Nearly three months later, the Chiefs kicker is standing by his comments at Benedictine College, which included saying that women in the workforce had the “most diabolic lies told to you.”
The kicker said he “respected all the viewpoints” of people who spoke out about his speech, which included criticisms of President Joe Biden and his handling of COVID-19 and Butker’s disagreements with abortion, IVF, surrogacy and euthanasia.
“I prayed about it, I thought about it and I was very intentional with what I said,” Butker said of his speech. “I stand by what I said.
“I really believe if people knew me as a person, and understood that it was coming from a place of love, and not a place of trying to attract or put people down,” Butker added. “I only want the best for people, that’s what I was trying to say there. I think the people that were in that gymnasium all understood what I was saying.”
“I’ve been in the league now seven years and I do have a platform,” Butker added Wednesday. “So with that comes people that want me to state what I believe to be very important.”
“I’m going to continue to say what I believe to be true and love everyone along the way.”
In his view, Butker said the speech has actually led to more conversations in the locker room between players of different views.
The Chiefs, coming off back-to-back Super Bowl wins, start the regular season on Sept. 5 against the Ravens on “Thursday Night Football.”
Butker’s coming off a career-best season in which he hit 94.3 percent of his field goal attempts.
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