Current Events > As usual, the GOP has played itself Re: Bud Light "Boycott"

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https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/donald-trump-jr-bud-light-rcna80063

For a political organization, nothing says we played ourselves quite like being forced to retreat from a position you never should have held to begin with.

Thats the exact scenario Republicans find themselves in today after many of them spent weeks throwing a tantrum over of all things beer ads.

In the last month, conservatives have raged over Bud Lights brand partnership with actor and social media influence Dylan Mulvaney. The mere fact that Bud Light did business with Mulvaney, a trans woman, and depicted her on one of their promotional cans was enough to move many conservatives to call for people to boycott Bud Light and its parent company, Anheuser-Busch. That is, until last week, when many conservatives apparently learned Anheuser-Busch is a major donor to Republicans.

Oops.

One of the most public people to bow down to Bud Light was professional troll Donald Trump Jr., who on Thursday told listeners of his podcast that the right-wing reaction was an example of conservatives tendency for "shooting first and aiming second."

Trump said his staff researched Anheuser-Buschs political giving and found the companys employees and political action committee gave more to Republicans than Democrats.
Thats literally almost unheard of in corporate America, where its really easy to go woke, where they do so constantly, where theres a consequence to actually being a conservative, Trump claimed, saying the conservative donations are kind of a big deal.

Setting aside the fact that Trumps portrayal of corporate America as a bastion of liberalism is completely false, note what hes admitting here. He and others are saying Republicans should flaunt their purportedly principled transphobia, except when doing so defies rich donors who ply the conservative movement with cash.

You know: bigotry, but make it capitalistic.

Trump's call for what was effectively a truce with Anheuser-Busch was met with predictable anger from many conservatives online. But he isnt the only conservative seeking to quash the outrage.
As The Daily Beast notes, the National Republican Congressional Committee quietly deleted a tweet it posted that was meant to fundraise off of anti-Bud Light sentiment. (OpenSecrets, the political spending tracker, indicates Anheuser-Busch gave hundreds of thousands of dollars to conservative organizations in 2022, including the NRCC.)

According to The Daily Beast:
On Saturday morning, the powerful committee that provides support to Republican congressional campaigns blasted out a tweet calling for supporters to donate to the NRCC and, in exchange, be given a custom drink koozie. Thanks to Dylan Mulvaney, we can all finally admit that Bud Light tastes like water, the NRCC said [in a since-deleted tweet]. With our new koozies, you can make sure no one confuses Bud Light with real beer ever again.

The NRCC's cup holder, using a font similar to Bud Light's, was meant to mock peoples pronoun preferences: This beer identifies as a water," it read. Ooh, burn.

Personally, I think the Bud Light tastes like water line isn't inaccurate. Its pitiful though that the GOP is acknowledging this solely to target a company for associating with a trans person. And its even more pitiful that Republicans pushing this line of attack were brought to heel by their watery beer overlords.

One question for Republicans: Hows that taste?

bigblu89 posted...

Trump said his staff researched Anheuser-Buschs political giving and found the companys employees and political action committee gave more to Republicans than Democrats.
Thats literally almost unheard of in corporate America, where its really easy to go woke, where they do so constantly, where theres a consequence to actually being a conservative, Trump claimed, saying the conservative donations are kind of a big deal.

As usual Trump is talking bullshit. The vast majority of corporate America pads both sides and certain industries like oil and coal dramatically favor republicans while virtually nothing has that lopsided of a bias towards Democrats.

bigblu89 posted...

Donald Trump Jr., who on Thursday told listeners of his podcast that the right-wing reaction was an example of conservatives tendency for "shooting first and aiming second."

these are the same people who insist that if we all carry guns, we will all be safer.

I find it absolutely shocking that there are actually people in this world who listen to a Donald Trump Jr. podcast

DipDipDiver posted...

I find it absolutely shocking that there are actually people in this world who listen to a Donald Trump Jr. podcast

Sticky note on Jr's mic: "Mute for cocaine snorts"

Now all of the chuds that were
shooting beer cans and thrashing supermarket aisles will be like just kidding lol

the_pika posted...

Now all of the chuds that were
shooting beer cans and thrashing supermarket aisles will be like just kidding lol

Just like how they were all "just kidding" with the Mario movie.

Giant_Aspirin posted...

these are the same people who insist that if we all carry guns, we will all be safer.

well if everyone shoots each other there wont be any more mass shootings right?

DipDipDiver posted...

I find it absolutely shocking that there are actually people in this world who listen to a Donald Trump Jr. podcast

Over 70 million Americans voted for his trainwreck of a father, after watching him thoroughly fuck the country up for four years.

People being dumb/brainwashed enough to listen to what this trust fund cokehead has to say is the least surprising thing ever.

A_Good_Boy posted...

Just like how they were all "just kidding" with the Mario movie.

and this is why I insist theyre not dumb, theyre malicious

the_pika posted...

and this is why I insist theyre not dumb, theyre malicious

like the little girl said...

A_Good_Boy posted...

Just like how they were all "just kidding" with the Mario movie.

They see life as winners vs losers, and that they can never be losers. So they'll just bend reality around them so that they never lose.

Nobody ever accused MAGAts of intelligent decision making