Bud Light angered countless former customers after it made the decision to partner with transgender social media influencer Dylan Mulvaney to validate his claims he is now a woman.
Naturally, the company is getting some support from Democrats in Congress.
But one photo op to support the beer, and presumably its decision to partner up with the face of a movement that puts children in danger, saw the lawmakers mocked on Twitter.
Anheuser-Busch is currently the target of a boycott due to the partnership — which many people rightly viewed as an endorsement of permanent so-called “gender reassignment” surgeries that some children are being encouraged to undergo.
Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu of California posted an image on Twitter over the weekend in which he made his support for Bud Light clear.
In response to a tweet from Maggie Haberman of The New York Times, Lieu shared a snap of him drinking Bud Light at the Capitol along with other members of California’s House delegation — Reps. Mark Takano, Judy Chu and Adam Schiff, The New York Post reported.
https://t.co/CHIAyL8n2Y pic.twitter.com/jpJUgXpNlc
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) April 16, 2023
Lieu only commented on the image after someone from his own side of the aisle pointed out how absurd it was.
“I mock stupid stuff by MAGA Republicans,” Lieu tweeted. “Data shows that mockery is one of the more effective ways to get people to stop supporting extremists.”
I mock stupid stuff by MAGA Republicans. Data shows that mockery is one of the more effective ways to get people to stop supporting extremists.
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) April 16, 2023
Apparently expressing one’s displeasure with a company over its support for people who undermine the well-being of children is now extreme.
In any event, Lieu’s attempt at “mockery” saw him the subject of seemingly endless derision on Twitter:
“I have seen shows on Broadway less staged than this photo,” one Twitter user wrote.
I have seen shows on Broadway less staged than this photo.
— Hello, this is Nobody. Hello? (@Nobodys_Inn) April 17, 2023
Speaking as a Republican, but as someone who empathizes with cluelessness, I’d like to inform you that, to Republicans, you are merely mocking yourself, and hilariously so. The fact that you didn’t know that just makes it even funnier.
— Captain Obvious (@lsanger) April 17, 2023
“Hey, everyone… I’m gonna need you to pose with these Bud Light bottles as if we’re standing around and drinking.”
“Umm… we don’t really have to drink these, do we?”
“Oh, heavens no… we might be woke, but we’re not going THAT far…”
— Zeek “Hoggroast” Arkham ?? (@ZeekArkham) April 17, 2023
“They keep digging the hole deeper,” another user added.
Another good reason not to drink AB products. They keep digging the hole deeper.
— Liana New (@LianaNew62) April 17, 2023
Not staged at all
— Sara Rose ??? (@saras76) April 17, 2023
“Hold on… let’s make sure the labels are facing out toward the camera” ? Idiots
— Five Times August (@FiveTimesAugust) April 17, 2023
Did you guys make sure the label was facing the camera… like actors?
— Erik (@ErikTheeRedd) April 16, 2023
You drink on the job?
— Butch McFearson – Minnesota mutt. (@Butch_McFearson) April 16, 2023
Lieu’s argument was fundamentally flawed, as his arguments always are.
If mockery did indeed work as an effective tool to curb extremism, the oft-ridiculed California Democrat would have resigned from his seat a long time ago.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
