Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker has criticized President Joe Biden and Democrats, but that did not prevent him from attending his team’s Super Bowl championship celebration at the White House.
Biden, who later put on a Chiefs helmet, quipped with the players about their back-to-back titles, comparing it to November’s election.
“Winning back-to-back, I kind of like that,” the president said Friday.
Although Butker was in attendance, there was one notable absence on the South Lawn Friday: tight end Travis Kelce‘s girlfriend, Taylor Swift.
“I’d have Travis Kelce come up here, but God only knows what he’ll say,” Biden said.
“My fellow Americans,” Kelce started. “… I’m not going to lie, President Biden, they told me I’d get tased if I came up here, so I’m going back to my spot.”
But Kelce did not joke when one reporter asked him where Swift was. In response, Kelce only provided a stony expression.
Butker was scrutinized by liberals this month after he encouraged female graduates to embrace becoming homemakers during his commencement address at Catholic liberal arts Benedictine College.
“While COVIDmight have played a large role throughout your formative years, it is not unique,” Butker told the graduating class of 2024.
“Bad policies and poor leadership have negatively impacted major life issues,” Butker said. “Things like abortion, IVF, surrogacy, euthanasia, as well as the growing support for degenerate cultural values in media, all stem from the pervasiveness of disorder. Our own nation is led by a man who publicly and proudly proclaims his Catholic faith, but at the same time is delusional enough to make the sign of the cross during a pro-abortion rally.”
Earlier this month, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked about Butker’s comments, replying that Biden “is not going to back away from supporting women and reproductive rights.”
Earlier this week, Jean-Pierre was also asked about Swift’s attendance, teasing the possibility amid speculation the pop phenomenon will endorse Biden before November.
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“The Swifties behind these double doors are hoping that that Taylor Swift makes an appearance,” Jean-Pierre told reporters from the podium, referring to her press team. “I don’t have anything for you.”
The Chiefs beat San Francisco 49ers, 25-22, in overtime of their February rematch of the 2020 Super Bowl for the team’s third championship in five years. Almost 124 million viewers watched the game, making the broadcast the most-watched television program in the country’s history.
