A Kansas City Chiefs player offered his thoughts and prayers to Charlie Kirk after Kirk was killed Wednesday while speaking at a Utah event. Harrison Butker, kicker for the Chiefs and outspoken conservative, reacted to the news of Kirk’s death on social media. “Thank you for your strong witness for Christ @charliekirk11,” Butker said on X, formerly known as Twitter. “Thank you for pursuing truth and leading your family as a husband and father.” Butker ended his post on X with a Catholic prayer. “Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them,” he said. “May their soul and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.” Kirk previously showed support for Butker amid online controversy after Butker gave the commencement speech at Benedictine College in 2024. “I stand with Harrison Butker,” Kirk said, denouncing attacks on Butker’s speech and calling him a “devout family man.” After his initial post praying for Kirk, Butker reshared posts of Kirk’s highlighting his devotion to his religion. Butker also posted a screenshot of texts between the two in October, in which Kirk sent him a prayer.

A Kansas City Chiefs player offered his thoughts and prayers to Charlie Kirk after Kirk was killed Wednesday while speaking at a Utah event.

Harrison Butker, kicker for the Chiefs and outspoken conservative, reacted to the news of Kirk’s death on social media.

“Thank you for your strong witness for Christ @charliekirk11,” Butker said on X, formerly known as Twitter. “Thank you for pursuing truth and leading your family as a husband and father.”

Butker ended his post on X with a Catholic prayer.

“Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them,” he said. “May their soul and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.”

Kirk previously showed support for Butker amid online controversy after Butker gave the commencement speech at Benedictine College in 2024.

“I stand with Harrison Butker,” Kirk said, denouncing attacks on Butker’s speech and calling him a “devout family man.”

After his initial post praying for Kirk, Butker reshared posts of Kirk’s highlighting his devotion to his religion. Butker also posted a screenshot of texts between the two in October, in which Kirk sent him a prayer.

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