He went on to speak about his wife, Isabelle, claiming she would be the first to say that "her life truly started when she began living her vocation as a wife and as a mother" and that he was able to be the man who he is because his wife embraced one of the most important titles of all: being a homemaker.

The social-media person behind the KC account likely meant to write: “We apologize,” but you get the idea of the intent. Kansas City mayor Quinton Lucas later offered a public apology on X. “A message appeared earlier this evening from a City public account,” Lucas wrote.

Tavia Hunt quoted the Bible while defending Butker's commencement speech, in which he called diversity initiatives a "tyranny" and urged women to stay home.