Kansas City fires employee who made social media post about Harrison Butker

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – The City of Kansas City tweeted and then deleted a dig at Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker on May 15. That employee has now been fired.

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas told KCMO Talk Radio on Thursday morning that the employee who sent a tweet regarding Butker’s city of residence is no longer employed by the city.

During Thursday’s City Council meeting, the city also planned to read a resolution “offering a formal apology to Harrison Butker from the City of Kansas City and recognizing that Kansas City is a welcoming city to people of all religions.”

A spokesperson for Lucas released a statement to KCTV5 on Thursday afternoon:

The employee has been separated from the City workforce for violation of City policy by posting outside the scope of authorized City communications. The City will have no further comment on the post or individual employees related to it.

Office of Mayor Quinton Lucas
Butker made headlines for his commencement speech at Benedictine College regarding his comments on motherhood, COVID policies and Pride month among others.

The City tweeted on X that Butker resides in a different municipality and nearly 30 minutes later, the tweet had been deleted from the City’s official account @KansasCity.

After the tweet was deleted by the City, Mayor Quinton Lucas responded to a tweet asking why it was deleted.

“It was not an appropriate post for the City of Kansas City,” Lucas said. “It should not have ever been up.”

After Lucas called the tweet inappropriate, the city apologized with a typo.

“We apologies for our previous tweet,” the City said at 8:21 p.m. “It was shared in error.”

Butker, a traditional Catholic whose faith is no secret on his social media platforms, has been outspoken in his stance on abortion and family life. In his speech, Butker shared with the graduates, specifically the women in attendance, how his wife has felt most fulfilled in her life being a homemaker.

For the ladies present today, congratulations on an amazing accomplishment. You should be proud of all that you have achieved to this point in your young lives. I want to speak directly to you briefly because I think it is you, the women, who have had the most diabolical lies told to you. How many of you are sitting here now about to cross this stage and are thinking about all the promotions and titles you are going to get in your career? 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.

I can tell you that my beautiful wife, Isabelle, would be the first to say that her life truly started when she began living her vocation as a wife and as a mother. I’m on the stage today and able to be the man I am because I have a wife who leans into her vocation. I’m beyond blessed with the many talents God has given me, but it cannot be overstated that all of my success is made possible because a girl I met in band class back in middle school would convert to the faith, become my wife, and embrace one of the most important titles of all: homemaker.

Harrison Butker
Jersey sales for Butker made his No. 7 among the most popular in the NFL. Tavia Hunt, wife of Chiefs owner Clark Hunt, along with her daughter Gracie and Chris Jones, voiced their support for the Chiefs placekicker.

On Wednesday, head coach Andy Reid and quarterback Patrick Mahomes stood by Butker for his character and shared their respect for everyone being allowed to voice their own opinion.