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The trans influencer posted a video about the hate she has experienced since doing an advertising campaign with the beer company earlier this year.
Brendan Whitworth said the beer brand will "continue to support the communities and organizations that we’ve supported for decades."
Bud Light sales were down 24% from a year ago, driven by conservative outrage over a marketing partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney.
The country singer spoke about his new Tennessee bar as some conservatives boycott Bud Light for a partnership with a transgender influencer.
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The Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest LGBTQ+ advocacy group, stripped the Bud Light maker of its 2022 Corporate Equality Index score of 100.
The Texas Republican demanded the beer industry investigate on its own — or have Anheuser-Busch apologize for the alleged Mulvaney infraction.
"It, in a weird way, has been a blessing to sort of break that people-pleasing mentality," said Mulvaney on the "Dear Schuyler" podcast this week.
The advocacy group slammed the brewing company for its response to conservative outrage over a partnership with TikToker Dylan Mulvaney.
"Dehumanization has never fixed anything in history ever," said Mulvaney in her first TikTok video in roughly three weeks.
Reports say a Bud Light marketing executive is taking a leave of absence after the company's partnership with a transgender influencer, drawing cries for boycotts.