Bud Light Breaks Social Media Silence With Four-Letter Post After Backlash
social media silence that followed the backlash over its work with trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney, with a four-letter post on Friday.On Friday, the company tweeted "TGIF?"—an abbreviation of "Thank God It's Friday?"—in its first social media post since April 2.Prominent conservatives said they would boycott Bud Light, which is owned by Anheuser-Busch, after the brand sent Mulvaney a personalized Bud Light can to celebrate the first anniversary of the beginning of her transition.
Mulvaney posted a clip of this to Instagram in early April, as part of her Day 365 Of Girlhood video series.The dispute over transgender brand ambassadors is symbolic of a wider debate about the inclusion of transgender women in female issues and spaces.
Some say transgender women should be treated the same as other women, while others say they are different and that hard-won women's rights must be protected.Bud Light's latest Twitter post drew over 12,000 comments being posted in reply.Stephen Miller, who was policy adviser to former President Donald Trump, tweeted on Friday: "Stop promoting transgender ideology."TGIF?
pic.twitter.com/d3W4oWJSXrScott Walker, the Republican governor of Wisconsin from 2011 to 2019, replied by promoting Miller Lite, a rival brand owned by Molson Coors.
