The company that manufactures Bud Light issued a new statement to customers in light of a weeks-long boycott that has caused the beer’s sales to drop significantly after the brand issued a promotional can with a transgender activist’s face on it.
In a statement released on Thursday, the CEO of Anheuser-Busch’s U.S. division, Brendan Whitworth, appeared to make reference to the boycott. The statement, however, did not mention Mulvaney or any of the controversy surrounding the brand’s move.
“We recognize that over the last two months, the discussion surrounding our company and Bud Light has moved away from beer, and this has impacted our consumers, our business partners, and our employees,” Whitworth said in a statement. “We are a beer company, and beer is for everyone.”…