Posted on 02/06/2024 7:05:07 PM PST by Miami Rebel
Former President Trump urged his followers to give Anheuser-Busch a “second chance” after months of criticism the company has faced from conservatives.
“The Bud Light ad was a mistake of epic proportions,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social website Tuesday, referencing a brief partnership the company had with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney that has cost it billions in market value.
“Anheuser-Busch is not a Woke company,” the former president said, adding “I can give you plenty that are, am building a list, and might just release it for the World to see.”
“Anheuser-Busch is a Great American Brand that perhaps deserves a Second Chance,” Trump continued, defending the global beverage company. “What do you think? Perhaps, instead, we should be going after those companies that are looking to DESTROY AMERICA!”
Last summer, Trump joined a chorus of conservative critics, blasting Anheuser-Busch as he promoted the “The Great Patriot Protest and Boycott” book, which celebrates mainstream companies boycotted by conservatives.
“It’s time to beat the Radical Left at their own game,” Trump said at the time. “Money does talk—Anheuser-Busch now understands that.”
BUSINESS
BUD LIGHT LOSES ITS TITLE TO MODELO ESPECIAL AS AMERICA’S TOP-SELLING BEER
CNNWireBy Jordan Valinsky
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
America’s top-selling beer is no longer American.
Modelo Especial, the Mexican lager brewed near MEXICO CITY by Constellation Brands, became the top-selling beer in May, overthrowing Bud Light from the top spot it has held for more than two decades. The fall from the top further highlighted how much trouble the Anheuser-Busch brand is in
Unless and until Budweiser apologizes, I’m out on all their brands.
1. You gave your business to Coors that is the real woke co. AB isn’t even in the same ball park in wokeness.
Miller Lite and Coors Light outsell Bud Light by 50% as distributor warns it may NEVER recover from Dylan Mulvaney backlash
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4172079/posts?page=1
The List of 2023’s Most ‘Woke’ Companies Might Surprise Shoppers
https://www.newsweek.com/list-2023s-most-woke-companies-might-surprise-shoppers-1856641
2. Mexico is sending their Mexicanmade woke beer here now and has become #1.
https://abc7news.com/bud-light-modelo-beer-especial/13381828/
If You Like Modelo or Corona, You Definitely Don’t Want Donald Trump to Be President
https://www.thrillist.com/drink/nation/2016-election-donald-trump-immigration-policy-vs-modelo-corona
3. There are real woke companies that people are buying from but people don’t know it because it hasn’t gone viral.
“Molson Coors, a Bud Light competitor, has a higher liberal score “and is far more foundationally progressive,” though consumers haven’t yet noticed
https://www.newsweek.com/list-2023s-most-woke-companies-might-surprise-shoppers-1856641
4. Trump says he make put out a list to deal with this.
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/111886429919700704
How is this do hard to understand?
The #1 beer now is from Mexico.
That wasn't my question.
I think its because Don comes from a business background and it probably affects how he feels about it, as hes not focusing on this as a moral/perversion issue, more like a business mistake issue.
Even so, hes wrong on this.
I cannot disagree with Trump. They’ve paid for their mistake.
It is, indeed, a horrible beer.
No, it actually makes perfect sense. It might satisfy some desire for revenge but it doesn’t really benefit either side to destroy Bud. The purpose of these economic boycotts is to make corporations think twice about pushing evil and make it hurt when they do. That’s been achieved.
It sounds to me like Bud has contacted Trump and made some assurances. It may prove politically advantageous to bury the hatchet. I will defer to Trump on this.
No. I don’t drink beer in the first place and if I did it would not be that gnat’s urine.
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