Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker's commencement speech draws mixed reactions

Published: May 16, 2024 Duration: 00:03:02 Category: News & Politics

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% BE ABLE TO GET RID OF THE DENSE FOG COMING UP IN JUST A BIT, KEVIN. ALL RIGHT. WEST. >> WE ARE YOU STILL WATCHING HARRIS AND BOOKER ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD WITH THE CHIEF SAYS HE HELPED KICK THEIR WAY TO MULTIPLE SUPER BOWL VICTORIES. BUT NOW AFTER GIVING A COMMENCEMENT SPEECH AT BENEDICTINE COLLEGE, HE'S FACING BACKLASH AROUND SOME OF THE COMMENTS. >> AND THOSE INCLUDE COMMENTS ABOUT ABORTION, THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY AND MORE. AND TONIGHT IS A VOICE FOR EVERYONE. WE'RE TALKING TO PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES HERE ASKING THEIR REACTIONS TO SPEECH. BUT FIRST, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM THE SPEECHES AUDIENCE, STUDENTS AT BENEDICTINE COLLEGE IN ATCHISON KSHB. 41 NEWS PORT EARLY SHOW. NICK TURNING OVER THE MIC TO THEM AND WOMEN LEADERS HERE IN KANSAS CITY. HARRISON BUTKER'S COMMENCEMENT SPEECH SPARKED LOTS OF REACTION OVER SOCIAL MEDIA. SO WE LISTENED TO THOSE REACTIONS FROM PEOPLE IN KANSAS CITY TO STUDENTS HERE AT BENEDICTINE COLLEGE WHO WERE THERE THEMSELVES. I MEAN, YOU COULD SEE IN THE VIDEO, IF YOU ARE TO SEE PEOPLE SEE THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE STOOD AT THE END. ALLISON WAS IN THE AUDIENCE ON SUNDAY. ONE OF BENEDICTINE COLLEGE'S NEWEST GRADS THE CATHOLIC LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE IN ATCHISON, KANSAS. WELCOME TO A SPECIAL GUEST TO DELIVER ITS COMMENCEMENT SPEECH. I WOULD LIKE TO START OFF BY CONGRATULATING ALL OF YOU FOR SUCCESSFULLY MAKING IT. >> TO THIS ACHIEVEMENT TODAY, THE WORDS HARRISON BUTKER SPEECH WHERE THE SECOND MOST SEARCHED ON GOOGLE WEDNESDAY BECAUSE SOME TOOK ISSUE WITH. BUT CHRIS MESSAGE, INCLUDING THIS PARK DIRECTED AT WOMEN GRADUATES, 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 WILL BRING INTO THIS WORLD. >> HAVE SOME THOUGHTS. THAT'S LAUREN CONAWAY WITH INNOVATE HER A KANSAS CITY GROUP THAT SUPPORTS AND EMPOWERS WOMEN LEADERS. THE FACT THAT THEY'VE BEEN KIND OF PUT INTO THESE BOXES. THAT'S VERY SCARY FOR ME. >> BECAUSE WHEN YOU TELL PEOPLE THINGS ABOUT THEMSELVES ENOUGH, THEY TEND TO BELIEVE RIGHT? I DIDN'T FEEL. >> LIKE HE THREATENING ME AS A WOMAN. >> OR MAKING ME ANY LESS. BUT WOMAN ALLISON AND HER FRIENDS SAY THEY FELT MOSTLY SUPPORT AMONG THEIR FELLOW CLASSMATES. I THINK THAT YOU HAVE TO SAY LIKE, YEAH. >> MAYBE THAT ISN'T EXACTLY LIKE EVERYTHING THAT I THE WAY I WOULD HAVE SAID IT. BUT I RESPECT THAT. THAT IS WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN THE GIRL AND BE IN CLASS BACK IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. WHAT COMFORT OF THE FAITH? WIFE? EMBRACE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TITLES OF ALL. HOMEMAKER. >> LAUREN HOPES THE STUDENTS ARE MINDFUL OF ALL POSSIBILITIES. FOR MANY OF THEM. I WOULD IMAGINE MOTHERHOOD PROBABLY ISN'T REALLY TOP OF MIND, PARTICULARLY IN THAT MOMENT WHEN THAT PIECE OF PAPER THAT DIPLOMA IS REPRESENTATIVE OF POSSIBILITY. MANY POSSIBILITIES, NOT JUST ONE. AND THESE STUDENTS SAY THEY'RE MINDFUL OF THEIR OWN LIFE PATHS. THIS IS A REALITY THAT HE DOES WITH EVERY DAY AND HE SEES LIKE VALUE IN THAT. >> AND THAT IS WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S MY TRUTH LIKE THAT IS TRUE. AN

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