Fact Check: Did Anheuser-Busch CEO Resign Over Bud Light Fallout?
ignited a media firestorm fueled by conservative outrage a brand would partner with someone who was transgender.Singer Kid Rock filmed a video of him shooting Bud Light cans with a gun.
Some rolled over cases of Bud Light with steamrollers while figures like onetime Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake claimed mass boycotts at political events with Republicans.
Beer sales representatives posted videos of them lamenting they wouldn't be able to feed their families, blaming Anheuser-Busch for "going woke" and killing their livelihoods.As the company's sales allegedly collapsed from the stunt, some seized on a headline claiming the company's CEO had resigned in disgrace from the company over the stunt, with some calling it a fair penalty for egregiously misreading their customer base.But is it true?The ClaimDid Anheuser-Busch's CEO resign over the Bud Light fallout?The FactsAs the controversy raged online, some on social media began posting an article from a website called the "Dunning Kruger Times" claiming the company's CEO, Augustus Anheuser III, had resigned his position as head of the company in disgrace as a result of the Mulvaney fiasco."The whole thing is ultimately my fault," Anheuser allegedly said. "I should have never approved that campaign."Some online seized on the article as an example of the major company misreading its target demographic as part of a so-called trend of companies going woke and then, subsequently, going broke.The state of America.
If true, he didn’t resign because he recognized it’s evil, he resigned because his actions lost money. No morals, no conscience.
