The Buffalo Bills aren’t the only beneficiaries of Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker’s knee injury.

News of Butker’s injury broke Thursday evening ahead of Sunday’s Chiefs-Bills showdown, and for many Liberals unhappy with the outcome of the recent election, the news was a reprieve and cause for celebration on social media.

Several social media users posted to celebrate Butker’s injury, referencing the kicker’s previous comments about the benefit of women accepting domestic roles as mothers and wives and his support of Trump.

A widely shared post had a caption that read, “Women seeing Harrison Butker get hurt,” attached to a video of a television audience standing up and cheering passionately.

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Another user wrote: “Please take all the pain from Harrison Butker and let it stay exactly where it is.”

Some users took the injury as an opportunity to undermine Butker’s masculinity.

Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker (7) kicks as punter Matt Araiza (49) holds during training camp at Missouri Western State University in Kansas City, Mo., July 26, 2024. (Denny Medley/USA Today Sports)

One message read: “Real men don’t miss work.”

“Too busy bending the knee to Trump eh,” said another message.

However, some fans showed up to defend Butker against the harsh comments.

“Anyone Chiefs ‘fans’ celebrating Butker’s injury because of his ‘politics’ go find another team because we don’t need that kind of negative energy,” one fan wrote.

Some used the injury as an opportunity to promote conspiracy theories and joke about Butker’s appointment to Trump’s Cabinet.

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One user jokingly wrote, “Donald Trump announces Harrison Butker to lead Department of Women’s Rights and Home Affairs.”

Another user incorrectly wrote: “He has been waiting for a few weeks hoping for the cabinet position of ‘Director of Family Services’.”

The jokes and false claims about Butker come amid recent announcements of Trump’s Cabinet appointments, many of which have drawn praise and controversy. The appointments of Matt Gaetz as attorney general, Pete Hegseth as defense secretary and Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead a new Department of Government Efficiency were among the most talked about appointments in recent days.

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Butker endorsed Trump and Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri in the recent election. The kicker announced his Upright PAC alongside Hawley, earning praise from Chiefs owner Clark Hunt.

The kicker’s transition into politics accelerated after he made comments about women and their careers during a commencement address at Benedictine College.

“Some of you may have successful careers in the world, but I would venture to guess that the majority of you are most excited about your marriage and the children you will bring into this world. I can tell you that my beautiful wife Isabelle would be the to say first that her life truly began when she began to live her calling as a wife and as a mother,” Butker said at the time.

Shortly after the speech, sales of Butker’s sweaters soared. His jersey ranked 11th in NFL sales from March 1 to May 31, according to the NFLPA.

However, Butker’s speech also provoked strong and often emotional reactions from many in the mainstream media. Washington Post columnist Sally Jenkins mocked Butker for being a kicker after making the comments, while NBC’s “Today” host Hoda Kotb berated the kicker and told him “not to speak for women.”

Butker later told Fox News host Laura Ingraham that he was “saddened” that some people took his words in a “bad way.”

“I was trying to speak life for so many women who have dedicated their lives to being the housewife, the one who raises the children. And it’s a beautiful role, but it’s not a role that should be diminished,” he explained.

“There’s nothing shameful if you’re a woman and you want to spend time with your family and raise your children. So there’s no shame in it for someone who might want to get a good education and get a good education.” have a career.

“But it’s more about how beautiful it is for women to maybe just step aside and prioritize their family and spend time with their kids and raise their family. And that’s what I just love tried to speak.”

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