ESPN NFL broadcaster Sam Ponder came out in support of Harrison Butker’s right to espouse his views freely in a post on her Instagram Stories.
Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker has come under fire over the course of the week for his faith-based commencement speech at Benedictine College.
A petition surfaced calling on the Chiefs to ditch the three-time Super Bowl champion despite having a 94% field-goal conversion rate last season – the best of his career. It was just the tip of the iceberg for critics who had been irate over the speech, which included remarks on women, IVF, President Biden, COVID and abortion.
ESPN NFL broadcaster Sam Ponder called the petition to remove Butker from the Chiefs “totally un-American.”
“I think the petition that he should be fired from the Chiefs is totally un-American,” she wrote as part of a Q&A on her Instagram Stories.
