The employee who sent that tweet has now been fired.
Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas confirmed the person who sent a tweet regarding Butker’s city of residence was no longer employed by the city during an interview with KCMO Talk Radio on Thursday.
During Thursday’s City Council meeting, the city also planned to read a resolution “offering a formal apology to Harrison Butker from the City of Kansas City and recognizing that Kansas City is a welcoming city to people of all religions.”
A spokesperson for the mayor released the following statement Thursday afternoon:
“The employee has been separated from the City workforce for violation of City policy by posting outside the scope of authorized City communications. The City will have no further comment on the post or individual employees related to it.”
Butker made headlines for his commencement speech at Benedictine College for his comments on motherhood, COVID policies, Pride Month and other items.
The city had tweeted on X that Butker resides in a different municipality. Nearly 30 minutes later, the tweet was deleted from the city’s official account @KansasCity.
After the tweet was deleted by the city, the mayor responded to a tweet asking why it was deleted.
“It was not an appropriate post for the City of Kansas City,” Lucas shared. “It should not have ever been up.”
Butker, a traditional Catholic whose faith is no secret on his social media platforms, has been outspoken in his stance on abortion and family life.
