Photo of Bud Light Left on Shelves During July 4 Weekend Goes Viral
Bud Light left on the shelves at stores during the Fourth of July weekend has gone viral on social media on Sunday as the beer company continues to face an ongoing boycott.The photo comes as Bud Light and its parent company Anheuser-Busch continues to face criticism and a boycott after partnering with Dylan Mulvaney, a transgender influencer and activist.
In April, Bud Light supplied Mulvaney with a customized Bud Light can that had her face on it to promote her one-year anniversary of transitioning, with Mulvaney showcasing the can in a video posted to her Instagram.The row 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.Responding to a tweet from Bud Light on Sunday, conservative commentator Tim Pool shared a photo of numerous Bud Light and Budweiser cases left on the shelves at a Walmart store in "Charles Town." The tweet, as of early Monday afternoon, by Pool has over 640,000 views, more than 700 retweets and over 7,500 likes.
Pool currently has over 1.7 million followers on Twitter.Walmart in Charles Town https://t.co/JL9dNdIzbA pic.twitter.com/YzukIQRPnlTwitter user @D0meztikM30ws shared a similar photo on Sunday replying to Pool and wrote, "Noticed the same thing at my hood mart!!".
