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   Leroy N. Soetoro to All   
   [Went woke, going broke...] Anheuser-Bus   
   02 May 23 19:04:06   
   
   XPost: alt.retail.grocery, rec.food.drink.beer, stl.general   
   XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, talk.politics.guns, sac.politics   
   From: democrat-criminals@mail.house.gov   
      
      
      
   Anheuser Bush has reportedly hired a number for former Republican   
   political aides in an effort to mend relations with conservatives   
   following its controversial partnership with transgender influencer Dylan   
   Mulvaney.   
      
   Disclosures show that weeks ago the embattled company, owned by Belgium-   
   based brewing conglomerate InBev, hired lobbying firm Origin Advocacy for   
   representation on “general policy regarding the alcohol-beverage   
   industry,” Fox Business reported Friday.   
      
   The account is being handled by Origin founder Sean McClean and Origin   
   partner Emily Lynch — both former veteran staffers to Republican   
   politicians.   
      
   According to Origin’s website, McLean previously served on the legislative   
   staff of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and was the White House liaison for the   
   Commerce Department under President Trump. He also once worked as the   
   legislative director for Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) when she served   
   in the US House of Representatives.   
      
   Lynch began her career working on on the committee staff for Sen. Susan   
   Collins (R-ME) before later serving as a legislative assistant to former   
   Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R, NH), and then Rep. Virginia Foxx (R, NC).   
      
   The American Accountability Foundation [AAF], a conservative opposition   
   research group, sent a letter to congressional aides urging them to reject   
   the beer giant and Origin, according to Fox Business.   
      
   AAF President Tom Jones slammed Origin in the letter, accusing them of   
   “making the rounds on the Hill trying to red-wash Bud Light’s disastrous   
   decision to partner with a man pretending to be a woman and tell you the   
   company really does respect conservative values.”   
      
   He accused the lobbyists of “making the shamefully offensive equivalency   
   argument that their transgender activist beer can is just like their beer   
   can honoring WWII vets,” Jones wrote.   
      
   “If partnering with a trans activist wasn’t shameful enough, equating   
   Dylan Mulvaney to a World War II hero is really beyond the pale,” he   
   continued.   
      
   Bud Light is reportedly gearing up to go on a major marketing offensive   
   beginning this week in an attempt to win some of its customers back, after   
   the Mulvaney campaign sent sales of the popular beer plunging 17% during   
   the week ended April 15, The Post reported on Thursday.   
      
   Mulvaney rose to fame documenting her transition from a man to a woman on   
   her TikTok in a series she dubbed “365 Days of Girlhood.” On April 1, to   
   celebrate the conclusion of her transition, Bud Light sent the influencer   
   custom-made can’s featuring her face. She later posted another video   
   enjoying one of the beers in a bathtub.   
      
   The company has been largely quiet since.   
      
   Anheuser-Busch revealed earlier this week that two marketing executives   
   overseeing Bud Light — the brand’s vice president of marketing Alissa   
   Heinerscheid and her boss, Daniel Blake — have been put on leave as the   
   brand scrambles to quell the outrage sparked by the company’s partnership   
   with Mulvaney.   
      
   In a series of private Zoom meetings this month with US beer distributors,   
   Bud has promised “there will be an improved screening process before any   
   marketing hits the public,” a Northeast-based distributor told The Post.   
      
   AAF told Fox Business in a statement, “If Bud Light wants to regain the   
   trust of conservative customers, they should apologize for insulting their   
   values by embracing the woke left’s radical gender agenda instead of   
   wasting their money on lobbyists. Bud Light sided with the Left against   
   the average American and no amount of D.C. lobbyists in fancy suits will   
   make them forget that.”   
      
      
   --   
   "LOCKDOWN", left-wing COVID fearmongering.  95% of COVID infections   
   recover with no after effects.   
      
   No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.   
   Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.   
      
   Donald J. Trump, cheated out of a second term by fraudulent "mail-in"   
   ballots.  Report voter fraud: sf.nancy@mail.house.gov   
      
   Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden   
   fiasco, President Trump.   
      
   Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the   
   The World According To Garp.  Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood   
   queer liberal democrat donors.   
      
   President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed   
   dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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