Knowles criticizes Bud Light’s parent company for leftist agenda and ties to WEF, downplays Mulvaney partnership.

Bud Light’s Partnership with Transgender Activist Sparks Skepticism

Bud Light’s recent partnership with transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney was dismissed by Anheuser-Busch’s CEO as a one-off, but Daily Wire host Michael Knowles is skeptical. In a tweet thread on Monday, Knowles pointed out that Bud Light’s European parent company AB InBev is pushing a wide-ranging LGBTQ and DEI agenda.

AB InBev’s Leftist Agenda

AB InBev’s 2022 Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) report shows that the company is openly going along with the World Economic Forum (WEF) by promoting leftist agenda items ranging from climate change and censorship to diversity goals and radical gender theory. Along with accepting the leftist principles set forth through DEI and ESG initiatives, AB InBev has “adopted a corporate policy that exalts ‘gender identity and expression’ to the same level of significance as age and race,” Knowles added.

Support for Sex-Change Procedures and “Family-Forming” Options

The company says that it will help employees pay for sex-change procedures in the U.S. and Canada and promises “financial and legal support” for employees in Brazil and Colombia who are seeking to change their names. In addition to its support for sex-change procedures, AB InBev offers “family-forming” options for gay couples “like two men buying the eggs & womb of a woman to intentionally remove a baby from its mother at birth,” Knowles said.

Leftist Campaigns Don’t Stay Inside the Company

AB InBev wants leftist DEI principles to touch “upon all functions, including Sales, Supply Chain, Marketing and others,” but AB InBev’s leftist campaigns don’t stay inside the company. The beer maker also seeks to train “buyers and suppliers on our [diversity and inclusion] Supplier strategy.”

GARM Initiative and U.S. Lawmakers’ Subpoenas

AB InBev is part of a WEF initiative that has created “standards that limit or entirely demonetize platforms that contain ‘hate speech’ on ‘gender identity,’ ‘insensitive… treatment of debated social issues,’ or the classic ‘misinformation.'” The initiative, called the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM), includes corporations Adidas, BP, CVS, Goldman Sachs, Lego, Mastercard, McDonald’s, Merck, Nike, P&G, Hershey, Disney, Unilever, Walmart, and more. GARM’s “misinformation” policies were “introduced in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ukraine war” and “have been designed to provide a structure for demonetizing misinformation.”

GARM was the target of questioning from U.S. lawmakers on Friday when the Republican-led House issued subpoenas aimed at the WEF initiative. House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) wrote in letters obtained by The Daily Wire that GARM and the group that created it — World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) — may be facilitating coordination by its members in a manner that violates U.S. antitrust law.

A Dire Warning

Knowles concluded his tweet thread with a dire warning. “Don’t look away,” he said. “If we don’t put an end to this growing scheme of control and deceit, Bud Light’s inability to apologize and admit that men can’t be women will be the least of our problems.”