Laura Ingraham Slammed For Harrison Butker Interview | EUROtoday

Fox News’ Laura Ingraham hasn’t at all times been considering what athletes need to say about their political opinions.

But on Thursday, she was keen to listen to what introduced Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker out to a marketing campaign occasion for Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley ― and who he’ll be backing within the presidential race in November.

During an look alongside Hawley on “The Ingraham Angle” on Thursday, Butker stated Hawley was the primary political candidate he’s ever endorsed, and stated he believes the senator is a “family man” and “a godly man.”

Ingraham requested the NFL participant if his assist of Hawley, a Trump ally, meant that he’s additionally supporting the Republican presidential nominee.

“Well, I’m supporting the president that’s going to be the most pro-life president; I think Donald Trump is the most pro-life president,” the Chiefs participant responded. “That’s a topic that is the most crucial topic for me. I want us to be fighting for the most vulnerable, fighting for the unborn.”

“That’s what we should prioritize, and that’s obviously what Sen. Hawley’s doing as a man of faith,” he continued.

Ingraham was slammed on social media for the road of questioning, contemplating her previous statements.

In 2018, she infamously instructed NBA stars LeBron James and Kevin Durant to “shut up and dribble,” slightly than converse out towards Donald Trump, after the 2 appeared in a video criticizing the previous president. “It’s always unwise to seek political advice from someone who gets paid $100 million a year to bounce a ball,” she stated of James.

Jemele Hill, a contributing author for The Atlantic, referred to as out Ingraham’s inconsistency by posting a clip of the Fox News host’s interview with Butker on X, previously Twitter, writing: “Laura Ingraham to LeBron and KD: Shut up and dribble.”

In a follow-up submit responding to an X consumer, Hill charged that Ingraham’s change of tune has to do with the truth that James and Durant are Black, and Butker is white.

“Laura Ingraham only tells Black athletes and entertainers to shut up,” Hill wrote.

“They never try to separate sports and politics it’s just when Black people do it. Then it’s ‘stick to sports,’” one other X consumer wrote.

Butker has gained nationwide consideration for his archconservative views within the wake of a controversial graduation speech he gave to graduates at Benedictine College in May.

During his tackle, he made a reference to LGBTQ+ Pride month for instance of a “deadly sin,” decried the “tyranny of diversity, equity, and inclusion,” and instructed graduates that being a homemaker is, for girls, “one of the most important titles of all.”

Butker has since doubled down on these statements, telling The Associated Press in August that he was “very intentional” with what he stated, and that he stands by the remarks he made on the Catholic liberal arts faculty in Atchison, Kansas.

“If people don’t agree, they don’t agree, but I’m going to continue to say what I believe to be true and love everyone along the way,” he instructed the AP.