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Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker endorsed former President Donald Trump during a Fox News appearance late Friday.

“I’m supporting the president that’s going to be the most pro-life president, and I think Donald Trump is the most pro-life president,” he said on Fox News’s “The Ingraham Angle.”

“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, and that’s what we should prioritize,” he added.

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This doesn’t mean Butker worships at the altar of Trump. In fact, he recently expressed disagreement with the former president after Trump wrote on Truth Social that his administration would “be great for women and their reproductive rights.”

“No party or candidate is perfect,” the NFL star tweeted. “I implore my fellow Catholic @JDVance to help bring the Republican Party back in line with the foundational platform that all life is valuable and there can be no compromise when it comes to defending the unborn.”

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Butker became notorious to the left and a star to the right last spring after he delivered a commencement speech at Benedictine College, a Catholic school, during which he slammed President Joe Biden and other fake Catholics.

“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,” the NFL star said. “He has been so vocal in his support for the murder of innocent babies that I’m sure to many people it appears that you can be both Catholic and pro-choice.”

“He is not alone. From the man behind the COVID lockdowns to the people pushing dangerous gender ideologies onto the youth of America, they all have a glaring thing in common. They are Catholic. This is an important reminder that being Catholic alone doesn’t cut it,” Butker added.

During the speech, he also offered advice to women about to get married, saying “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.”

The speech spawned massive backlash from the left. Butker later responded to the backlash while speaking at the “Courage Under Fire” gala in Nashville in support of the Regina Coeli Academy (RCA), of which he’s a board member. He specifically said he wouldn’t back down despite the “shocking level of hate” he was receiving.

“The theme of tonight’s gala — Courage Under Fire — was decided many months ago, but it now feels providential that this would be the theme after what we have all witnessed these past few weeks,” he said. “If it wasn’t clear that the timeless Catholic values are hated by many, it is now.”

“In my seven years in the NFL, I have become familiar with the positive and negative comments. But the majority of them revolved around my performance on the field. But as to be expected, the more I’ve talked about what I value most, which is my Catholic faith, the more polarizing I’ve become,” he added.

But, Butker continued, he remained committed to “glorifying God” and his teachings, regardless of what critics had to say about it.

“It’s a decision I’ve consciously made and one I do not regret at all,” he asserted. “If we have truth and charity, we should trust in the Lord’s providence and let the holy ghost do the rest of the work. Our love for Jesus, and thus our desire to speak out, can never be outweighed by the longing for our fallen nature to be loved by the world.”

“Glorifying God and not ourselves should always remain our motivation despite any pushback or even support. I lean on those closest to me for guidance. But I can never forget that it is not people but Jesus Christ who I am trying to please,” he added.

He continued by saying that he’d been “humbled” by all the support he’d received but stressing that the backlash he’d endured couldn’t compare to the “courage many saints have shown in their lives.”

“If I constantly remind myself of the hardships the saints went through, especially the martyrs in their persecution, it makes it all seem not so bad,” he said. “For if Heaven is our goal, we should embrace our cross, however large or small it may be, and live our life with joy to be a bold witness to Christ.”

“My hope is tonight’s theme and RCA’s mission will embolden others that many more will be unapologetic of their Catholic faith and never be afraid to speak out for truth, even when it goes against the loudest voices. In the end, being courageous starts with the small things. Being disliked and mischaracterized by some is nothing compared to finding yourself in a lion’s den,” he concluded.

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