White House Breaks Silence on Controversial Bud Light Partnership

Bud Light beer bottles (L) sit on a table at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Md., on Sept. 19, 2019. (Rob Carr/Getty Images); White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre (R) at the White House in Washington on April 20, 2023. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has responded to ongoing outrage directed at Bud Light amid the company’s controversial decision to partner with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney.

Anheuser-Busch, the company brewing the American-style light lager beer, featured the 26-year-old from California in a Bud Light promotional video earlier this month. The move saw many loyal drinkers switch brews, followed by the loss of roughly $6 billion in market capitalization.