{"id":1934617,"date":"2023-05-20T05:49:27","date_gmt":"2023-05-20T09:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-launches-probe-of-bud-light-maker-over-transgender-partnership\/"},"modified":"2023-05-20T05:51:52","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T09:51:52","slug":"ted-cruz-launches-probe-of-bud-light-maker-over-transgender-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-launches-probe-of-bud-light-maker-over-transgender-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"Ted Cruz investigates Bud Light maker for transgender partnership."},"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\">18<\/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%2Fted-cruz-launches-probe-of-bud-light-maker-over-transgender-partnership%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=1934617&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--><h2>Ted Cruz Investigates Bud Light&#8217;s Partnership with Transgender Influencer<\/h2>\n<h3>Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) and Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R., Tenn.) have opened an investigation into Bud Light&#8217;s partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney, citing violations of guidelines that prohibit alcohol companies from advertising to a younger audience.<\/h3>\n<p>The senators wrote a letter to Brendan Whitworth, CEO of Bud Light parent company Anheuser-Busch, stating that &#8220;the evidence detailed below overwhelmingly shows that Dylan Mulvaney\u2019s audience skews significantly younger than the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-has-the-legal-drinking-age-in-south-carolina-been-lowered-to-18-years-old\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Has The Legal Drinking Age In South Carolina Been Lowered To 18 Years Old?\">legal drinking age<\/a>.&#8221; They also criticized the company&#8217;s failure to exercise appropriate due diligence when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-gives-anheuser-buschs-ceo-bad-news-in-letter-sets-deadline-to-comply\/\" title=\"Ted Cruz tells Anheuser-Busch CEO to comply by deadline.\">selecting online influencers<\/a> for its marketing efforts.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-launches-probe-of-bud-light-maker-over-transgender-partnership\/\" title=\"Ted Cruz investigates Bud Light maker for transgender partnership.\">senators listed popular videos<\/a> that clearly appeal to kids, like ones that include Barbie dolls and show Mulvaney dressing as a child. They demanded that Anheuser-Busch sever its relationship with Mulvaney, publicly apologize for marketing alcoholic beverages to minors, and direct Mulvaney to remove any Anheuser-Busch content from his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platforms<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy has led to a conservative boycott of Bud Light, resulting in a 26 percent drop in sales from a year ago. Anheuser-Busch CEO Michel Doukeris tried to distance the company from Mulvaney, stating that the partnership was &#8220;one camp, one influencer, one post, and not a campaign.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bud Light is not alone in facing backlash for advertising. Miller Lite is also facing blowback for a months-old ad that pushed a feminist message.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ted Cruz and Marsha Blackburn opened an investigation into Bud Light&#8217;s partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney.<\/li>\n<li>The senators cited violations of guidelines that prohibit alcohol companies from advertising to a younger audience.<\/li>\n<li>Anheuser-Busch is facing a conservative boycott and a 26 percent drop in sales from a year ago.<\/li>\n<li>The senators demanded that Anheuser-Busch sever its relationship with Mulvaney and publicly apologize for marketing alcoholic beverages to minors.<\/li>\n<li>Bud Light is not alone in facing backlash for advertising, as Miller Lite is also facing blowback for a months-old ad that pushed a feminist message.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) is investigating whether Bud Light&#8217;s partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney violated guidelines prohibiting alcohol companies from advertising to a younger audience. 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