{"id":1916094,"date":"2023-04-18T04:12:12","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T08:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/damage-control-budweiser-releases-patriotic-ad-to-tamp-down-trans-controversy\/"},"modified":"2023-04-18T04:13:02","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T08:13:02","slug":"damage-control-budweiser-releases-patriotic-ad-to-tamp-down-trans-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/damage-control-budweiser-releases-patriotic-ad-to-tamp-down-trans-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Damage Control: Budweiser Releases Patriotic Ad To Tamp Down Trans Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdamage-control-budweiser-releases-patriotic-ad-to-tamp-down-trans-controversy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1916094&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div>\n<p><span>In the midst of discussion over its parent company Anheuser-Busch&#8217;s&#8217;s sponsorship agreement with trans activist Dylan Mulvaney, Budweiser posted a nationalist advertising on social media on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/budweiserusa\/status\/1646958880654516226?s=20\"><span>new ad<\/span><\/a><span> shows the iconic Budweiser Clydesdale horse galloping past American landmarks and farmland. Critics slammed the move as a weak attempt to end the conservative boycott on Anheuser-Busch&#8217;s Bud Light, which <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/bud-light-recruits-trans-activist-for-ad-campaign\/\">enlisted<\/a> Mulvaney to drink Bud Light beers in a bathtub while celebrating &#8220;365 Days of Girlhood.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As the renowned Clydesdale horse rides through picturesque American landscapes, a narrator introduces the company as&#8221; a ale rooted in the middle of America.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The speaker ends,&#8221; This is a tale bigger than liquor.&#8221; This is the tale of the British spirit, they say.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T3TVGEzIi0\">pic.twitter.com\/T3TVGEzIi0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/budweiserusa\/status\/1646958880654516226?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2023<\/a>, Budweiser (@ budweiserusa )<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The ad comes as Anheuser-Busch has received backlash from conservatives, reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/news\/anheuser-busch-sheds-roughly-5-billion-in-value-since-bud-lights-dylan-mulvaney-pact-sparked-outrage\">losing<\/a> roughly $5 billion in stock value since Bud Light <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/bud-light-recruits-trans-activist-for-ad-campaign\/\"><span>recruited<\/span><\/a><span>Mulvaney.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Republicans are criticizing Budweiser&#8217;s&#8217;s marketing strategy and calling for a long-term boycott of the company.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;The win with this Bud Light situation is when they publicly apologize for promoting transgenderism,&#8221; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattWalshBlog\/status\/1647938472395538432?s=20\"><span>tweeted<\/span><\/a><i><span>Daily Wire<\/span><\/i><span> host Matt Walsh. &#8220;If you can&#8217;t see why that would be such a massive cultural victory, and why it&#8217;s worth pushing this boycott until we achieve it, then you really aren&#8217;t cut out for this movement.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Anheuser-Busch CEO Brendan Whitworth on Friday <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/bud-light-ceo-trans-controversy\/\"><span>released<\/span><\/a><span> a statement responding to the exploding controversy around the Bud Light brand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Whitworth stated that as the CEO of a business that was established in the heartland of America more than 165 years past, it is my duty to make sure that every customer is pleased with the liquor we produce. &#8221; We always intended to participate in a debate that is divisive.&#8221; We are in the liquor company, after all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A survey <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/wyoming-news-site-survey-more-than-third-small-town-bars-state-experiencing-bud-light-boycotts\"><span>conducted<\/span><\/a><span> last week found that over a third of small-town Wyoming bars surveyed are experiencing Bud Light boycotts. The drops in sales varied in degree, with one bar reporting that &#8220;multiple customers have switched, but Bud Light is still selling.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Budweiser released a patriotic advertisement on social media Friday amid controversy over its parent company Anheuser-Busch&#8217;s sponsorship deal with transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney. The new ad shows the iconic Budweiser Clydesdale horse galloping past American landmarks and farmland. 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