{"id":2249091,"date":"2024-05-20T20:56:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T00:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-need-you-former-espn-anchor-comes-to-harrison-butkers-defense-calls-out-hypocrisy-on-left-silent-over-hateful-campus-protests\/"},"modified":"2024-05-20T20:57:22","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T00:57:22","slug":"we-need-you-former-espn-anchor-comes-to-harrison-butkers-defense-calls-out-hypocrisy-on-left-silent-over-hateful-campus-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-need-you-former-espn-anchor-comes-to-harrison-butkers-defense-calls-out-hypocrisy-on-left-silent-over-hateful-campus-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Former ESPN Anchor Supports Harrison Butker, Exposes Left&#8217;s Silence on Campus Protests"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fwe-need-you-former-espn-anchor-comes-to-harrison-butkers-defense-calls-out-hypocrisy-on-left-silent-over-hateful-campus-protests%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=2249091&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>Former ESPN anchor\u200c Sage\u200c Steele defended Kansas\u2064 City Chiefs\u2064 kicker Harrison Butker\u200d for his controversial \u200c<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>, criticizing the left&#8217;s silence on &#8220;hateful&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fighting-abortion-now-requires-fighting-americans-increasing-hatred-of-children\/\" title=\"Fighting Abortion Now Requires Fighting Americans\u2019 Increasing Hatred Of Children\">campus protests<\/a>. \u2063Steele expressed disbelief in a video, highlighting the backlash Butker faced for \u200bexpressing his opinions on various topics. She emphasized\u2064 the importance of diversity \u2062of thought and standing up for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-yorkers-block-busload-of-immigrants-headed-to-new-shelter\/\" title=\"New Yorkers halt immigrants' bus to new shelter.\">individual perspectives<\/a>.  <\/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\">Former ESPN anchor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/a-hill-i-will-die-on-sage-steele-says-espn-told-her-not-to-talk-about-lia-thomas-she-disobeyed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sage Steele<\/a> came to Kansas City Chief\u2019s kicker <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>\u2019s defense following t<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/super-bowl-champion-wears-anti-abortion-tie-to-white-house-visit\/\" title=\"Super Bowl winner dons anti-abortion tie at White House visit.\">kicker\u2019<\/a>s commencement speech that caused a leftist meltdown, blasting the silence from the left over \u201chateful\u201d pro-Palestine campus protests with \u201cdeath to Jews\u201d calls.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a video posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sagesteele\/status\/1792299708167151761\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">X<\/a>, Steele said she couldn\u2019t believe the attacks against the placekicker over his speech to the graduates at Benedictine College \u2014 when he praised his wife for being a \u201chomemaker,\u201d called out President Joe Biden\u2019s support for abortion, and criticized LGBTQ \u201cPride month.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI am so saddened at the criticism that has come this man\u2019s way just because he voiced his opinion,\u201d Steele said. \u201cDoesn\u2019t mean you have to agree with everything he said, right. Diversity of thought.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2019ve been preaching that since long before I left ESPN and I will never stop preaching it because that is what\u2019s right,\u201d she added, noting that she didn\u2019t agree with \u201cevery single thing Butker said.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Harrison Butker\u2026.please don\u2019t change. \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffd <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/diversityofthought?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#diversityofthought<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/buttkicker7?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@buttkicker7<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jx0MDEsQhi\">pic.twitter.com\/jx0MDEsQhi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sage Steele (@sagesteele) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sagesteele\/status\/1792299708167151761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI know women, women who are close friends of mine, who actually are quite content in life without having kids, whether it was their specific choice, they didn\u2019t want to become a mother or they couldn\u2019t and are now at peace with it\u2026\u201d Steele continued. \u201cFor me that would not have been the case. And I am so grateful and blessed that I am a mother times three. And that by far is my best accomplishment and something I\u2019m most proud of. The best job I\u2019ll ever, have being a mother.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Steele then asked why it was acceptable to judge one person based on his opinion, calling \u201cso many parts of [Butker\u2019s speech] beautiful\u201d and blasting the NFL for releasing a statement affirming that, as an organization \u2014 one that represents thousands of people \u2014 it didn\u2019t \u201calign with\u201d Butker\u2019s views.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cHow cool is it as a woman to hear your spouse praise you and have such gratitude towards you?\u201d the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/counting-down-the-top-10-sports-cities-in-america\/\" title=\"Counting Down The Top 10 Sports Cities In America\">sports anchor<\/a> said. \u201cThat\u2019s a beautiful thing. Isn\u2019t that pro woman? That\u2019s the way I took it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2019m just saddened at all of the negativity that surrounds him,\u201d she added. \u201cAnd how about the hypocrisy. Where were all these people on college campuses over the last couple of months\u2026if you are hateful towards others and doing [calls] \u2018death to Jews\u2019 and being threatening towards Jewish people. Where were all of you with your statements then denouncing the pure hatred?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cInstead you are denouncing a man who is uplifting women?\u201d Steele continued. \u201cI just don\u2019t get it. Harrison Butker has a right to believe what he wants to believe. Harrison Butker thank you for your courage. Don\u2019t change. We need you.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/this-is-total-b-s-sage-steele-slams-hypocrisy-of-left-pushing-diversity-and-tolerance-during-interview-with-ben-shapiro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018This Is Total B.S.\u2019: Sage Steele Slams \u2018Hypocrisy\u2019 Of Left Pushing \u2018Diversity And Tolerance\u2019 During Interview With Ben\u00a0Shapiro<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESPN&#8217;s Sage Steele defends Kansas City Chief&#8217;s kicker Harrison Butker for his controversial commencement speech. She criticizes the left&#8217;s silence on &#8220;hateful&#8221; pro-Palestine campus protests. In a video on X, Steele expresses disbelief at the attacks on Butker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":2249092,"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\/04\/GettyImages-1182968443-1-scaled-e1713812097615.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2249091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-1182968443-1-scaled-e1713812097615.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2249091","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=2249091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2249091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2249092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2249091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2249091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2249091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}