Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has demanded accountability after Kansas City's X account doxxed Kansas City Chief's kicker Harrison Butker.
Last Saturday, Butker delivered a commencement speech which praised Christianity at Benedictine College. During his speech, the Kansas City kicker criticized President Joe Biden, the LGBTQ community, and encouraged graduating women to embrace their role as a “homemaker.”
Butker's speech later came under intense criticism by critics across social media.
On Wednesday, the official account for Kansas City appeared to doxx Butker’s city of residence in an X post, though the post was later deleted.
“We apologize for our previous tweet. It was shared in error,” the team apologized Wednesday evening. We apologies for our previous tweet. It was shared in error.
— Kansas City (@KansasCity) May 16, 2024
Bailey responded to the doxxing on Thursday afternoon, noting the incident appeared to be directly in response to Butker's Saturday speech.
"I will enforce the Missouri Human Rights Act to ensure Missourians are not targeted for their free exercise of religion," Bailey wrote. BREAKING: My office is demanding accountability after@KansasCity doxxed @buttkicker7 last night for daring to express his religious beliefs.
I will enforce the Missouri Human Rights Act to ensure Missourians are not targeted for their free exercise of religion.
Stay tuned.
— Attorney General Andrew Bailey (@AGAndrewBailey) May 16, 2024
On Wednesday, Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas similarly noted Kansas City's X post was "clearly inappropriate."
"A message appeared earlier this evening from a City public account," Lucas wrote. "The message was clearly inappropriate for a public account. 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." A message appeared earlier this evening from a City public account.
The message was clearly inappropriate for a public account. 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.
— Mayor Q (@QuintonLucasKC) May 16, 2024
On Thursday, the NFL released a statement distancing itself from Butker's speech.
“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,” Butker said during his speech. “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. How many of you are sitting here now, about to cross this stage, and are thinking about all the promotions and titles you are going to get in your career?”
“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 most excited about your marriage and the children you will bring into this world,” he said.
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Butker went on to condemn bad policies and poor leadership for encouraging abortion, IVF, surrogacy, euthanasia, and a “growing support for degenerate cultural values and media.”
“Our own nation is led by a man who publicly and proudly proclaims his Catholic faith, but at the same time is delusional enough to make the sign of the cross during a pro-abortion rally,” Butker said of Biden. “He has been so vocal in his support for the murder of innocent babies that I’m sure, to many people, it appears you can be both Catholic and pro-choice.”
Following his speech, a petition to dismiss Butker from his team was started on Change.org. The petition currently has nearly 175,000 signatures.
“The harmful remarks made by Harrison Butker, kicker of the Kansas City Chiefs, during his commencement address at Benedictine College were unacceptable,” reads the petition. “His comments were sexist, homophobic, anti-trans, anti-abortion and racist. These dehumanizing remarks against LGBTQ+ individuals, attacks on abortion rights and racial discrimination perpetuate division and undermine human rights.”
“We demand accountability from our sports figures who should be role models promoting respect for all people regardless of their race, gender identity or sexual orientation,” it continued. “We call upon the Kansas City Chiefs management to dismiss Harrison Butker immediately for his inappropriate conduct.”
