{"id":2246289,"date":"2024-05-16T17:51:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T21:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whoopi-goldberg-launches-surprise-defense-of-conservative-chiefs-kicker-harrison-butker-on-the-view\/"},"modified":"2024-05-16T17:54:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T21:54:18","slug":"whoopi-goldberg-launches-surprise-defense-of-conservative-chiefs-kicker-harrison-butker-on-the-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whoopi-goldberg-launches-surprise-defense-of-conservative-chiefs-kicker-harrison-butker-on-the-view\/","title":{"rendered":"Whoopi Goldberg&#8217;s Unexpected Support for Conservative Chiefs Kicker Harrison Butker on &#8216;The View"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhoopi-goldberg-launches-surprise-defense-of-conservative-chiefs-kicker-harrison-butker-on-the-view%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2246289&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Allison \u200bAnton&#8217;s commentary on May\u2062 16, 2024, highlights a surprising moment on &#8216;The View&#8217;. Whoopi Goldberg defends \u2064Chiefs \u2063kicker\u200d Harrison Butker&#8217;s expression of Catholic beliefs at Benedictine College. \u200cAmid liberal outrage, Goldberg advocates for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-slams-biden-impeachment-inquiry-if-you-have-a-difference-of-opinion-you-just-cant-be-impeaching\/\" title=\"Pelosi criticizes Biden impeachment inquiry: 'Impeachment shouldn't be used for mere disagreements.'\">respecting differing opinions<\/a>, contrasting Kaepernick&#8217;s protest. This defense of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/project-veritas-strips-cnn-naked\/\" title=\"Project Veritas Strips CNN Naked\">free speech<\/a> in a divisive climate \u2062stands out as a\u200b rare instance of\u2064 reason.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>    <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/aanton\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/aanton\/%20\"><span>Allison Anton<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 16, 2024 at 1:33pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>As the old saying goes, a broken clock is right twice a day, and the ladies of \u201cThe View\u201d can still make a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/graham-if-democrats-call-witnesses-at-trial-we-will-call-democrats-thatve-used-inflammatory-language\/\" title=\"Graham: If Democrats Call Witnesses At Trial We Will Call Democrats That\u2019ve Used Inflammatory Language\">good point<\/a> on rare occasions.<\/p>\n<p>Well, the latter is not an old saying, but, after an astonishing moment during the show on Thursday, it has a decent chance at entering the common vernacular.<\/p>\n<p>Even more astonishing, this brief moment of mental clarity came from the woman who for years has seemed anxious to hold the title of Most Embarrassing Host, Whoopi Goldberg.<\/p>\n<p>As seen in a clip from the show shared to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> X, the ladies of \u201cThe View\u201d were discussing the controversy surrounding Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker\u2019s commencement speech.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the devout Catholic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/irate-leftists-wage-war-chiefs-star-kicker-conservative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Butker<\/a> has gone viral for sharing views with the graduating class of the Catholic liberal arts college, Benedictine College.<\/p>\n<p>Those views were not only consonant with 2,000 years of Catholic teaching, but were also uncontroversial among the general public until about five minutes ago.<\/p>\n<p>He castigated cowardly bishops who refused to speak out on controversial issues, condemned the LGBT agenda, called out Catholic politicians like Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi, and urged the students there to live out their faith in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, he called on men to live out their vocations as husbands and fathers, and \u2014 in the part that generated the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tolerant-left-starts-change-org-petition-fire-conservative-kansas-city-chiefs-kicker-hits-110000\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hysteria<\/a> online \u2014 called on woman to embrace their unique vocations of wife, mother, and homemaker, calling the last \u201cone of the most important titles of all.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Have you ever intentionally watched \u201cThe View&#8221;?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Predictably, his speech garnered all sorts of hysterical outrage from chronically online liberals, accusing him of telling women to \u201cstay in the kitchen\u201d\u00a0 and even creating a petition, with thousands of signatures, demanding he be cut from the Chiefs.<\/p>\n<p>One of the typical bastions of hysterical liberalism, \u201cThe View,\u201d however, did not totally buy into the hysteria.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Speaking about Chiefs\u2019 kicker Harrison Butker\u2019s commencement address to Benedictine College, Whoopi says she doesn\u2019t agree but argues: \u201cThe same way we want respect when Colin Kaepernick takes a knee, we want to give respect to people whose ideas are different from ours\u2026\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c4BnaZDaCv\">pic.twitter.com\/c4BnaZDaCv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NickFondacaro\/status\/1791124402777547179?\">May 16, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As seen in this clip, Goldberg began by mentioning the cowardly statement released by the NFL, that proclaimed, \u201cHis 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,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/harrison-butker-nfl-does-not-share-views-in-graduation-speech-8649229\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">People<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Goldberg, commenting on the statement, said, \u201cListen, I like when people say what they need to say. He\u2019s at a Catholic college,\u201d \u2014 context most of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/republican-google-employee-reveals-outrage-mobs-hateful-conservatives-tech-giant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">outrage mob<\/a> either missed or neglected to research \u2014 \u201cHe\u2019s a staunch Catholic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Continuing her surprising defense, Goldberg then said, \u201cThese are his beliefs, and he\u2019s welcome to them. I don\u2019t have to believe them. I don\u2019t have to accept them. The ladies that were sitting in that audience do not have to accept them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Funny how most of the keyboard warriors seemed to forget that part.<\/p>\n<p>And really, Goldberg had a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-lawmaker-on-cuomo-nursing-home-scandal-the-dam-is-breaking-state-and-federal-probes-needed\/\" title=\"U.S. Lawmaker On Cuomo Nursing Home Scandal: \u2018The Dam Is Breaking,\u2019 State And Federal Probes Needed\">great point<\/a> already: How did <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nfl-throws-conservative-chiefs-star-bus-commencement-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Butker<\/a> expressing his Catholic beliefs at a Catholic college threaten them in any way?<\/p>\n<p>They didn\u2019t have to listen. They didn\u2019t have to agree. They could\u2019ve just disagreed and moved on with their lives.<\/p>\n<p>Doubling down, Goldberg then added, \u201cThe same way we want respect when Colin Kaepernick takes a knee, we want to give respect to people whose ideas are different from ours,\u201d \u2014 and here was where her comments went off the rails \u2014 \u201cbecause the man who says he wants to be president \u2026 he says the way to act is to take away people\u2019s right to say how they feel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Leave it to Goldberg to make an uncharacteristically great point, then spoil it with a nice dose of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sick-revelation-trumps-white-house-code-name-according-biden-insiders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump Derangement Syndrome<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, Donald Trump has never said any such thing and has rather upheld people\u2019s right to speak their minds freely, as Butker did at the commencement.<\/p>\n<p>Also, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/sports\/left-wing-media-harrison-butker-speech-zaksheske\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OutKick<\/a> pointed out, the key difference with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/colin-kaepernicks-pathetic-letter-nfl-owner-pleading-return-released-friend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kaepernick<\/a> and Butker, which most hysterical leftist have missed, was that Kaepernick protested during NFL games, in his uniform, in his professional capacity as an NFL player.<\/p>\n<p>That was what made many go sour on him.<\/p>\n<p>Butker was speaking purely in his personal capacity.<\/p>\n<p>But, overall, for once <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/whoopi-goldberg-rare-moment-sanity-still-missing-something-key\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Goldberg<\/a> was right.<\/p>\n<p>Why should Butker face possible termination of his contract simply for expressing his beliefs in his personal capacity?<\/p>\n<p>He was exercising his right to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pro-palestinian-graduates-cant-handle-jerry-seinfeld-storm-off-commencement-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free speech<\/a>, and Goldberg was right to insist that people can respect that while still disagreeing with him.<\/p>\n<p>It was an oasis of sanity in a howling desert sandstorm of unhinged wokeness.<\/p>\n<p>Too bad such brief moments of clarity are becoming fewer and farther between from the American left.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn recently made that comment to Floyd Brown, founder of The Western Journal. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>And if the leftists and the elites get their way, that\u2019s exactly what will happen \u2014 no real election, no real choice for the Electoral College, and no real say for the American people. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal is fighting to keep that from happening, but we can\u2019t do it alone.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We work tirelessly to expose the lying leftist media and the corrupt America-hating elites.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>But Big Tech\u2019s stranglehold is now so tight that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without help<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  from you, we will not be able to continue the fight. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The 2024 election is literally the most important election for every living American. 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Please don\u2019t wait one minute.<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>  Donate right now<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Thank you for reading,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  today.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-45810\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/aanton\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-45810\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-45810\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-45810\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Allison Anton dabbles in fiction, as well as commenting on depressing modern trends and media. She calls the metro Atlanta area home, and when she\u2019s not writing, she\u2019s creating a loving home for her amazing husband.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Allison Anton&#8217;s commentary on May 16, 2024, at 1:33 pm reflects an insightful perspective. Drawing from the adage that even a broken clock is correct twice a day, the women of &#8220;The View&#8221; occasionally make compelling arguments. A notable moment during Thursday&#8217;s broadcast attested to this unexpected clarity<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2577,"featured_media":2246290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Whoopi.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2246289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Whoopi.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2246289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2577"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2246289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2246289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2246290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2246289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2246289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2246289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}