Technobarbarian wrote:

LOL, Follow the money.

"Trump defends Bud Light ahead of fundraiser hosted by Anheuser-Busch lobbyist

By Joseph Konig Nationwide

PUBLISHED 3:11 PM ET Feb. 07, 2024

On Tuesday, former President Donald Trump offered a defense of the
world?s largest beer company after nearly a year of right-wing ire
towards Anheuser-Busch InBev for a social media promotion involving its
Bud Light brand and a transgender influencer.

The offer of a ?Second Chance? from the frontrunner for the Republican nomination came as a major fundraiser for Trump?s campaign is set to be hosted by one of the beer company?s top lobbyists next month.

A major fundraiser for Trump?s campaign is set to be hosted by one of
the beer company?s top lobbyists next month. And Trump owns millions in
stock

Trump?s call for conservatives to forgive Anheuser-Busch comes after a monthslong campaign to discredit the brand for partnering with social
media influencer Dylan Mulvaney

As of August, Trump also owned between $1 million to $5 million dollars
in Anheuser Busch stock, according to financial disclosures he signed
and submitted to the U.S. Office of Government Ethics.

?The Bud Light ad was a mistake of epic proportions, and for that a very
big price was paid,? Trump wrote on his social media platform. ?On the
other hand, Anheuser-Busch spends $700 Million a year with our GREAT
Farmers, employ 65 thousand Americans, of which 1,500 are Veterans, and
is a Founding Corporate Partner of Folds of Honor, which provides Scholarships for families of fallen Servicemen & Women. They?ve raised
over $30,000,000 and given 44,000 Scholarships.?

Those numbers Trump offered are frequently featured in Anheuser-Busch promotional material and repeated by their defenders in public. UFC CEO
Dana White cited almost identical data points in an October interview on
Fox News as he announced a partnership deal. Ray McCarty, the president
of Associated Industries of Missouri used the same statistics about
their veterans programs in an August op-ed praising the company.

?Anheuser-Busch is a Great American Brand that perhaps deserves a Second Chance? What do you think?? Trump added on Tuesday.

On March 6, Donald Trump Jr. will be in Washington for a campaign
fundraiser with lobbyist Jeff Miller, whose firm has collected $820,000
from Anheuser-Busch since 2020, including $270,000 last year, lobbying disclosures show. The fundraiser, hosted by Miller, is charging as much
as $10,000 a person and will fuel cash to Trump?s joint fundraising committee."
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I love the way retrumplicans are opposed to "cancel culture", until they aren't. I think there's a word for that? Maybe our jive ass troll
can tell us what it is? lol

Hey. I allege that Trump's just trying to find out if he can be a
social media beer influencer. I further allege that he might even buy
a donkey and name it Clyde.

--
bill
Theory don't mean squat if it don't work.

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