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After commenting on her expressions, Trump attempted to deliver a roast-style joke that was met with silence from the crowd, comparing her to trans actress Dylan Mulvaney in a three-year-old ad campaign.

“I thought Kaitlan had really made it big with a major new sponsorship,” he said, “but then I informed her that it wasn’t her on the Bud Light can, it was Dylan Mulvaney.”

Mulvaney, now 29, briefly collaborated with Bud Light in 2023, posting a short video to her social media during March Madness that featured cans of the light beer. The innocuous brand partnership was quickly amplified by far-right figures, and Trump ally Kid Rock helped lead a boycott of Bud Light and its parent company, Anheuser-Busch, for working with a trans person at a time when Republican politicians had been making anti-trans attacks a major part of the party’s platform.

Backlash from conservatives over Bud Light’s perceived “wokeness” led to a significant decline in sales for the beer brand, which is still recovering from the financial fallout years later. As of early 2024, Anheuser-Busch had lost $27 billion in market value.

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[–] Fishnoodle@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago

All it would take is for someone to break the silence by blurting out "But you rape children..."

[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

“I thought Kaitlan had really made it big with a major new sponsorship,” he said, “but then I informed her that it wasn’t her on the Bud Light can, it was Dylan Mulvaney.”

but then I informed her

??

[–] harmbugler@piefed.social 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Can't acknowledge he didn't know something (except the word affordability, or groceries etc, but that's becaue he found out about those words before we did)

[–] Nastybutler@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

"A lot of people (me until very recently) don't know dumb is spelled with a B"

[–] obviouspornalt@fedinsfw.app 7 points 2 days ago

I mean, I wouldn't have laughed because I have no idea who Mulvaney is. seems like a joke for a really narrow audience.

[–] FrankFrankson@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

Is he mad becuase he thinks she can get money from the CHIPS act?

[–] kurmudgeon@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

If that made your blood boil, then you should watch this video to feel better:

https://xcancel.com/cspan/status/2080824113984131531

[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I don't have or use X because of who its owned by. Got a YouTube link?

[–] kurmudgeon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Try the link again. I changed it to bypass X.

[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Here here's the link directly to the video:

https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2080823935155699712/vid/avc1/1280x720/Hva_XLdaBc04fnvZ.mp4

It was nice seeing this when compared to the jackass's rant. A ray of glee in this hellscape.

[–] Nastybutler@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Why are they smiling and shaking that pedo's hand? What a surreal time we live in.