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Harrison Butker’s Hometown Gives Him a Major Tongue Lashing
‘DISGUSTED’
It takes a village to raise a star—but teachers, peers, and others in Harrison Butker’s hometown think he deserves a time-out for his “dystopian” commencement speech.
Noor Ibrahim
Managing Editor
Emily Shugerman
Senior Reporter
Updated May 18, 2024 4:51AM EDT / Published May 17, 2024 4:21PM EDT

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“This goes against that image of a place that is open and critically thinking, not just spouting some party line,” she added, calling Butker’s statements “a slap in the face” to women graduates. “I think if you interviewed people at Georgia Tech... most people wouldn’t agree with [his comments] either.”



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“To say I’m disappointed in Harrison Butker’s comments is an understatement,” Yandle wrote. “But I think Harrison isn’t going to like how we raise our teenage daughter… She will never apologize for being a strong fucking woman because that’s who we raised her to be,” he added.

Several Georgia Tech and Westminster community members noted that Butker’s mother, Elizabeth, is an accomplished medical physicist at Emory University, with a master’s degree from Georgia Tech and a bachelor’s from Smith, the prestigious women’s college. The former Westminster teacher called Butker’s remarks “a complete polarization from his own mom… who maybe didn't cross the graduation stage thinking about having babies.”

Elizabeth Butker has not commented on her son’s recent remarks, but said in a statement in 2020 that she was proud of “the man he has become.”

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