Posted on 04/18/2023 8:11:25 PM PDT by semimojo
Speaking on The Benny Show, DeSantis said: ‘Why would you want to drink Bud Light? I mean, like, honestly that’s like them rubbing our faces in it and it’s like these companies that do this, if they never have any response, they’re just going to keep doing it.
‘So, if you as a consumer are like … “Like, yeah, they’re doing that, but I’m just going to keep drinking anyways.” Well, then they’re going to keep doing it.’
‘You know, my wife and I, they (bars) don’t have (Budweiser) here if we ever go out to just have a beer — which admittedly we don’t have the opportunity to do that like we used to, you know — we actually like the stout, Guinness.
‘Years ago we went to Dublin, we went to some other places, and we’ve always been a fan ever since,’
Ironically, just last Christmas, Guinness’s parent company Diageo (same as Anhueiser Busch to Bud Light) ran an ad in strong support of the transgender community.
The ad follows an elderly man who begins to secretly teach himself how to apply makeup.
The grandfather can be seen using red lipstick from his wife and buying eyeshadow, before locking himself in his bathroom to practice making himself up.
Then the man’s family arrives for the holidays, at which point he gestures for his transgender granddaughter to follow him into the bathroom. He applies a full face of makeup to his grandchild.
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I’m bummed to learn all this. The Guinness draft cans with the pressure charged ball inside are a wonderful product. That I won’t be buying any more.
what the hell is wrong with these groomers.
Wonder how many folks here had a Guinness Stout on St Patty’s Day? If I boycotted everything that I disagreed with I’d be homeless, hungry, broke and naked in a field somewhere. That’s reality.
Sickening ad. And entirely unrealistic, especially in Ireland. Pure BS.
Major misstep, IMO.
DeSantis should have stated a more generalized preference for, say, trying out different craft beers, ales, microbreweries, etc., without naming any brand in particular.
Not only brew pubs & beer aficionados, but small businesses in general, would have appreciated the shout out.
Anytime a candidate appears to endorse a specific product or company, he’s implying some kind of relationship exists & it sends reporters scrambling to find one.
DeSantis's base, southerners, when they get to a vowel in a word, they pronounce every vowel. So YUEngling would present a novel challenge. Yuengiing is a Pennsylvania company, where "PaDeutche" is a more recognized dialect.
A friend of mine from PA changed his name to Yingling.
My beer fridge has Guinness left over from St Patty’s Day, Yuengling lager, Yuengling Black & Tan and of course Shiner Bock. In the summertime I’ll add Shiner Blonde to the list.
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