Transgender activist and influencer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/dylan-mulvaney">Dylan Mulvaney</a> received an award over the weekend and appeared to reference the Bud Light controversy during the acceptance speech.
The TikTok star won Breakout Creator at the 2023 Streamy Awards, which are said to be “the foremost recognition within the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/influencer">creator</a> community.”
“My life has been changed for the better,” Mulvaney said during the Sunday night speech. “But also there’s been an extreme amount of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/transgender">transphobia</a> and hate, and I know that my community is feeling it, and I know that even our allies are feeling it.”
The 26-year-old influencer thanked “allies that have platforms” for their support and implored them to do more.
“You need to support trans people publicly and proudly,” Mulvaney insisted, per <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/08/28/dylan-mulvaney-wins-breakout-creator-at-streamy-awards-calls-out-transphobia-and-hate-during-speech/">The New York Post</a>.
“I think the trans community and the creator community actually have something in common. It’s that people often underestimate us,” Mulvaney went on before jokingly concluding with, “I’m gonna go have a beer and… I love ya.” 
The beer reference was likely about Mulvaney&#8217;s brand partnership with Bud Light, which inspired effective boycotts. 
It came from the company sending Mulvaney a custom Bud Light can, which inspired the influencer to create video ads touting the beer brand. Critics saw this move as Bud Light openly advocating for the trans agenda.
Anheuser-Busch InBev sales have plummeted since the partnership with Mulvaney first went public in April. Marketing executives for the company were placed on leave shortly after the Mulvaney partnership, and AB InBev and laid off 380 employees “across every corporate function” after Bud Light’s U.S. sales plummeted 26.5% in July, as The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-mulvaney-effect-anheuser-busch-laying-off-hundreds-of-employees">reported</a>. 
Anheuser-Busch Chief Executive Brendan Whitworth addressed the reactions in June but did not outright say he regretted the partnership with Mulvaney.
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“There’s a big social conversation taking place right now and big brands are right in the middle of it,” he said when asked about the controversy and boycotts. “And it’s not just our industry or Bud Light. It’s happening in retail, it’s happening in fast food. And so, for us, what we need to understand is — deeply understand and appreciate — is the consumer, and what they want, what they care about, and what they expect from big brands.”
“Bud Light has supported LGBTQ since 1998, so that’s 25 years,” he said. “And as we’ve said from the beginning, we’ll continue to support the communities and organizations that we’ve supported for decades.”
He went on to indicate that the brand would stay out of charged social issues in the future. 
“As we move forward, we want to focus on what we do best, which is brewing great beer for everyone, listening to our consumers, being humble in listening to them, making sure we do right by our employees, take care and support our partners, and ultimately make an impact in the communities that we serve,” he noted.

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Target revealed this week that it has reaped the rewards of its Pride Month collection with a dismal quarterly report that showed the company&#8217;s sales falling for the first time in six years.
Target’s quarterly sales sank 5.4% in the second quarter, which ended July 29, compared to the same period last year, the company said in its second quarter earnings <a href="https://corporate.target.com/press/releases/2023/08/Target-Corporation-Reports-Second-Quarter-Earnings" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a>, released on Wednesday.
The depressing result is that Target has now lowered both its overall sales and profit expectations for the whole year, admitting the cause is “recent sales trends,” which were <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/16/investing/target-stock-earnings/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">impacted</a> by the “strong reaction to this year’s Pride assortment.”
The rest of the data doesn&#8217;t look great either. Online sales fell 10.5%. The number of transactions and the average dollar amount of a transaction also dropped. Meanwhile, Target’s total revenue of $24.8 billion was 4.9% lower than last year.
The Minneapolis-based retail behemoth&#8217;s travails are a sobering reminder to other major companies that not everyone is on board with an LGBT agenda being shoved down their throats when they are trying to pick up milk or buy their kids new shoes.
Back in May, Target faced backlash over its “Pride” collection, which <a href="https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-target-lgbtq-1203e875adcc7c86f62252d4ace1a738" target="_blank" rel="noopener">included</a> a kids swimsuit with a tag reading “thoughtfully fit on multiple body types and gender expressions.”
Also featured were LGBT-themed books aimed at young <a href="https://www.target.com/p/the-pronoun-book-by-chris-ayala-kronos-board-book/-/A-83978505" target="_blank" rel="noopener">children,</a> <a href="https://www.target.com/p/bye-bye-binary-by-eric-geron-board-book/-/A-84212143" target="_blank" rel="noopener">such as</a> “The Pronoun Book” and “Bye Bye Binary,” a story about a “joyful baby” who “refuses to conform to the gender binary and instead chooses toys, colors, and clothes that make them happy.”
Target offered an adult “Pride” collection as well, which <a href="https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-target-lgbtq-1203e875adcc7c86f62252d4ace1a738" target="_blank" rel="noopener">included</a> “tuck-friendly” swimsuits for men who identify as women to tuck their genitals, a t-shirt with the words “Queer Queer Queer Queer,” and a hoodie reading “Not A Phase.”
The discovery that the designer of some of Target&#8217;s “Pride” collection items has also apparently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/target-faces-backlash-over-pride-collection-designer-behind-satan-respects-pronouns-shirts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">created</a> products with Satanic imagery sent customers over the edge.
Customers quickly demanded a boycott, causing Target&#8217;s stock price to fall <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/08/14/target-shareholder-lawsuit/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nearly 20%</a>. It has not recovered.
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Eventually, Target <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/05/24/target-lgbtq-clothing-controversy-boycott/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pulled</a> some of its “Pride” merchandise threats to employees’ safety and moved “Pride” displays to the back of some of its stores.
On Wednesday, Target came right out and admitted that the &#8220;Pride&#8221; collection was a significant negative for the company.
“Traffic and top line trends were affected by the reaction to our Pride assortment,” Target’s CFO Michael Fiddelke <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/08/17/walmart-profits-soar-as-target-takes-hit-over-woke-items/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in an earnings call after the second quarter report was released.
The Pride collection prompted a “negative guest reaction,” CEO Brian Cornell admitted.
However, &#8220;Pride&#8221; is also not Target&#8217;s sole trouble, Cornell said.
Target is also battling an “unacceptable amount” of retail theft, including organized retail crime, that has become increasingly violent and dangerous for workers, according to the company&#8217;s CEO.
Store theft that included “violence or threats of violence” surged 120% during the first five months of the year, Target&#8217;s CEO said.
Organized retail theft has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/san-francisco-stores-are-taking-extreme-security-measures-to-fight-petty-theft" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spiked</a> in cities around the country, with videos from some of the incidents showing hooded figures in dark clothes darting in and out of stores with merchandise, often expensive luxury items.
Critics <a href="https://www.foxla.com/news/zero-cash-bail-blame-brazen-smash-grab-robberies-la-police-union-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blame</a> progressive prosecutors who they say allow criminals to get off without serious consequences, if they face consequences at all.
Inflation is also contributing to Target&#8217;s woes, the company <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/16/target-tgt-earnings-q2-2023.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, with shoppers buying fewer nonessentials like clothing and home decor, opting instead to save their money for food and bills.
Target saw a huge bounce in sales during the pandemic with stock prices <a href="https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/TGT/target/stock-price-history" target="_blank" rel="noopener">peaking</a> in November 2021, but the company has struggled to maintain that momentum, and the &#8220;Pride&#8221; collection certainly did not help.
Of course, Target is not the only company suffering from &#8220;Pride&#8221; backlash this year.
The brand with the most LGBT woes is probably Bud Light, which faced a massive boycott this year over the company’s partnership with trans-identifying influencer Dylan Mulvaney.
Bud Light’s parent company Anheuser-Busch has lost about $395 million in U.S. sales since the boycott. Bud Light has also been bumped out of its spot as the nation’s top-selling beer by Modelo.
Meanwhile, however, other retailers soared in their second quarter sales.
Walmart&#8217;s store sales jumped 6.4% in the second quarter, well above the 4% experts expected, the company <a href="https://corporate.walmart.com/media-library/document/q2-fy24-earnings-release/_proxyDocument?id=0000018a-0045-d2a1-a1ab-ddc7cb770000" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Thursday. E-commerce spiked a whopping 24%, mostly thanks to pickup and delivery orders.
Walmart has now raised its annual profit forecast for the second straight quarter after the positive second quarter report this week.
This week, Target concluded that the &#8220;Pride&#8221; backlash is a &#8220;signal for us to pause, adapt and learn.&#8221;
So far, the company appears to be taking that signal seriously. Target <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/16/investing/target-stock-earnings/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">plans</a> to make some changes to its “Pride” collection, which could include changing the timing of the products, the placement in stores, and which brands are for sale.
Next year, Target and other companies could potentially opt for more muted &#8220;Pride&#8221; celebration to protect their bottom lines, given the fed up message many of their customers sent them this year.
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Target&#8217;s sales have declined after backlash to its Pride Month collection earlier this year, the company announced Wednesday.
Target&#8217;s quarterly sales sank for the first time in six years, falling 5.4% in the second quarter, which ended July 29, compared to the same period last year, the company said in its second quarter earnings <a href="https://corporate.target.com/press/releases/2023/08/Target-Corporation-Reports-Second-Quarter-Earnings" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a>.
Online sales fell nearly twice as much, 10.5%, Target said. The company also said that the number of transactions and the average dollar amount of a transaction fell this past quarter. Target&#8217;s total revenue of $24.8 billion was 4.9 percent lower than last year, Target said.
The Minneapolis-based retail behemoth said that because of &#8220;recent sales trends&#8221; it has lowered its overall sales and profit expectations for the whole year.
Back in May, Target faced backlash over its &#8220;Pride&#8221; collection, which <a href="https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-target-lgbtq-1203e875adcc7c86f62252d4ace1a738" target="_blank" rel="noopener">included</a> a kids swimsuit with a tag reading “thoughtfully fit on multiple body types and gender expressions.”
Target also featured LGBT-themed books aimed at young <a href="https://www.target.com/p/the-pronoun-book-by-chris-ayala-kronos-board-book/-/A-83978505" target="_blank" rel="noopener">children,</a> <a href="https://www.target.com/p/bye-bye-binary-by-eric-geron-board-book/-/A-84212143" target="_blank" rel="noopener">such as</a> “The Pronoun Book” and “Bye Bye Binary,” a story about a “joyful baby” who “refuses to conform to the gender binary and instead chooses toys, colors, and clothes that make them happy.”
Target also featured an adult &#8220;Pride&#8221; collection, which <a href="https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-target-lgbtq-1203e875adcc7c86f62252d4ace1a738" target="_blank" rel="noopener">included</a> &#8220;tuck-friendly&#8221; swimsuits for men who identify as women to tuck their genitals, a t-shirt with the words “Queer Queer Queer Queer,” and a hoodie reading “Not A Phase.”
The &#8220;Pride&#8221; merchandise quickly sparked calls for a boycott of Target on social media.
Eventually, Target said it would <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/05/24/target-lgbtq-clothing-controversy-boycott/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pull</a> some of its &#8220;Pride&#8221; merchandise over backlash that was threatening employees&#8217; safety. The company also moved the &#8220;Pride&#8221; displays to the back of some of its stores.
“Given these volatile circumstances, we are making adjustments to our plans, including removing items that have been at the center of the most significant confrontational behavior,” Target spokeswoman Kayla Castañeda said in late May.
Adding to the company&#8217;s troubles was the discovery that the designer of some of its &#8220;Pride&#8221; collection items has also apparently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/target-faces-backlash-over-pride-collection-designer-behind-satan-respects-pronouns-shirts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">created</a> products with Satanic imagery.
The company&#8217;s stock price fell <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/08/14/target-shareholder-lawsuit/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nearly 20%</a> after the calls for a boycott and has not recovered.
Sales were impacted by the &#8220;strong reaction to this year’s Pride assortment,&#8221; Target’s chief growth officer Christina Hennington said Wednesday.
“The reaction is a signal for us to pause, adapt and learn,” Hennington said.
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Next year, Target <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/16/investing/target-stock-earnings/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">plans</a> to make some changes to its &#8220;Pride&#8221; collection, which could include changing the timing of the products, the placement in stores, and which brands are for sale.
Despite the dismal sales numbers, Target&#8217;s latest earnings report showed the company saw higher profit margins than expected since it offered fewer discounts and reduced inventory costs.
Other companies also experienced backlash to their &#8220;Pride&#8221; merchandise this summer.
Bud Light&#8217;s parent company Anheuser-Busch has lost about $395 million in U.S. sales after a boycott over the company&#8217;s partnership with trans-identifying influencer Dylan Mulvaney. Bud Light was also bumped out of its spot as the nation&#8217;s top-selling beer by Modelo.

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Trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney, whose partnership with Bud Light catalyzed a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tough-week-bud-light-weekly-sales-hit-new-low-after-mulvaney-partnership" target="_blank" rel="noopener">loss of tens of billions of dollars</a> in market cap value for its parent company Anheuser-Busch, is going to charge nearly double what he charged last year for a speech on a college campus — a whopping $40,000.
Young America’s Foundation’s <a style="font-style: inherit;" href="https://www.yaf.org/news/professor-mulvaney-notorious-influencer-plans-college-speaking-tour-sets-exorbitant-fee/">New</a><a style="font-style: inherit;" href="https://www.yaf.org/news/professor-mulvaney-notorious-influencer-plans-college-speaking-tour-sets-exorbitant-fee/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Guard</a> reported that Mulvaney’s agent, Crista Spadafore, confirmed the honorarium for a speech would cost $40,000. Only days before the April 1 promotion in which Bud Light sent Mulvaney a can with his picture on it which Mulvaney used to celebrate “100 days of being a woman,” Mulvaney spoke before roughly 450 students at the University of Pittsburgh, for which he was <a href="https://pittnews.com/article/179603/news/sgb-denounces-anti-trans-events-funds-event-with-trans-activist-dylan-mulvaney/">paid</a> $26,250.
“University and College friends! I am booking speaking opportunities for the upcoming 23/24 school year and would love to come visit,” Mulvaney posted as an Instagram story last weekend, adding the ad was for “serious inquiries.”
Mulvaney’s <a href="https://www.caa.com/caaspeakers/dylan-mulvaney" target="_blank" rel="noopener">booking page</a> offers him speaking on subjects including “LGBTQIA+ Advocacy,” “Diversity, Equity &amp; Inclusion,” and “Women’s Empowerment.”
“Some of my most vulnerable videos early on when I had a full beard doing laser hair removal are still one of my favorite videos ever made because I took my power back,” Mulvaney <a href="https://pittnews.com/article/179902/arts-and-entertainment/dylan-mulvaney-talks-transition-journey-life-online-in-sold-out-rainbow-alliance-ppc-event/">told</a> the student crowd on March 24 at the University of Pittsburgh. “This is what makes me most embarrassed about myself and I’m showing you this right now and being vulnerable, and now it’s not as scary to me. It really brought me closer to these human beings from behind the screens.”
“I still haven&#8217;t played a female character yet — that&#8217;s something I really want to do. I want to figure out how we can infuse this trans joy into shows,&#8217; Mulvaney continued. “&#8217;I want to see a trans woman falling in love and see trans people succeeding in scripted content. That&#8217;s how we&#8217;re gonna make what&#8217;s happening now in this country a little bit better.”
In late June, Mulvaney attacked Bud Light, saying, “I was waiting for the brand to reach out to me, but they never did. I&#8217;ve been scared to leave my house. For a company to hire a trans person and then not publicly stand by them is worse than not hiring a trans person at all.”
Last October, President Joe Biden <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9258AnO_Bk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">invited</a> Mulvaney to the White House.

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Come for Morning Wire’s Afternoon Update’s straight news, but stay for the Rapid Reactions The following five stories, and more, can be heard on today’s Morning Wire Afternoon Update podcast. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/morning-wire/biden-administration-appeal-twitter-threatens-legal-action-afternoon-update-7-6-23" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click here to listen</a>. 
1. More Charges For Trump
Special Counsel Jack Smith expanded the charges against former President Trump on Thursday evening in the classified documents case — adding new charges and one additional defendant. Read <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-charged-with-3-more-crimes-in-classified-documents-case" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>. 
The new “superseding indictment” accuses Trump of asking a Mar-a-Lago employee named Carlos De Oliveria to delete surveillance footage “to prevent the footage from being provided to a federal grand jury.”  The charges allege Trump, Trump aide Walter Nauta, and De Oliveira “did knowingly combine, conspire, confederate, and agree with each other and with others known and unknown to the grand jury, to engage in misleading conduct.&#8221; De Oliveira will be arraigned on Monday in Miami. 
Rapid Reaction: How did Republicans respond to this? Well, after the new superseding indictment came down, the Senate passed a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senate-passes-defense-bill-with-no-block-on-funding-for-abortion-travel-setting-up-battle-with-house" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defense bill that still funds abortion tourism</a> with many Republican supporters. As rumors flew that another indictment was coming, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) tamped down expectations that he would impeach President Joe Biden anytime soon:
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Kevin McCarthy on possible Biden impeachment: &quot;If [Biden administration] do not provide the information we need, then we would go to an impeachment inquiry.&quot; <a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerMcCarthy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SpeakerMcCarthy</a> <a href="https://t.co/S3n4pyjSPT">pic.twitter.com/S3n4pyjSPT</a>
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So in short, the GOP leadership didn&#8217;t exactly flex their political muscle in response.
There is at least one GOP senator pushing back. Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio is still pledging to block all Department of Justice nominees until Biden ends the &#8220;harassment&#8221; of his political opponents.
As Republican strategist Aaron Surabian said, &#8220;This is the way.&#8221;
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&#8220;If the Biden Administration wants to use the DOJ to target their political opponents, then blocking all of Biden’s DOJ nominations is the proper response,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Glad that there’s at least one Republican Senator who understands how to fight.&#8221;
There are other Republicans fighting the weaponization, of course, but Vance&#8217;s speech on the topic is worth the watch:
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This is the way. If the Biden Administration wants to use the DOJ to target their political opponents, then blocking all of Biden’s DOJ nominations is the proper response. Glad that there’s at least one Republican Senator who understands how to fight &#8211; <a href="https://twitter.com/JDVance1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JDVance1</a> <a href="https://t.co/3Pap2PQ2l2">https://t.co/3Pap2PQ2l2</a>
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2. Bud Light Laying Off 400 Workers
Anheuser Busch — the makers of Bud Light — have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-mulvaney-effect-anheuser-busch-laying-off-hundreds-of-employees" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> they are laying off 2% of the company’s 19,000 employees, which means nearly 400 workers. The layoffs come months after Bud Light was replaced by Modelo as America’s number one beer as measured by sales (not volume). Since Anhueuer-Busch’s collaboration with Dylan Mulvaney back in April, the corporation has lost $27 billion in market value and has taken a hit on its popularity dropping to 15th — well behind Corona, Guinness, and Samuel Adams, according to a YouGov poll.
Rapid Reaction: There&#8217;s a phenomenal Reader&#8217;s Pass piece covering how <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-left-wrote-the-book-on-effective-boycotts-then-came-bud-light" target="_blank" rel="noopener">conservatives — not liberals — are the ones who effectively wield boycotts</a>. This is more proof of that thesis. Of course, seeing somebody lose their job is never fun. But, if companies want to continue to push their political views onto the American people, there are going to be consequences to their bottom line.
3. Missouri Sued For Protecting Children
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/missouri">Missouri</a> has been sued over its law that bans sex change procedures from being performed on children, making it the latest Republican-led state to face a challenge over a law shielding children from transgender procedures. The lawsuit, which was filed by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/here-are-the-left-wing-legal-groups-backing-trans-procedures-on-kids">left-wing legal groups</a>, including the ACLU of Missouri and Lambda Legal, <a href="https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/missouri/2023/07/26/advocates-sue-missouri-over-law-banning-gender-affirming-care-for-minors/70422045007/">claims</a> that Missouri’s law is discriminatory. The law prohibits procedures like double-mastectomies on girls who identify as boys, and giving children cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers.
Rapid Reaction: Leftists suing for the &#8220;right&#8221; to mutilate children. It&#8217;s sick and twisted. While supporters of sex-denial surgeries for minors love to claim that it&#8217;s about &#8220;parental rights,&#8221; they forget that those rights have limits. For example, parents cannot abuse their children by burning cigarettes on their skin and claim its discipline. These gender-rejection procedures shouldn&#8217;t be an option either.
4. Politicized De-Banking Continues
The chief executive of Coutts Bank has <a href="https://www.news4jax.com/business/2023/07/27/ceo-of-royal-banker-coutts-resigns-amid-furor-over-closure-of-politician-nigel-farages-account/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stepped down</a> amid the furor surrounding populist politician Nigel Farage’s complaints that his account was closed because of his political views. CEO Peter Flavel resigned just days after Coutts owner NatWest Group parted ways with its CEO Alison Rose. Rose left after admitting that she had spoken with a reporter regarding Farage’s personal details.
Rapid Reaction: If Farage can be de-banked for his beliefs, it can happen to you. Don&#8217;t believe me? Read this story: &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jpmorgan-chase-repeatedly-de-banked-conservative-and-religious-groups-republican-state-officials-say" target="_blank" rel="noopener">JPMorgan Chase Repeatedly ‘De-Banked’ Conservative And Religious Groups, Republican State Officials Say</a>&#8221;
5. Allergic To Meat From A Tickbite? Worst Nightmare.
Hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. have developed red meat allergies since 2010 due to a strange syndrome triggered by tick bites.
 According to a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cdc-warns-of-emerging-illness-caused-by-tick-bite-that-causes-potentially-life-threatening-allergy-to-red-meat" target="_blank" rel="noopener">government report</a>, as many as 450,000 Americans have developed the allergy, which makes it the 10th most common food allergy in the U.S. Health officials said they are not aware of any confirmed deaths, but people with the allergy have described it as bewildering and terrifying. Despite its Texas-themed name, the lone star tick is most common in the eastern and southern U.S. and about 4% of all U.S. cases have been in the eastern end of New York’s Long Island.
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Anheuser-Busch InBev, whose sales have plummeted since April after their marketing campaign with trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney for Bud Light hit a colossal nerve among conservatives, is laying off hundreds of employees.
Anheuser-Busch acknowledged roughly 380 workers — 2% of the 19,000 employees “across every corporate function”— will be released. In the month ending July 15, Bud Light&#8217;s U.S. sales nose-dived 26.5%.
“While we never take these decisions lightly, we want to ensure that our organization continues to be set for future long-term success,” Anheuser-Busch Chief Executive Brendan Whitworth <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/anheuser-busch-bud-light-layoffs-dylan-mulvaney-kid-rock-ryan-young/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&amp;linkId=227215097" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a>. “These corporate structure changes will enable our teams to focus on what we do best — brewing great beer for everyone.”
Bars, restaurants, and retail stores have reported the thirst for Bud Light bottomed out in April after Mulvaney released a TikTok video showing the custom can while celebrating 365 days of “being a woman.”
In late June, Whitworth appeared Wednesday CBS “This Morning,” where he called the backlash “divisive.”
“I think the conversation surrounding Bud Light has moved away from beer and the conversation has become divisive,” Whitworth said. “Bud Light really doesn’t belong there; Bud Light should be about bringing people together.”
Asked what the intention of the company was in sending Mulvaney the can of beer emblazoned with his picture, Whitworth reiterated the company’s statement from early May, declaring, “It was a gift and it was one can.”
Then came the crucial question: co-host Tony Dokoupil asked, “Knowing what you know now if you go back, would you send a can to this one person again?”
“There’s a big social conversation taking place right now and big brands are right in the middle of it,” Whitworth replied. “And it’s not just our industry or Bud Light. It’s happening in retail, it’s happening in fast food. And so, for us, what we need to understand is — deeply understand and appreciate — is the consumer, and what they want, what they care about, and what they expect from big brands.”
“Where are you on the issue? Was this a mistake?” Dokoupil pressed.
Again, Whitworth ducked the question.
“Bud Light has supported LGBTQ since 1998, so that’s 25 years,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And as we’ve said from the beginning, we’ll continue to support the communities and organizations that we’ve supported for decades. But as we move forward, we want to focus on what we do best, which is brewing great beer for everyone, listening to our consumers, being humble in listening to them, making sure we do right by our employees, take care and support our partners, and ultimately make an impact in the communities that we serve.”
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Florida Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-desantis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ron DeSantis</a> instructed the State Board of Administration (SBA) to launch a inquiry of the global equity assets that it holds with Anheuser-Busch InBev following the fallout the company has faced after one of its top brands, Bud Light, engaged in paid marketing engagement with a controversial transgender influencer.
DeSantis sent a letter to SBA Interim Executive Director Lamar Taylor highlighting the nearly 30 percent loss in sales the company saw during the month of June. The SBA is an asset management organization <a href="https://oppaga.fl.gov/ProgramSummary/ProgramDetail?programNumber=4040">responsible</a> for investing Florida&#8217;s state and local government assets.
&#8220;As sales of AB InBev products within the U.S. continue to precipitously decline, reports are now emerging that large American mainstays like Costco will be pulling Bud Light from the shelves,&#8221; the 44-year-old Republican presidential candidate wrote. &#8220;Clearly, the Board&#8217;s mismanagement — as well as its failure to remediate the problem and repair its relationship with millions of disaffected American consumers — has led to this impasse and will continue to financially harm the SBA and other shareholders.&#8221;
DeSantis said it was critical that the SBA remain committed to its legal obligations to &#8220;prudently manage the funds of Florida&#8217;s hardworking law enforcement officers, teachers, firefighters, and first responders in a manner that focuses on growing returns, not subsidizing an ideological agenda through woke virtue signaling.&#8221;
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&#8220;I therefore request that you immediately initiate a review to examine how AB InBev&#8217;s conduct has impacted and continues to impact the value of SBA&#8217;s AB InBev holdings,&#8221; the governor said. &#8220;It appears to me that AB InBev may have breached legal duties owed to its shareholders, and that a shareholder action may be both appropriate and necessary. To protect SBA and the retirees of Florida from losses attributable to AB InBev&#8217;s disregard of those duties, all options are on the table.&#8221;
DeSantis joined Fox News host Jesse Watters on Thursday evening to make the announcement.
The governor said that the pension had $50 million invested in InBev stock and that the decline in value had hurt Florida&#8217;s teachers and other pensioners.
&#8220;We believe that when you take your eye off the ball like that, you&#8217;re not following your fiduciary duty to do the best you can for your shareholders,&#8221; he said. &#8220;So we&#8217;re going to be launching an inquiry about Bud Light and InBev. And it could be something that leads to a derivative lawsuit filed on behalf of the shareholders of the Florida pension fund. Because at the end of the day, there&#8217;s gotta be penalties for when you put business aside to focus on your social agenda at the expense of hard working people.&#8221;
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Former NBA star Charles Barkley attacked Americans who are boycotting <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/bud-light">Bud Light</a> after the beer brand partnered with a controversial transgender influencer earlier this year.
“So I’m gonna buy some drinks for y’all and I’m gonna buy Bud Light,” Barkley told people at an event in California over the weekend. “Hey, let me tell you something. All you rednecks or a**holes who don’t want to drink Bud Light, f*** y’all. Hey, y’all can’t cancel me!”
“Hey, I ain’t worried about getting canceled because let me tell you something, if y’all fire me and gimme all that money, I’m gonna be playing golf every f***ing day,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;So listen, as I said last night, if you’re gay, God bless you. If you’re trans, God bless you. And if you have a problem with them – f*** you.”
Barkley made similar <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/f-you-charles-barkley-defends-bud-light-and-trans-community">remarks</a> on Saturday at a golf event where he championed the beer brand.
“I want y’all to drink this f***ing beer,” he said. “I want y’all to drink this f***ing beer. I got three cases of Bud Light.”
“Hey, and I want to say this — if you’re gay, bless you,” he continued. “If you’re transgender, bless you. And, if you have a problem with that, f*** you!”
Bud Light has faced months of boycotts and dramatically reduced sales following its decision to partner with a transgender influencer. Anheuser-Busch, the parent company of Bud Light, lost tens of billions of dollars in market value after the partnership was revealed on social media, dominating the news cycle for weeks.
Anheuser-Busch responded last month to the influencer after he claimed that the company did not defend him from the online backlash he faced.
“As we’ve said, we remain committed to the programs and partnerships we have forged over decades with organizations across a number of communities, including those in the LGBTQ+ community,” an Anheuser-Busch spokesperson said. “The privacy and safety of our employees and our partners is always our top priority. As we move forward, we will focus on what we do best — brewing great beer for everyone and earning our place in moments that matter to our consumers.”

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Former NBA star Charles Barkley defended the transgender community and beer brand Bud Light over the weekend in light of the recent controversy in which the company has found itself.
Bud Light has faced months of boycotts and dramatically reduced sales following its decision to partner with a controversial transgender influencer in a paid marketing engagement. The company lost tens of billions of dollars in market value after the partnership was revealed on social media, dominating the news cycle for weeks.
Barkley made the remarks during Nevada&#8217;s American Century Championship at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course.
&#8220;I want y&#8217;all to drink this f***ing beer,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I want y&#8217;all to drink this f***ing beer. I got three cases of Bud Light.&#8221;
&#8220;Hey, and I want to say this &#8212; if you&#8217;re gay, bless you,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;If you&#8217;re transgender, bless you. And, if you have a problem with that, f*** you!&#8221;
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TMZ <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2023/07/14/charles-barkley-supports-lgbtq-community-bud-light-powerful-f-you-speech/">reported</a> that Barkley made similar remarks at the same event last year, minus the support for Bud Light.
&#8220;If you&#8217;re gay and transgender, I love you,&#8221; he declared. &#8220;Hey, and if anybody gives you s***, you tell them Charles said, &#8216;F*** you!'&#8221;
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Anheuser-Busch, the parent company of Bud Light, responded last month to the transgender influencer it partnered with after he claimed that the company did not defend him from the online backlash he faced.
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“As we’ve said, we remain committed to the programs and partnerships we have forged over decades with organizations across a number of communities, including those in the LGBTQ+ community,” an Anheuser-Busch spokesperson <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/anheuser-busch-responds-to-dylan-mulvaney-lashing-out-at-bud-light">said</a>. “The privacy and safety of our employees and our partners is always our top priority. As we move forward, we will focus on what we do best — brewing great beer for everyone and earning our place in moments that matter to our consumers.”

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/dylan-mulvaney" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dylan Mulvaney</a> has flown to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/south-america" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Peru</a> “to feel something” and &#8220;feel safe&#8221; months after the transgender-identifying activist partnered with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/bud-light" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bud Light</a> and sparked a nationwide backlash. 
Mulvaney, a man who says that he is a woman, <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@dylanmulvaney?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced on TikTok</a> this week that he was in Peru on a solo trip. Videos posted to the social media platform show Mulvaney alongside llamas and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/5000-tourists-stranded-near-machu-picchu-as-peru-rocked-by-protests-mayor-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">at Machu Picchu</a>, an Incan city in the Andes Mountains. 
“I&#8217;ve seen a lot of llamas. The people here are so kind. I feel very safe here,” Mulvaney said on TikTok. “It&#8217;s a little sad that I had to leave my country to feel safe but that will get better eventually.”
Mulvaney added that he had done “shaman ceremonies” that were like therapy. 
“I came here to feel something. And I definitely have. I have done shaman ceremonies that were like 10 years worth of therapy, it was wild,” Mulvaney said. “Most of all this trip has me feeling like my own best friend again. And that is the best feeling in the world.”
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“It’s a little sad that I had to leave my country to feel safe.” 
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Mulvaney’s Peru trip comes after Anheuser-Busch lost billions of dollars in market value after a partnership with Mulvaney, where the activist was sent a Bud Light can with his face on it. Mulvany <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dylan-mulvaney-explodes-on-bud-light-after-controversy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blasted Bud Light</a> last month, saying that they did not do enough to “publicly stand” up for him. 
“I took a brand deal with a company that I loved. And I posted a sponsored video to my page,” Mulvaney said. “And it must have been a slow news week, because the way that this ad got blown up, you would have thought I was like, on a billboard, or on a TV commercial or something major, but no, it was just an Instagram video.”
Anheuser-Busch CEO Brendan Whitworth has not said that the partnership was a mistake, but has said he doesn&#8217;t want the beer brand to be something that &#8220;divides people.&#8221; 
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“And I was waiting for the brand to reach out to me, but they never did. And for months now, I’ve been scared to leave my house, I have been ridiculed in public, I’ve been followed,” Mulvaney added. 
Sales of Bud Light plummeted following the Mulvaney partnership, and the beer has since <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bud-light-takes-another-rankings-hit-amid-continued-fallout-from-dylan-mulvaney-fiasco" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lost its place</a> as one of the country’s 10 most popular beers, falling to number 14 in recent customer surveys.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/clumsy-and-stupid-matt-walsh-rips-anheuser-busch-statement-on-dylan-mulvaney-controversy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bud Light</a> has taken another hit in its rankings, losing its place as one of the country&#8217;s 10 most popular beers.
Anheuser-Busch, Bud Light&#8217;s parent company, has unsuccessfully tried to rehabilitate the Bud Light brand following severe <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/anheuser-busch-ceo-breaks-long-silence-amid-dylan-mulvaney-pr-crisis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">backlash</a> over its partnership with transgender activist <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/dylan-mulvaney" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dylan Mulvaney</a> back in April.
Bud Light is currently sitting at the number 14 spot, a drop from number nine last year, according to a YouGov survey, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/bud-light-no-longer-ranks-among-americas-top-10-beers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The top-five most liked beers include <a rel="nofollow">Guinness, Heineken, Corona, Samuel Adams, and Blue Moon, the report added. </a>
The survey from YouGov was conducted during the second quarter of 2023, April to mid-June, and sampled 1,468 Americans, <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/bud-light-no-longer-one-americas-10-most-popular-beer-brands-1811601" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Newsweek. Some 42% of Americans said that they &#8220;liked&#8221; Bud Light in the survey, the same proportion from the same period in 2022. However, other brands surged in popularity, knocking Bud Light from the top 10.
Mulvaney, a 26-year-old actor and transgender activist, has been accused of mocking womanhood with his &#8220;Days of Girlhood&#8221; series on TikTok. Bud Light partnered with Mulvaney, sending him a beer can with his face on it to commemorate the one-year mark of the &#8220;girlhood&#8221; series.
&#8220;This month I celebrated my day 365 of womanhood, and Bud Light sent me possibly the best gift ever, a can with my face on it,&#8221; Mulvaney <a href="https://abc7chicago.com/new-bud-light-ad-dylan-mulvaney-tiktok-anheuser-busch/13143534/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a video showing off the beer.
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The partnership quickly sparked calls to boycott the brand, and sales of the beer brand have plummeted.
In the four weeks ending in mid-June, Bud Light sales plummeted an average of 29 percent from the same period in 2022, according to the consulting firm Bump Williams. Since early April, Anheuser-Busch’s stock has plunged over 15%. Nevertheless, Anheuser-Busch CEO Brendan Whitworth has not said that the partnership was a mistake.
&#8220;As the CEO of a company founded in America’s heartland more than 165 years ago, I am responsible for ensuring every consumer feels proud of the beer we brew,&#8221; Whitworth said in a statement in response to the backlash.
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&#8220;We never intended to be part of a discussion that divides people,&#8221; Whitworth continued. &#8220;We are in the business of bringing people together over a beer.&#8221;
&#8220;My time serving this country taught me the importance of accountability and the values upon which America was founded: freedom, hard work and respect for one another,&#8221; he said. &#8220;As CEO of Anheuser-Busch, I am focused on building and protecting our remarkable history and heritage.&#8221;
&#8220;Moving forward, I will continue to work tirelessly to bring great beers to consumers across our nation,&#8221; the CEO added.
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bud-light-now-cheaper-than-water-following-dylan-mulvaney-debacle" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Budweiser</a> was criticized by social media users over a Fourth of July message the company posted Tuesday.
In the <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/budweiser-fourth-july-message-sparks-furor-beyond-disgusting-1810910" target="_blank" rel="noopener">30-second ad</a>, F-16 pilot Lt. Col. Dan Rooney provides a voiceover promoting the partnership between <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/budweiser-releases-new-ad-amid-transgender-controversy-gets-blasted-online" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the beer brand</a> and Rooney&#8217;s educational scholarship program, Folds of Honor. It comes amid a massive backlash against Bud Light, which is owned by the same parent company as Budweiser, over its partnership with transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney.
&#8220;Budweiser has believed in Folds of Honor for 13 years,&#8221; Rooney <a href="https://twitter.com/budweiserusa/status/1673724792673796098?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in the voice over. &#8220;Today, we honor our veterans and the 44,000 scholarships awarded to their families. &#8230; Service never stops, and neither will we.&#8221;
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To all who protect America’s freedom, This Bud’s For You.
This July 4th, we&#39;re proud to work with <a href="https://twitter.com/FoldsofHonor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FoldsofHonor</a> to help military families today, and every day. <a href="https://t.co/RUO1PbMeMj">pic.twitter.com/RUO1PbMeMj</a>
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The tweet from the company read, &#8220;To all who protect America’s freedom, This Bud’s For You. This July 4th, we&#8217;re proud to work with [Folds of Honor] to help military families today, and every day.&#8221;
Online commenters were quick to blast the company, with some accusing it of using dead soldiers to try to rehabilitate its image after the Mulvaney fiasco.
&#8220;Using dead soldiers to try to dig back from sponsoring child drag shows and misogyny is beyond disgusting,&#8221; one social media user wrote.
Another person tweeted, &#8220;Too late, Budweiser. Too late.&#8221;
While another added,&#8221;You&#8217;re ruined.&#8221;
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There were also numerous comments from online users suggesting what the company needed to do was &#8220;Apologize.&#8221;
&#8220;Don&#8217;t understand how Budweiser just doesn&#8217;t come forward and apologize to all of us for their huge mistakes and make it right! &#8221; one person wrote. &#8220;Maybe they would start selling a few beers. The Ad looks great but will not make up for their mess!
Another added, &#8220;Folds of Honor needs to find a new partner asap. Partnering with woke globalists is hurting a good cause.&#8221;
The ad was posted on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrPMI0ixtQ8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">YouTube</a> too, and comments there were just as critical toward the beer company.
&#8220;No one actually serving, or who probably serves, wants anything to do with this morally bankrupt company,&#8221; one person wrote.
&#8220;It&#8217;s not a boycott, it&#8217;s banishment,&#8221; another added.
While another commented, &#8220;Bud&#8217;s determined to drag every past connection down with them. Wouldn&#8217;t it be better to apologize, fire those responsible, and start on mending&#8230;No? You sure about that, Bud? OK, then, carry on&#8230;just continue to ignore your customer base.&#8221;
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