{"id":2250134,"date":"2024-05-22T07:46:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T11:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/must-watch-bill-maher-defends-chiefs-kicker-slams-agitators\/"},"modified":"2024-05-22T07:50:30","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T11:50:30","slug":"must-watch-bill-maher-defends-chiefs-kicker-slams-agitators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/must-watch-bill-maher-defends-chiefs-kicker-slams-agitators\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Miss: Bill Maher Stands Up for Chiefs Kicker, Criticizes Troublemakers"},"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\">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%2Fmust-watch-bill-maher-defends-chiefs-kicker-slams-agitators%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=2250134&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>On May 22, 2024,\u200d HBO host \u2062Bill Maher defended\u2062 conservative Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker, surprising many with\u200b his support. Maher\u2019s stance, not typical for a liberal, underscores his values \u2062of free\u2063 speech\u2064 and respecting\u200b traditional beliefs. Despite their \u200bdifferences,\u2062 Maher appreciates Butker&#8217;s views on marriage and family, challenging left-wing intolerance. On May 22, 2024, HBO host Bill Maher&#8217;s defense of conservative Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker\u2064 surprised many. Maher&#8217;s\u200b support, uncommon for a liberal, highlights his emphasis on free speech and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/states-press-hhs-over-illegal-rule-that-could-force-foster-care-providers-to-facilitate-trans-procedures\/\" title=\"States urge HHS to reconsider 'illegal' rule forcing foster care providers to support trans procedures\">upholding traditional values<\/a>. Despite their differences,\u2064 Maher admires Butker&#8217;s perspective on\u2063 marriage and family, confronting intolerance from the left.  <\/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\/johnathanjones\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/johnathanjones\/%20\"><span>Johnathan Jones<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 22, 2024 at 4:30am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>HBO host Bill Maher mounted a surprise defense of embattled conservative, Christian Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker on his show Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-comedian-bill-burr-spars-bill-maher-israel-conflict-even-listening\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maher\u2019s<\/a> coming to the aid of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fact-check-harrison-butker-really-say-go-back-women-babies-thoughts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the 28-year-old<\/a> wasn\u2019t all that surprising \u2014 given the fact that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-oreilly-in-jetblue-delay-rant-you-fing-scumbag\/\" title=\"Bill O\u2019Reilly In JetBlue Delay Rant, \u2018You F***ing Scumbag!\u2019\">longtime talk show host<\/a>, an unabashed liberal, has increasingly challenged \u201cwokeism\u201d in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Maher has endeared himself to many conservatives because unlike the extreme left, the secular, pro-abortion 68-year-old at least stands for ideals such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-maher-tear-apart-lib-protesters-possibly-best-monologue-ever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free speech<\/a> and the right of Israel to exist.<\/p>\n<p>While anything but a conservative, Maher seems to have a grasp that many, many issues are much more nuanced than his fellow Democrats would like to acknowledge.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday\u2019s edition of \u201cReal Time with Bill Maher,\u201d the host reminded his audience that Butker angered the left earlier this month when he celebrated traditional conservative values while addressing an audience of Catholic college graduates.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s the big idea, and why aren\u2019t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/seen-miracles-war-torn-ukrainian-christians-resilient-amid-russian-persecution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christians<\/a> allowed our own spaces in a world dominated by loud neo-Marxists?<\/p>\n<p>That was essentially Maher\u2019s take on the outrage when he discussed Butker\u2019s triggering commencement speech at Benedictine College in Kansas.<\/p>\n<p>Maher noted that he does not share much in common with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pearl-jams-eddie-vedder-total-meltdown-concert-harrison-butkers-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Chiefs kicke<\/a>r, who he says unlike himself is a person of faith, loves children and loves being married.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI couldn\u2019t be more <em>not<\/em> like this guy,\u201d Maher said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Is Bill Maher the most sane liberal in the media?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>He then repeated comments Butker made to Benedictine grads about how <em>some<\/em> of the young women might go on to become homemakers, and that there\u2019s not only nothing wrong with that, but that it is something to take pride in.<\/p>\n<p>While addressing criticism from fringe elements of the left, Maher said, \u201cI don\u2019t get the thing. He said, talking to women, \u2018Some of you may go on to lead successful careers in the world.\u2019 OK, that seems fairly like \u2014 modern.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reading a transcript of some of Butker\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/star-actress-comes-defense-harrison-butker-nothing-offensive-said\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">commencement speech<\/a> statements, Maher continued, \u201c\u2018But 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.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t see what the big crime is. I really don\u2019t,\u201d the host said.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>WARNING: The following video contains language that some viewers might find offensive.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEW: Show host Bill Maher defends Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker who is facing massive backlash for defending traditional values.<\/p>\n<p>Maher also blasted college kids for being offended by Butker encouraging women to stay home while \u201cdemonstrating for Hamas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t see what the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OY0VxRKPzE\">pic.twitter.com\/OY0VxRKPzE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1791884929976131727?\">May 18, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Maher then criticized the left for becoming triggered by the NFL player because many of them already hate married, Christian conservative men and women, anyway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think this is part of the problem people have with the left, is that lots of people in this country are like this,\u201d Maher said. \u201cLike he\u2019s saying, \u2018<em>Some<\/em> of you may go on to lead successful careers, but a lot of you are excited about this other way that people, everybody used to be and now can.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maher then asked, \u201cCan\u2019t [being a homemaker] just be a choice, too?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like [angry leftists] feel very put upon like there\u2019s only one way to be a good person, and that\u2019s to get an advanced degree from one of those a**hole factories like Harvard,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-bill-maher-blasts-biden-saying-cant-fix-border-crisis-without-new-law-receives-massive-applause\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The HBO host<\/a> later hit the far left with a dagger.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI find it very ironic that [Butker] is saying, \u2018In my world, we like the women to stay at home and just have babies,\u2019\u201d Maher said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe college kids and the young people find this absolutely abhorrent, but they\u2019re demonstrating for Hamas who make that a law,\u201d he concluded. \u201cIt\u2019s not just an opinion in Hamas that you stay home and have the babies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Butker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/meltdown-kc-outlet-publishes-piece-saying-chiefs-replace-harrison-butker-woman-viral-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has taken flak<\/a> from the left for weeks, all because he reminded young people who are about to enter the world that there are multiple ways to achieve success.<\/p>\n<p>When urging them not to fall for the left\u2019s \u201cdiabolical lies,\u201d Butker praised his own wife Isabelle for being a stay-at-home mother and the primary caregiver to their children. He simply stated that it is a life path that is OK for women to walk down.<\/p>\n<p>The rage being directed at the NFL role model is anything but shocking and will soon fade away as the intolerant left finds a new target.<\/p>\n<p>What is surprising is that Maher continues to be a voice of reason while the country\u2019s political, cultural and social divides widen.<\/p>\n<p>How many people would have guessed just a few years ago that <em>Bill Maher<\/em> would become a person that any sane person could tune into for an honest take on a topic?<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>In just a few months, the world is going to change forever. 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He is a proud husband and father. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 22, 2024, at 4:30 am, Johnathan Jones comments on HBO host Bill Maher&#8217;s unexpected defense of conservative Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker. 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