Bud Light from his new bar in Nashville, Tennessee.Bud Light is continuing to deal with the fallout over its partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney.Sales of the beer have fallen after conservatives called for people to boycott Bud Light and parent company, Anheuser-Busch.
The beer brand also received criticism for its handling of the backlash, with the country's largest advocacy group for LGBTQ+ rights, The Human Rights Campaign, suspending its benchmark equality and inclusion rating for Anheuser-Busch.It comes as other brands, including Target, Nike and Kohl's, face a backlash for Pride Month marketing at a time when anti-transgender sentiment appears to be growing in the United States, with bills targeting the rights of transgender people sweeping through Republican state legislatures.Bars in Nashville, Tennessee, owned by John Rich and Kid Rock—who posted a video of himself shooting cases of Bud Light—have reportedly stopped selling Bud Light.But Brooks revealed at BillBoard Country Live this week that his Friends in Low Places Bar & Honky-Tonk, opening this summer in Nashville's Lower Broadway district, will stock Bud Light and won't tolerate hate."Yes, we're going to serve every brand of beer.
We just are. It's not our decision to make," he said."Our thing is this, if you [are let] into this house, love one another.
If you're an a**hole, there are plenty of other places in Lower Broadway." Brooks could not immediately be contacted for further comment.Robert Cornicelli, who challenged New York Rep.