Bud Light faces new boycott – gay bars shun Anheuser-Busch beer brand for not supporting Dylan Mulvaney
http://www.theblaze.com/news/bud-light-boycott-lgbtq-bars
Bud Light is now facing boycotts from both sides of the political spectrum after teaming up with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney.
Conservative beer drinkers blasted Bud Light for partnering with Mulvaney – the transgender TikTok star and creator of the "Days of Girlhood" series. Now, gay bars in Illinois are boycotting Bud Light for not supporting Mulvaney enough.
Following the backlash to the transgender partnership, Bud Light CEO Brendan Whitworth issued a milquetoast statement:
>> "We never intended to be part of a discussion that divides people. We are in the business of bringing people together over a beer. My time serving this country taught me the importance of accountability and the values upon which America was founded: freedom, hard work and respect for one another. "
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Conservatives were not impressed by the statement, but neither was some of the LGBTQ community.
The 2Bears Tavern Group owns four "LGBTQIA+ establishments" in Chicago. The LGBTQ group proclaimed on Friday, "All 2Bears Tavern Group bars are discontinuing Anheuser-Busch InBev products as a result of the brewer’s anti-transgender actions and statements.”
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And I gotta wonder . . . Which group was the bigger group of beer drinkers?
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