The controversy, now nearing its third month, has turned off a broader customer group than just those who characterize themselves as conservatives
to the brand's decision to hire transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney as a spokesperson.
According to data cited by the beverage industry trade publication Beer Business Daily, sales volumes of Bud Light for the week ending May 13 sank 28.4%, extending a downward trend from the 27.7% decline seen the week before. At a time of profound cultural and political division in the U.S., light beer drinkers simply don't want to be drawn into another debate about values, said Beer Business Daily editor and publisher Harry Schuhmacher.
"Most people don’t care about this issue and don’t want to get roped into a conversation," Schuhmacher said."Therefore they're not going to buy the beer."A spokesperson for Anheuser-Busch InBev, Bud Light's parent company, did not respond to a request for comment. Mulvaney debuted her partnership with Bud Light the weekend of the NCAA Basketball Men's and Women's National Championship
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