that Harrison Butker lives in the City of Lee’s Summit.”
Roughly 30 minutes after that post, the tweet had been deleted.
The account later tweeted a grammatically incorrect apology: “We apologies [sic] for our previous tweet. It was shared in error.”
Kansas City mayor Quinton Lucas then offered his apology for the tweet.
“A message appeared earlier this evening from a City public account. The message was clearly inappropriate for a public account,” he posted. “The City has correctly apologized for the error, will review account access, and ensure nothing like it is shared in the future from public channels.”
It’s unclear whether this tweet was an attempt at doxxing Butker — Lee’s Summit is approximately 30 minutes away from Kanas City — or a rogue social media worker, but it highlights how the Chiefs’ kicker is becoming persona non grata among a growing population.
Butker’s commencement address to Benedictine College slammed President Joe Biden and also touched on religion, Covid and culture, while including perceived transphobic and sexist comments.
Former “Monday Night Football” host Lisa Guerrero and former teammate Mitchell Schwartz’s wife, Brooke, are among those who have ripped Butker for his comments, in which he encouraged women to embrace a “homemaker” role.
The Chargers even seemed to take a dig at Butker in their schedule release video by showing a player wearing a red No. 7 jersey — Butker’s number — doing kitchen chores.
“How many of you are sitting here now, about to to cross this stage, and are thinking about all the promotions and titles you are going to get in your career?” Butker said in his speech. “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 are most excited about your marriage and the children you will bring into this world.
“I can tell you that my beautiful wife Isabelle would be the first to say that her life truly started when she began living her vocation as a wife and a mother. I am on this stage and able to be the man I am because I have a wife who leans into her vocation … It cannot be overstated that all of my success is made possible because of a girl I met in class back in middle school, convert to the faith, become my wife and embrace one of the most-important tiles of all: homemaker.”
The NFL has already disowned Butker’s comments.
“Harrison Butker gave a speech in his personal capacity,” Senior vice president and chief diversity and inclusion officer Jonathan Beane told People. “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.”
