Ted Cruz is calling for an investigation into Bud Light due to the beer’s partnership with transgender TikTok star Dylan Mulvaney.
You’ve gotta love a small government conservative, right?
Newsweek obtained a copy of Cruz’s letter to Anheuser-Busch CEO Brendan Whitworth, asking for the Beer Institute, a national trade association, to open an inquiry into the company’s marketing deal with Mulvaney (Whitworth is also Chairman of the Beer Institute).
Cruz, who co-wrote the letter with far-right Tennessee senator Marsha Blackburn, is accusing Anheuser-Busch of “violating the Beer Institute’s Advertising/Marketing Code and Buying Guidelines prohibiting marketing to individuals younger than the legal drinking age.”
Unsurprisingly, Cruz’s argument is shoddy. He says Mulvaney, who’s 26, primarily creates content tailored for younger audiences. As a result, Bud Light was marketing its product towards minor, the attention-seeking senator claims.
As proof, he points towards comments from Bud Light’s former vice president of marketing, Alissa Heinerscheid, about the company’s desire to reach younger consumers. “If we do not attract young drinkers to come and drink this brand there will be no future for Bud Light.”
Anybody without an agenda can recognize Heinerscheid is talking about young legal drinkers, because those are the young people who can purchase Bud Light.
But nope: Cruz insists Heinerscheid wanted to use Mulvaney’s stardom as a way to infiltrate the red-hot high school market, or something. (Bud Light placed Heinerscheid on leave after the hysterical overreaction to Mulvaney’s sponsored posts. Hasn’t this poor woman suffered enough?)
Cruz also points to TikTok’s young user base (59% of users are between the ages of 13 and 24) as further evidence that Mulvaney was hawking beer to underage kids.
What a desperate stunt.
Investigate what?
— Opinions Are Not Facts. Neither Are Impressions. (@Eric_Cote_Qc) May 18, 2023
This is what abuse of power looks like.
— KevHill (@kevhill) May 18, 2023
What a fing wast of time. Who cares?
— 🇺🇸 Mauzinho 🇧🇷 (@AzMauzinho) May 18, 2023
For nearly two months, the MAGA crowd has railed against Bud Light for teaming up with Mulvaney. Kid Rock posted an unhinged, gun-toting video, country music singer Travis Tritt announced he will drop all Anheuser-Busch products from his tour, and a conservative influencer created his own beer complete with a creepy ad, which opens with him standing in front of a women’s restroom.
Not be outdone, a Florida restaurant owner said Bud Light partnering with Mulvaney resulted in the “toughest weeks” of his life.
It’s ironic: conservatives proclaim to be pro-business …until those businesses partner with or support LGBTQ+ people. When that happens, Republicans suddenly think corporations need to be curtailed, reprimanded and investigated.
Look no further than Ron DeSantis’ futile feud with Disney, which committed the crime of opposing his draconian “Don’t Say Gay” law.
Cruz’s letter is the latest example of that glaring hypocrisy. But with a likely tough reelection bid ahead of him, one of the nation’s most unpopular senators may lean even further into the culture wars.
Clearly, Cruz thinks pushing for an investigation into Bud Light will cause voters to forget about his infamous vacation to Cancún and cowardice during the January 6 attack.
But people can see through this cheap political trick. Maybe Cruz needs a cold one to calm down.
Scroll down for more reaction to Cruz’s shameless stunt…
Ted would do well to demand that Texas investigate the “Gun Institute”
— TAD (@tad82757) May 18, 2023
Is this his attempt to remain relevant?
— Queer Lives Matter (@qlmoffical) May 18, 2023
Being a jerk off partisan conservative must be exhausting sheeeshh…talk about not letting go lol once again the Grand Ole Party displaying all their wonderful ideas to help america 😏
— Comfortably Elite (@Comfortlyelite) May 18, 2023
…What would they investigate? What is there that warrants a full on probe?!
— Chelsea D. LaLicata (@DemonRin) May 18, 2023
She’s an influencer, they asked her to do a quick spot on her TikTok… Where is the potential issue?!
They aren’t even TRYING to make this sound “reasonable” anymore!
Republicans seem to think that“government bureaucrats should investigate beer commercials” is a winning message for swing voters
— @WorldsBest (@WorldsMostHumb1) May 18, 2023
This constituent humbly requests you splash your face with some ice water, and PRIORITIZE. This, Ted, is not a priority.
— Erik Radle (@Radle) May 17, 2023
This might be your biggest stretch since you argued that dildos should remain illegal in Texas.
— Jonathan Casey (@JonathanTCasey) May 17, 2023
dbmcvey
So, he wants to investigate a private company?
abfab
”We’re all about a limited government and fewer regulations”.
The GOP……….Gross Old Pigs.
barryaksarben
like di Santis the other pro business free speech warrior total lying pos
abfab
The walls (Disney and others) are closing in on thei GOP rakkkett. They will lose. They are losing as we speak.
BIG Eddie Falco fan………….if you have not, watch SUNSHINE STATE. The rest of the cast were also fab but this story of racism and kicking people off the land in my humble opinion spells it out quite clearly.
Sad, true, meloncholic and criminal. And on it goes. BOYCOTTT PULL OUT……………and then we will return…………with bells on. FUKK YOU DESANTIS.
abfab
Binged on Green Acres last weekend. Ted Cruz is Mr Haney! The shiester salesman from Hooterville!!! A striking resemblance. Annoying, untruthfull, greedy, unattractive, the butt of all jokes and a hick. Check it out. Still a favorite sit com. I love the Lesbiana handyman, too. But Lisa, she’s my one true love.
(from my archive)
Jim
LOL. I can see it and I haven’t seen GA for years
abfab
The pig on Green Acres is a thousand times smarter than Ted Cruz!
Arnold Ziffel was the porcine character featured in Green Acres, an American situation comedy that aired on CBS from 1965 to 1971. The show is about a fictional lawyer, Oliver Wendell Douglas, and his wife, Lisa – city-dwellers who move to Hooterville, a farming community populated by oddballs
Kangol2
I only saw it in reruns after the initial run but that opening song is unforgettable, especially Lisa Douglas’s (Eva Gabor’s) portion:
“New York is where I’d rather stay.
I get allergic smelling hay.
I just adore a penthouse view.
Dah-ling I love you but give me Park Avenue.”
Tell it, Lisa!
abfab
Oh god, Marsh Blackburn……………..she drinks this crap from a keg before senate hearings. Talk about a mess. And that hair!
Thad
I single handedly skew the median age of Dylan Mulvaney fans to legal drinking age. I’m old. And I like her.
Jim
Didn’t Ted go to Cancun to drink Bud Light?
Fahd
Thank you, Queerty, for letting us know every time Ted Cruz sneezes. The lazy haters of the GOP are a cancer in American society. And while I’m at it, take this:
I do not like that Senator Cruz
I do not like his far right views
I do not like his stupid chin
I do not like his smarmy grin
I do not like him with a beard
I do not like him freshly sheared
I do not like what he just said
I do not like his boxy head
I do not like him wearing glasses
I do not like him greeting kids in classes
I do not like his stupid suits
I do not like his cowboy boots
I do not like him when he sneezes
I do not like him eating cheeses
I do not like him in the leaves
I do not like him when he feeds
I do not like him by a wall
I do not like his tattoo at all
I do not like him in a room
I do not like him in Cancun
I do not like him playing ball
I do not like his face at all
From John Oliver
abfab
I wish there was a vaccum cleaner meant to suck up all of these lousy GOP assholes into one large airtight bag.
cuteguy
Is it no wonder Ted Cruz bi daughter is having a tough time mentally. Her dad is pure evil and selfish. That’s why he licked Trumps boots even after Trump made fun of how fugly Cruz’s wife is.