{"id":2293532,"date":"2024-07-12T13:53:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T17:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservative-nfl-star-harrison-butker-attacked-from-the-stage-of-espns-espys-awards-show\/"},"modified":"2024-07-12T13:56:56","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T17:56:56","slug":"conservative-nfl-star-harrison-butker-attacked-from-the-stage-of-espns-espys-awards-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservative-nfl-star-harrison-butker-attacked-from-the-stage-of-espns-espys-awards-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservative NFL Star Harrison Butker Attacked from the Stage of ESPN&#8217;s &#8216;ESPYS&#8217; Awards Show"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fconservative-nfl-star-harrison-butker-attacked-from-the-stage-of-espns-espys-awards-show%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=2293532&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>The \u2064article discusses how \u200dKansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker has become a controversial\u200d figure among leftists after making comments \u200dabout motherhood \u2063and traditional family roles. \u200cAt\u200d the ESPY awards, tennis stars Serena\u200d and Venus \u200dWilliams, along with comedian Quinta Brunson,\u2062 made \u2064unprovoked comments about Butker, \u200dsaying they don&#8217;t \u200cneed him in women&#8217;s sports. Despite \u2064the backlash, some have \u2063criticized the women for their \u200bunnecessary attack on Butker. The article highlights the fact that\u200c Butker&#8217;s comments were made back in May and\u2063 have continued to stir\u200c up controversy. The\u2063 article\u200b also includes a \u200bnote \u200dfrom the \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-humiliated-as-tourist-discovers-source-of-countrys-renowned-waterfall\/\" title=\"China Embarrassed After Tourist Unveils Origin of Famous Waterfall\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-reporter-forced-to-resign-over-n-word-controversy-tells-his-side-of-the-story\/\" title=\"New York Times Reporter Forced To Resign Over N-Word Controversy Tells His Side Of The Story\">deputy managing editor<\/a> discussing<\/a>\u2062 the \u200cimportance of the 2024\u2062 election.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"> <?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sports\/\">  Sports <\/a>    <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/bchai\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/bchai\/%20\"><span>Bryan Chai<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   July 12, 2024 at 8:29am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Reigning Super Bowl champion and Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker might be \u2014 and this is crazy to write about a <em>kicker<\/em> in a world where former President Donald Trump is still putzing about \u2014 the most reviled person in existence when it comes to leftists.<\/p>\n<p>Need proof?<\/p>\n<p>Wildly successful women, when given a public, national stage, are apparently driven to take completely unprovoked shots at Butker because \u2026 he thinks most women have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fact-check-harrison-butker-really-say-go-back-women-babies-thoughts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">been lied to<\/a> about the joys of motherhood?<\/p>\n<p>(Butker is demonstrably correct about that, by the way.)<\/p>\n<p>You would think that three women as successful as tennis stars Serena (a <em>mother <\/em>by the way) and Venus Williams, as well as actress\/comedian Quinta Brunson, would have more important things to discuss when they were on stage during Thursday night to discuss the wonders of women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n<p>All three women were at the annual ESPN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-more-ricky-ratings-for-woke-golden-globes-crash-spectacularly\/\" title=\"No More Ricky: Ratings For Woke Golden Globes Crash Spectacularly\">award show<\/a>, \u201cThe ESPY Awards,\u201d and spoke about how great women in sports are (it\u2019s not clear if they\u2019re talking about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-york-county-nukes-unfair-advantage-abused-transgenders-bans-male-athletes-competing-girls-sports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">actual women<\/a>, but I digress).<\/p>\n<p>So far, so good.<\/p>\n<p>But while discussing women\u2019s sports, the Williams sisters and Brunson decided that that was the best time to suddenly pivot the conversation to \u2026 a man in sports.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the viral clip for yourself below:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cSo, go ahead and enjoy women\u2019s sports like you would any other sports, because they are sports.\u201d \u2013 Venus Williams<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExcept you, Harrison Butker. We don\u2019t need you.\u201d \u2013 Serena Williams<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt all. Like, ever.\u201d \u2013 Quinta Brunson <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ESPYS?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ESPYS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RhvxfiHUWN\">pic.twitter.com\/RhvxfiHUWN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/awfulannouncing\/status\/1811585393973956933?\">July 12, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSo, go ahead and enjoy women\u2019s sports like you would any other sports, because they are sports,\u201d Venus Williams said, when her sister suddenly jumped in with an unprompted cheap shot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExcept you, Harrison Butker,\u201d Serena Williams said. \u201cWe don\u2019t need you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt all,\u201d an oddly unenthused Brunson chipped in. \u201cLike, ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While certain leftists ate up the moment like Pavlov\u2019s canines, the unprovoked cheap shots against Butker didn\u2019t go over particularly well on social media at large.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d respect them a lot more if they said they don\u2019t need men like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trans-swimmer-lia-thomas-olympics-hopes-crushed-court-decision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lia Thomas<\/a> in women\u2019s sports,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DelanoSquires\/status\/1811594691437101221\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> the Heritage Foundation\u2019s Delano Squire. \u201c*That* would take guts but it would also be a huge encouragement to all the girls begging women like them to speak up about an issue in their field of expertise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Longtime sideline reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tafoya-called-kaep-told-truth-slavery-now-nbc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michele Tafoya<\/a> \u2014 a self-professed fan of the Williams sisters \u2014 also took umbrage with this bizarre cheap shot:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI admire the hell out of the Williams sisters,\u201d Tafoya <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Michele_Tafoya\/status\/1811586397322588653\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted<\/a> to X. \u201cBut this was pure snobbery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Snobbery might be underselling it given that Butker was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tMVbaEckv4g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in attendance<\/a> at the award show. That just crosses into mean-spiritedness given that the kicker had no platform to respond to the cheap shots.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, as to what exactly Butker did to be such a pariah among his female peers \u2014 You have to go back to May.<\/p>\n<p>That was when Butker, while speaking at the Benedictine College graduation commencement, went on an impassioned defense of the nuclear family and traditional family roles.<\/p>\n<p>Feminists and leftists (yes, yes, that\u2019s redundant) took great issue with some of these comments, which were chronicled by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/5493651\/2024\/05\/14\/chiefs-harrison-butker-pride-month-sin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you embrace tradition, success, worldly and spiritual, will follow.\u201d (Great advice.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot the deadly sins sort of \u2018pride\u2019 that has an entire month dedicated to it \u2026 but the true God-centered pride that is cooperating with the holy ghost to glorify him.\u201d (Butker threw this hilarious jab in while telling students to be proud of their work.)<\/p>\n<p>But the most attacked part of Butker\u2019s speech was this bit, which is just undeniably true: \u201cIt is you, the women, who have had the most diabolic lies told to you. Some of you may go on to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taylor-swift-fans-target-travis-kelces-christian-teammate-for-song-reference-in-speech-this-is-insane\/\" title=\"Taylor Swift Fans Criticize Travis Kelce&#039;s Teammate Over Song Mention - &#039;Unbelievable\">lead successful careers<\/a> in the world, 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<\/p>\n<p>Now, pray tell, where exactly in any of those quotes did Butker mention women\u2019s sports?<\/p>\n<p>Exactly. So how was he at all relevant to the Williams-Burnson rant Thursday night at the \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/backlash-pat-tillman-award-hits-prince-harry-hard-leaving-stunned-bitter-pill-swallow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESPYS<\/a>\u2018?<\/p>\n<p>He wasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, I would be remiss not to mention one small tidbit: Those comments, again, came in May. There have been massive, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nancy-pelosi-raises-eyebrows-earth-shaking-comments-biden-dropping\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">earth shaking<\/a> events since then.<\/p>\n<p>And yet Butker\u2019s comments that he made at a small Catholic college still resonates with these feminists all these weeks later.<\/p>\n<p>He must\u2019ve hit pretty close to home then, no?<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>I heard a chilling comment the other day: \u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>That wasn\u2019t said by a conspiracy theorist or a doomsday prophet. No, former U.S. national security advisor Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn said that to the founder of The Western Journal, Floyd Brown.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Gen. 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