{"id":1918250,"date":"2023-04-22T23:41:22","date_gmt":"2023-04-23T03:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/from-country-stars-to-restaurant-chains-the-bud-light-backlash-isnt-slowing-down\/"},"modified":"2023-04-22T23:43:50","modified_gmt":"2023-04-23T03:43:50","slug":"from-country-stars-to-restaurant-chains-the-bud-light-backlash-isnt-slowing-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/from-country-stars-to-restaurant-chains-the-bud-light-backlash-isnt-slowing-down\/","title":{"rendered":"From Country Stars To Restaurant Chains, The Bud Light Backlash Isn\u2019t Slowing Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Ffrom-country-stars-to-restaurant-chains-the-bud-light-backlash-isnt-slowing-down%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=1918250&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--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/anheuser-busch-ceo-breaks-long-silence-amid-dylan-mulvaney-pr-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anheuser-Busch<\/a>\u00a0is still facing backlash and boycotts weeks after the company teamed up with controversial transgender activist and social media influencer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/dylan-mulvaney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dylan Mulvaney<\/a> to advertise its Bud Light products.<\/p>\n<p>The owner of a Florida seafood restaurant chain announced Thursday he was removing Bud and Bud Light products from his establishments following the controversial sponsorship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am disgusted by what you have done and what you are doing,\u201d Grills Seafood Deck and Tiki Bar owner Joe Penovich wrote in an open letter to the corporation via Facebook, Fox Business first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/lifestyle\/florida-seafood-chain-disgusted-dylan-mulvaney-bud-light-campaign-says-will-remove-brand-shelves\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> Friday. \u201cYou are the one causing this division and anger in our society. You are responsible for making some of the gay community think Grills does not welcome them. And you knew EXACTLY what you were doing when you launched this campaign. How could you not? \u2018Good ole boy beer\u2026meets Dylan Mulvaney? Hmm. Let\u2019s see what that does to the country.\u2019 NOBODY is that stupid. This goes way beyond transgenderism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Critics of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/anheuser-busch-ceo-breaks-long-silence-amid-dylan-mulvaney-pr-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anheuser-Busch<\/a>\u2018s team-up have voiced outrage over what they view as the corporation participating in the erasure and mockery of women. Mulvaney, a male, has claimed over the past year that he\u2019s a \u201cgirl,\u201d documenting his \u201cjourney\u201d online.<\/p>\n<p>Penovich\u2019s decision to remove the beer from his restaurants is part of a larger trend of Bud Light boycotts, largely from consumers. As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/the-straight-hate-on-bud-light-is-real-and-these-sales-numbers-show-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Daily Wire<\/a> highlighted earlier this month, Jeff Fitter, owner of Case &#038; Bucks, a restaurant and sports bar in Barnhart, Missouri, said Bud Light drinkers have started swapping out their beer orders for other brands in protest.<\/p>\n<p>The backlash has hit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/country-music\">country music<\/a>\u00a0industry, too. Country\u00a0singer Riley Green was met with applause at a Nashville show last weekend when he changed lyrics referencing Bud Light to, instead, reference Coors Light, while performing his hit song \u201cI Wish Grandpas Never Died.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Country Music Artist Riley Green Cancels Bud Light at Nashville\u2019s Nissan Stadium Friday Night <\/p>\n<p>Riley changed the lyrics from his hit song \u2018I Wish Grandpas Never Died\u2019 from Bud Light to Coors Light\u2026and the crowd went wild!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RileyGreenMusic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RileyGreenMusic<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VYUZySG0Zh\">pic.twitter.com\/VYUZySG0Zh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheChiefNerd\/status\/1647584029904891905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Country singer Brantley Gilbert has also made his feelings about Bud Light known, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/brantley-gilbert-smashes-bud-light-video\/\">smashing<\/a> a can of the beer to the ground when he was tossed a Bud Light at a recent concert.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, f*** that,\u201d the country star said after taking a look at the Bud Light can. After smashing it, Gilbert was tossed a different beer. He looked at it approvingly and tossed it to one of his bandmates to \u201cshotgun,\u201d or consume very quickly by punching a hole in the side of the can.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1681913061093000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1nSUp7X_GMxrPR-OuaxTA7\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Even though Brantley Gilbert doesn\u2019t drink anymore his reaction to someone throwing him a Bud light was Awesome\ud83d\ude4c\ud83c\udffc\ud83d\udc4f\ud83d\udc4f\ud83d\udc4f\ud83d\ude02\u2764\ufe0f.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoWokeGoBroke?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GoWokeGoBroke<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HYDfApZXmx\">pic.twitter.com\/HYDfApZXmx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \uaabb\uaadd\u00ea\u0309 \uaabb\uaadd\u00ea\u0309 (@TheThe1776) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheThe1776\/status\/1647737515498147840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Country singers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/john-rich\">John Rich<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/travis-tritt-thanks-braves-rips-wing-nut-cancel-culture-after-singing-anthem-thanks-for-allowing-me-to-pay-tribute-to-america\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Travis Tritt<\/a> have also joined the Bud Light <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/boycott\">boycott<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat beer should my bar [Redneck Riviera] in Nashville replace #BudLight with?\u201d Rich <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johnrich\/status\/1643715065680474112\">tweeted<\/a>\u00a0earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will be deleting all Anheuser-Busch products from my tour hospitality rider. I know many other artists who are doing the same,\u201d Tritt\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Travistritt\/status\/1643765186736553984\">shared<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/social-media\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn full disclosure, I was on a tour sponsored by Budweiser in the 90s. That was when Anheuser-Busch was American owned. A great American company that later sold out to the Europeans and became unrecognizable to the American consumer. Such a shame,\u201d he wrote in a follow-up post.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/anheuser-busch-ceo-breaks-long-silence-amid-dylan-mulvaney-pr-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anheuser-Busch<\/a>\u00a0CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/anheuser-busch-ceo-behind-failed-bud-light-apology-is-a-former-cia-spy-handler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brendan Whitworth<\/a> addressed the controversy with Mulvaney last week, but fell short of appeasing folks on either side of the issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe never intended to be part of a discussion that divides people,\u201d Whitworth <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anheuser-busch.com\/newsroom\/our-responsibility-to-america\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>. \u201cWe are in the business of bringing people together over a beer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement notably contained no apology to offended customers and no mention of Mulvaney or the radical transgender ideology he espouses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/f-that-country-music-star-gets-tossed-a-bud-light-during-concert-smashes-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018F*** That\u2019: Country Music Star Gets Tossed A Bud Light During Concert, Smashes\u00a0It<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anheuser-Busch\u00a0is still facing backlash and boycotts weeks after the company teamed up with controversial transgender activist and social media influencer Dylan Mulvaney to advertise its Bud Light products. The owner of a Florida seafood restaurant chain announced Thursday he was removing Bud and Bud Light products from his establishments following the controversial sponsorship. \u201cI am<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":1918251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[12206,4265,18499,12262,6412,5778,5339,4617,6316],"class_list":["post-1918250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-slowing","tag-backlash","tag-bud","tag-chains","tag-country","tag-isnt","tag-light","tag-restaurant","tag-stars"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1918250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1918250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1918250\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1918251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1918250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1918250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1918250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}