Bud Light Controversy: MAGA Pounces on Anheuser-Busch CEO's CIA Ties
Posted on AllSides April 16th, 2023
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Some conservatives and MAGA commentators pounced on Anheuser-Busch CEO Brendan Whitworth's connections to the CIA amid the continuing backlash against his company's recent Bud Light promotion featuring influencer Dylan Mulvaney.
Bud Light, a prominent beer brand whose parent company is Anheuser-Busch, has been shunned by conservatives for almost two weeks after Mulvaney, a transgender woman, shared a sponsored video on her Instagram account announcing that Bud Light had sent her a customized beer can with her face on it. The beer can was sent to Mulvaney in celebration of the first anniversary since she transitioned. However, the company's...
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