An independent distributor of Budweiser products in Alabama is taking on the conservative boycott of the Anheuser-Busch InBev brand by purchasing radio ads challenging circulating falsehoods about the issue, Newsweek reports.
Bama Budweiser General Manager Steve Tatum narrated an ad explaining that while he personally didn’t like the brewer’s inclusivity effort by making a special can for trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney, the outcry by conservatives is overwrought.
“We at Bama Budweiser, an independent wholesaler, employ around 100 people who live here, work here, and our children go to school here,” Tatum says in the ad. “We do not, and as I said before, did not support this issue involving Dylan Mulvaney. There was one single can made. It was not for sale and wasn’t properly approved. As a result, the Bud Light brand has new leadership. Dylan Mulvaney is not under contract with Bud Light. The videos you may have seen are Mulvaney’s own social media posts that went viral and many web-based news outlets have distorted the story. You deserve to know the truth, and life is too short to let a couple of individuals decide what you can eat or drink or spend your hard-earned money on. And remember, making friends is our business, not enemies.”