Some 11 days after Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker gave his decidedly un-woke commencement address at Benedictine College, the activist left and their media allies are still out for blood, and were hoping to get it Wednesday during a Chiefs media availability.
At the press conference, of course, were coach Andy Reid and Butker’s high-profile teammate, quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
Not surprisingly, both were asked about Butker’s speech and the media-driven uproar over it. Fortunately, neither one of them took the bait offered by their questioners and instead defended Butker.
Here’s what Mahomes had to say:
“I’ve known him for seven years. I judge him by the character he shows every day and that’s a good person,” Mahomes told reporters at Chiefs OTAs on Wednesday.
“That’s someone who cares about the people around him, cares about his family, and wants to make a good…