{"id":2246910,"date":"2024-05-17T13:49:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T17:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chiefs-star-chris-jones-defends-harrison-butker-amid-backlash-and-hes-not-alone\/"},"modified":"2024-05-17T13:50:11","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T17:50:11","slug":"chiefs-star-chris-jones-defends-harrison-butker-amid-backlash-and-hes-not-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chiefs-star-chris-jones-defends-harrison-butker-amid-backlash-and-hes-not-alone\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs&#8217; Chris Jones Supports Harrison Butker Amid Criticism, Joined by Others"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fchiefs-star-chris-jones-defends-harrison-butker-amid-backlash-and-hes-not-alone%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=2246910&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>Kansas City Chiefs&#8217; Chris Jones defended his teammate, Harrison Butker, following\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-biden-officials-keep-lying-about-the-trump-admin-not-having-a-vaccine-plan\/\" title=\"RNC: Biden officials keep lying about the Trump admin. not having a vaccine plan\">controversial remarks<\/a> in\u200d a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-biden-mocked-trump-last-september-i-run-up-ramps-he-stumbles-down-ramps\/\" title=\"WATCH: Biden Mocked Trump Last September: \u2018I Run Up Ramps\u2019 He \u2018Stumbles Down Ramps\u2019\">commencement speech<\/a>. Jones expressed support on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a>, with Gracie Hunt, daughter of the Chiefs&#8217; owner, also\u2062 backing Butker. The players cited\u200c family values and praised Butker&#8217;s Christian faith amid \u2064the backlash. Other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-patriot-jovan-pulitzers-team-is-being-shot-at-after-they-were-given-directive-to-identify-fraudulent-ballots-in-fulton-county\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Patriot Jovan Pulitzer\u2019s Team Is Being Shot At! \u2013 After They Were Given Directive to Identify Fraudulent Ballots in Fulton County\">team members<\/a> and family members stood in solidarity with Butker against\u2063 criticism.  <\/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<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kansas City Chiefs star Chris Jones came to the defense of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/chiefs-kicker-harrison-butkers-jersey-sales-soar-after-leftists-melt-down-over-his-commencement-speech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harrison Butker<\/a> amid the backlash his teammate has faced since giving a commencement speech during which he praised his wife for being a \u201chomemaker,\u201d called out President Joe Biden\u2019s support for abortion, and criticized LGBT \u201cPride month.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a Thursday post <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/StoneColdJones\/status\/1791298539781292311\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">on X<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the Chiefs defensive player reacted to a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/demand-the-kansas-city-chiefs-to-dismiss-harrison-butker-for-discriminatory-remarks\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Change.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  petition <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">calling for the three-time Super Bowl champion to be dismissed from the team for his \u201cdiscriminatory\u201d remarks to graduates at Benedictine College.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI love you [Harrison Butker]! My brotha,\u201d Jones wrote in a post that has garnered more than 3.4 million views at the time of publication.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And he wasn\u2019t alone. Gracie Hunt, the daughter of Chiefs owner Clark Hunt, spoke out on Friday to defend Butker. Speaking to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CortesSteve\/status\/1791442724178006360\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fox News<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2019 \u201cFox and Friends,\u201d Hunt was asked about the Hunt family\u2019s reaction to the attacks against the kicker.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I love you <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/buttkicker7?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@buttkicker7<\/a>! My brotha \ud83e\udec2 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sV48gXePHL\">https:\/\/t.co\/sV48gXePHL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Jones (@StoneColdJones) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StoneColdJones\/status\/1791298539781292311?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 17, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWell, I can only speak from my own experience, which is I\u2019ve had the most incredible mom who had the ability to stay home and be with us as kids growing up,\u201d Hunt, 25, said. \u201cAnd I understand that there are many women out there who can\u2019t make that decision but for me in my life, I know it was really formative in shaping me and my siblings to be who we are.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She also said that she understood \u201cfor sure\u201d what the team\u2019s kicker was talking about when he said that h<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">is wife would agree that her life \u201ctruly started when she began living her vocation as a wife and as a mother.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I really respect Harrison and his Christian faith and what he\u2019s accomplished on and off the field,\u201d Gracie concluded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Clark Hunt\u2019s wife <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/carolinedowney_\/status\/1791321277065543983\/photo\/1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tavia<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  also appeared to come to Butker\u2019s defense when she shared a lengthy post on social media that included a graphic that read, \u201cWho is Happiest, Married Mothers and Fathers, per the latest General Social Survey.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1716044149336000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1R_beQ58HLVtGwxqrVvmcp\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAffirming motherhood and praising your wife, as well as highlighting the sacrifice and dedication it takes to be a mother is not bigoted,\u201d Tavia wrote. \u201cIt\u2019s empowering to acknowledge that a woman\u2019s hard work in raising children is not in vain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She also cautioned \u201ctaking things or parts of speeches out of context. Sound bites overlaid with hateful comments are not what we want to model for our children or others. We need more dialogue (and values IMO) in this country and less hate.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>College Football Hall of Fame coach Lou Holtz also stuck up for Butker, writing on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CoachLouHoltz88\/status\/1791156933094732126\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a>, \u201cThank you [Harrison Butker] for standing strong in your faith values. Your commencement speech at Benedictine College showed courage and conviction and I admire that. Don\u2019t give in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During Butker\u2019s speech at the Catholic college, the Chiefs player said, \u201cHow 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. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">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.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt cannot be overstated that all of my success is made possible because a girl I met in band class back in middle school would convert to the faith, become my wife, and embrace one of the most important titles of all: homemaker,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kansas City Chiefs&#8217; standout Chris Jones defends Harrison Butker amidst recent criticism. Butker faced backlash for his remarks during a speech, praising his wife as a &#8220;homemaker,&#8221; questioning President Joe Biden&#8217;s stance on abortion, and challenging LGBT &#8220;Pride month.&#8221; Jones expressed his support in a post on X<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":2246911,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-1995547917.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2246910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-1995547917.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2246910","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\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2246910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2246910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2246911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2246910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2246910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2246910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}