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Bud Light Smooths Things Over With New Ad Featuring Drag Queen Waving American Flag
Babylon Bee ^ | April 18, 2023 | staff

Posted on 04/19/2023 1:24:19 PM PDT by Morgana

ST LOUIS, MO — After suffering significant public relations and financial backlash since making trans activist and TikTok personality Dylan Mulvaney a spokesperson, parent company Anheuser-Busch is confident their new Bud Light commercial featuring a drag queen waving American flags will fix everything.

"We've definitely learned our lesson!" said Anheuser-Busch CEO Brendan Whitworth in a statement released along with the new ad. "We heard the public outcry and we've obviously seen the impact of our mistake on our bottom line and our stock price. That's why we've created this new ad returning to our strong, patriotic roots. Who isn't inspired by a drag queen waving the good ol' red, white, and blue?"

The beverage giant's marketing department was sent back to the drawing board to perform damage control on the Mulvaney situation, settling on an emotionally stirring commercial depicting a flamboyantly dressed, flag-waving drag queen riding a star-spangled chariot pulled by the iconic Budweiser Clydesdales. "This really captures what we envision as today's America," said marketing team member Greg Burke. "Unabashed patriotism and fabulous trans imagery combined into one ad! There's no way anyone will be offended by this one!"

Executives expressed confidence that this new commercial will reverse all the damage caused by the Mulvaney gaffe since blue-collar consumers in middle America all still love grown men dressed as women.

At publishing time, the marketing team was already planning future ads featuring appearances by RuPaul and Caitlyn Jenner, as well as a salute to Admiral Rachel Levine.


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1 posted on 04/19/2023 1:24:19 PM PDT by Morgana
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They should just fire the lady in charge of the commercial in the first place and then just pretend like the tranny thing never happened.


2 posted on 04/19/2023 1:26:05 PM PDT by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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To: Morgana

Branding the company “Transheuser Busch”.


3 posted on 04/19/2023 1:27:13 PM PDT by griswold3 (Truth, Beauty and Goodness ; Quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat)
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To: Morgana

I love the BB!

This is so close to the truth it is not totally funny.


4 posted on 04/19/2023 1:28:41 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Difference between a cow and the US Capitol 1/6 "riot:" you can only milk a cow 3 times a day)
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To: freedumb2003

It took 3 comments for someone to realize this was the Bee!!! I love it!


5 posted on 04/19/2023 1:29:24 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor. )
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To: Morgana

When something is too good to be true I always look for the Bee.

But I have been VERY close to believing a few Bee articles in the past.

That is because the left has become so unhinged what SHOULD be parody is frequently reality.


6 posted on 04/19/2023 1:32:06 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Difference between a cow and the US Capitol 1/6 "riot:" you can only milk a cow 3 times a day)
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To: Morgana

Man, when I was in High School in the sixties, it would have been incredible to win all of the lady sporting events and then take a shower in the girls locker room afterwards and not get arrested...what a show that would have been! //sarc//


7 posted on 04/19/2023 1:34:27 PM PDT by silent majority rising
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To: escapefromboston

The Bee got another one!


8 posted on 04/19/2023 1:46:04 PM PDT by null and void (Attention! Non-compliant Resident Alert! Attention! Non-compliant Resident Alert! Attention! Non-com)
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we may be rapidly descending to the depths of Hell, but at the least we have the Bee — lol


9 posted on 04/19/2023 1:46:32 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Morgana

Joke all you want, but AB’s stock ended up 2.5% today while the markets were mostly flat (Dow was down 0.23% today). We will lose this battle in short order.


10 posted on 04/19/2023 2:00:48 PM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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To: Morgana

Like pork to a Muslim and they asking if he likes bacon.


11 posted on 04/19/2023 4:02:50 PM PDT by keving (We the government )
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To: Morgana

They forgot to have him say, “Do it for the children!”


12 posted on 04/19/2023 4:54:02 PM PDT by conservativeimage (Join Your State Assembly - states.americanstatenationals.org - Bring Back Constitutional Law & Order)
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