A group of Missouri tradeswomen took Republican Sen. Josh Hawley to task over his support for Harrison Butker, the Kansas City Chiefs kicker who stoked uproar when he said American women should embrace traditional homemaking roles rather than fall for “diabolical lies” advanced by feminists and progressives. “When Harrison Butker told a group of young college graduates that working women like us have fallen for ‘diabolical lies’ by providing for our families, Senator Josh Hawley had a chance to stand up for us and for our freedom,” the women said in an open letter obtained by The Daily Beast.
“Instead, Hawley showed us his true colors by defending that message.” The open letter was signed by 55 Missouri women, union members including carpenters, auto workers, and ironworkers. In his speech at Benedictine College in Kansas last month, Butker told students: “I think it is you, the women, who have had the most diabolical lies told to you.
“Some of you may go on to lead 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 first to say that her life truly started when she started living her vocation as a wife and as a mother.” Butker also said his wife embraced “one of the most important titles of all: homemaker.
” Like Butker, Hawley is a stringent social conservative. The senat.
