Bud Light Trolled With New Billboard After Dylan Mulvaney Backlash
YouTuber is trolling Bud Light over its partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney by paying for billboards that read "Butt Light."The beer brand and its parent company, Anheuser-Busch, have faced a backlash from conservatives over its partnership with Mulvaney.
The influencer posted an Instagram video on April 1, cracking open a Bud Light as part of a promotional contest. Mulvaney said the brand had sent her a personalized can with her face on it to commemorate a year since she transitioned.Conservative figures have called for a boycott, accusing the company of going "woke" and alienating its customer base.
They include Texas Rep. Dan Crenshaw and Kid Rock, who posted a video of himself shooting cases of Bud Light with an assault rifle.It comes as anti-transgender sentiment has been growing in the United States, with bills targeting the rights of transgender people being embraced by Republican governors and statehouses across the country.Anheuser-Busch also faced criticism from the left for its handling of the backlash.
The country's largest LGBTQ+ advocacy group recently suspended the company's benchmark equality and inclusion rating.Over the weekend, the YouTuber behind the "Conservative Vibes" account shared a video showing a digital billboard he purchased to troll Bud Light.Referring to an altered image of a billboard that claimed to be Bud Light's response to critics, the YouTuber said in a video: "You might have seen this fake Bud Light billboard that says 'lol crybabies,' made by liberals by the way...
