Metropolis of Kansas Metropolis has ‘separated’ from worker who doxed Harrison Butker following speech, mayor says

Mayor Quinton Lucas revealed on Thursday that Kansas Metropolis has “separated” from the social media worker who shared the place Harrison Butker lives after his graduation speech at Benedictine Faculty final week.

The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs’ kicker has come below fireplace following his graduation speech at Benedictine Faculty. In his deal with, he made particular references to feminine graduates embracing their “vocation” as a “homemaker” and President Biden’s stance on abortion as a Catholic. He additionally made references to the LGBTQ group because it pertains to Pleasure month. 

The town’s official X account wrote on Could 15, “Only a reminder that Harrison Butker lives within the Metropolis of Lee’s Summit.” 

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“There’s been accountability from the town of Kansas Metropolis,” Lucas mentioned to KCMO radio. “All of us stay up for transferring on, letting the Chiefs play, [and] letting the town do what it is presupposed to do in delivering primary providers.”

The social media account deleted the publish and later posted a short apology. 

“We apologies [sic] for our earlier tweet. It was shared in error,” the publish learn. 

Lucas addressed the controversy after the publish was deleted final week, calling it “clearly inappropriate.” 

“A message appeared earlier this night from a Metropolis public account. The message was clearly inappropriate for a public account. The Metropolis has accurately apologized for the error, will overview account entry, and guarantee nothing like it’s shared sooner or later from public channels.” 

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Missouri Lawyer Basic Andrew Bailey vowed to pursue motion in opposition to the town following the publish, saying in an interview with Outkick’s Charly Arnolt he had “demanded sure information from the town associated to their administration of that social media account that doxed Harrison Butker in retaliation for his free expression of spiritual beliefs.”

“Let’s paint this with the right brush – that’s authorities retaliating in opposition to a person for the expression of their sincerely held non secular beliefs. That might not be extra of a transparent case of a violation of his constitutional freedoms and the Missouri Human Rights Act,” Bailey added.

The precise worker stays unidentified.

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Butker’s jersey gross sales have since skyrocketed on NFL Store, whereas many within the media stay cut up concerning the speech.

Butker performed in his third Tremendous Bowl earlier this 12 months with Kansas Metropolis, serving to them go back-to-back in February.

Fox Information’ Paulina Dedaj contributed to this report.