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Harrison Butker introduced on “The Ingraham Angle” he’s supporting former President Trump on this yr’s election due to a problem that’s “essentially the most essential matter for me.”
While sitting subsequent to U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, the Kansas City Chiefs kicker mentioned he could be supporting “essentially the most pro-life president.”
“I’m supporting the president that’s going to be essentially the most pro-life president, and I feel Donald Trump is essentially the most pro-life president,” Butker mentioned. “That’s a subject that’s the most vital matter for me. I need us to be combating for essentially the most weak, combating for the unborn, and that’s what we should always prioritize.”
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Butker has typically spoken out about his non secular beliefs with respect to ladies’s reproductive rights. He truly appeared to disagree with Trump in August. The former president wrote in a Truth Social submit that his “Administration will likely be nice for ladies and their reproductive rights.”
In an X submit of his personal, sharing Trump’s phrases, Butker wrote, “No party or candidate is ideal” and “implore[d]” JD Vance to defend the unborn.
However, Butker has made it clear he isn’t on board with President Biden’s stance on abortion, calling it “delusional.”
“[Biden] has been so vocal in his help for the homicide of harmless infants that I’m positive to many individuals it seems which you can be each Catholic and pro-choice,” Butker mentioned throughout his notorious graduation speech at Benedictine College.
Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker celebrates after making an additional level in opposition to the Chicago Bears throughout the first half at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., Aug, 22, 2024. (Denny Medley/USA Today Sports)
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During the Super Bowl-winning Chiefs’ go to to the White House final yr, Butker wore a tie that had “Vulnerari Praesidio” in cursive. It’s a Latin time period that interprets to “Protect essentially the most weak.” He additionally wore a gold pin representing the dimensions of a 10-week-old child’s ft. Butker was in attendance this yr too.
Butker mentioned in an interview with ETWN News in March that unborn infants “are the best victims of our society.”
Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker (7) kicks a 51-yard subject purpose throughout the second half of a sport in opposition to the Cincinnati Bengals to present the Chiefs a 26-25 victory Sept. 15, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Shortly after his speech, his jersey gross sales skyrocketed, turning into some of the in style in the marketplace.
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