{"id":2353727,"date":"2024-10-11T13:06:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T17:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chiefs-kicker-harrison-butker-endorses-josh-hawley-for-senate-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-11T13:06:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T17:06:45","slug":"chiefs-kicker-harrison-butker-endorses-josh-hawley-for-senate-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chiefs-kicker-harrison-butker-endorses-josh-hawley-for-senate-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker endorses Josh Hawley for Senate &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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%2Fchiefs-kicker-harrison-butker-endorses-josh-hawley-for-senate-washington-examiner%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=2353727&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 kicker Harrison Butker has\u200b publicly endorsed Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) for reelection, \u200dhighlighting the \u200bsenator&#8217;s\u200b dedication to\u2062 family and faith.\u200c In an interview with Fox News, Butker described Hawley as a &#8220;family man&#8221; \u2063and a &#8220;godly man,&#8221; emphasizing \u200bthe \u2062values they both hold dear. He expressed his excitement about supporting Hawley, noting their \u2063growing relationship over the years. Butker also mentioned recent challenges he faced after\u200d providing controversial advice to young women during a commencement speech, urging them to ignore &#8220;diabolical lies&#8221; and focus on traditional values, including \u200dmarriage and family. Senator Hawley \u2063welcomed Butker&#8217;s endorsement, praising him for his commitment to truth and principled beliefs in American values.  <\/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><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker endorses Josh Hawley for Senate<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1823326\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kansas-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kansas City Chiefs <\/a>kicker and three-time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/super-bowl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Super Bowl<\/a> champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/NFL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Harrison Butker<\/a> endorsed Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/josh-hawley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Josh Hawley<\/a> (R-MO) for reelection, citing the senator&rsquo;s commitment to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/family\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>family<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/faith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>faith<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s a family man. He&rsquo;s a godly man, and there&rsquo;s no other person I&rsquo;d want to support, to be the first candidate that I&rsquo;m endorsing,&rdquo; Butker told Fox News&rsquo;s <em>The Ingraham Angle <\/em>after his first political event with Hawley.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was amazing,&rdquo; Butker described the moment. &ldquo;It was like a little game, you know? I was driving into the home stadium. Some away fans there, chanting outside, going in there listening to &lsquo;Born in the USA,&rsquo; and just having a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nurses-dance-in-cringeworthy-tiktok-video-at-a-time-when-hospitals-are-supposedly-overrun-due-to-covid\/\" title=\"Nurses Dance In Cringeworthy TikTok Video At A Time When Hospitals Are Supposedly \u201cOverrun\u201d Due To COVID\">great time<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Talking about traditional values that we believe will make this country great again,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Butker said he and Hawley have developed a relationship over the last several years, and the senator welcomed Butker&rsquo;s endorsement as an &ldquo;honor.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2637974&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=a2b9b72c2375c4b8a2cbbf21ffe440f5\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>  ( <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is a guy who is not afraid to speak the truth, who&rsquo;s not afraid to say that we have got to stand on the principles that this country was founded on,&rdquo; Hawley said. &ldquo;When the Left came after him in such a crazy, nutty way this last spring, he didn&rsquo;t give an inch, and we need more of that in the United States of America.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Butker came under attack from the Left in May after he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/19-year-old-tiktok-star-says-she-was-hospitalized-for-a-blood-clot-to-her-brain-caused-by-her-birth-control\/\" title=\"19-Year-Old TikTok Star Says She Was Hospitalized For A Blood Clot To Her Brain, Caused By Her Birth Control\">told young women<\/a> not to listen to the &ldquo;most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/irate-leftists-wage-war-on-chiefs-star-kicker-for-being-too-conservative\/\" title=\"Angry Liberals Target Chiefs&#039; Kicker for Conservative Views\">diabolical lies told<\/a> to you.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Some of you may go on to lead successful careers 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,&rdquo; the Super Bowl champion said during his commencement address at&nbsp;Benedictine College.<\/p>\n<p>Butker addressed the hate he received with host Laura Ingraham and said he was trying to &ldquo;speak life for so many women&rdquo; dedicated to being homemakers and raising children.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a beautiful role, but it&rsquo;s not a role that should be diminished,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I know maybe it&rsquo;s counter-cultural to speak those values, but I was able to see my wonderful mother sacrifice so much to be at the home as much as she could to raise me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I was able to experience my wife, now that we have three children, being able to be present with the children. I see that amazing bond that they have, and I go, wow, this is so important for our society, and there is nothing wrong. There is nothing shameful if you are a woman and you want to spend time with your family and raise your children.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ingraham asked Butker if his support for Hawley meant he would vote for former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think you have to vote for whoever is going to be the&nbsp;most pro-life,&rdquo; Butker said. &ldquo;We have to be prayerful men that put God first, and I think that&rsquo;s what&rsquo;s going to be best for our country.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1823326\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1823326\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker backs Josh Hawley for Senate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2644,"featured_media":2353728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24045055727095-1-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5991,13348,34523,34799,3740],"class_list":["post-2353727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-chiefs","tag-endorsement","tag-harrison-butker","tag-josh-hawley","tag-senate"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24045055727095-1-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353727","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\/2644"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2353727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2353728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2353727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2353727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2353727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}