Kansas City Backtracks After Dissing Chiefs Kicker Harrison Butker as NFL Condemns Athlete’s Controversial Commencement Speech

On Thursday, May 16, the Missouri city uploaded — but later deleted — a tweet disowning Butker as one of their own after the NFL athlete told a crowd full of female college graduates they should focus on embracing the role of a “homemaker” instead of striving for success in their.

“Just a reminder that Harrison Butker lives in the City of Lee’s Summit,” the government-verified account wrote in a since-removed post.

Kansas City later backtracked their remarks, declaring in a follow-up message: “We apologies for our previous tweet. It was shared in error.”

The Kansas City Chiefs football team has yet to address Butker’s questionable words — despite receiving countless complaints from upset fans — however, the NFL did release a statement condemning the 28-year-old’s faith-based comments.

Harrison Butker gave a speech in his personal capacity,” the NFL’s senior vice president and chief diversity and inclusion officer Jonathan Beane wrote in a statement obtained by a news publication. “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.

Butker sent social media users into a furious frenzy after a video of his speech went viral online.

“For the ladies present today, congratulations on an amazing accomplishment. You should be proud of all that you have achieved to this point in your young lives. I want to speak directly to you briefly because I think it is you, the women, who have had the most diabolical lies told to you,” Butker stated to graduates at Benedictine College.