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I couldnāt help but smile despite all the bad news of late after reading this article at Slate. Ahhh Maga tears, El sabor estĆ” buenĆsimo.
And it gets even better, because thanks Obama:
Yup, thatās right. Maga morans had forever made a Belgian brand āAmericaās beerā and now because of their bigotry, itās been supplanted by an American-owned beer thatās perceived as Mexican.
America agrees. For the first time in more than two decades, the country has a new No. 1 beer, Modelo Especialā¦
Modelo Especialās store sales surpassed those of Bud Light in May, according to Nielsen data, as that beerās dominance crumbled amid a right-wing boycott that began this spring after the company sent beers to a trans TikTok influencerā¦
Bud Lightās sales have fallen by nearly 25 percentā¦
the rise of Modelo Especial has been spectacular. It was not even a top five beer in the United States as recently as 2018; today it accounts for 8.4 percent of retail-store beer salesā¦
The popularity of Modelo is rooted in Latino immigration to the United States. Modelo did not even run English-language ads until 2015ā¦
And it gets even better, because thanks Obama:
thanks to a Milwaukee-bred, beer-loving antitrust lawyer at Barack Obamaās Department of Justice⦠The Belgians settled with the DOJ, buying Grupo Modelo but divesting its U.S. business to Rochester, New Yorkābased Constellation Brands for $4.75 billion⦠The fact that Bud Light (a purportedly American beer thatās actually owned by Belgians) has been displaced by Modelo (a purportedly Mexican beer actually owned by Americans), then, must be particularly bitter for the team at AB InBev.
Yup, thatās right. Maga morans had forever made a Belgian brand āAmericaās beerā and now because of their bigotry, itās been supplanted by an American-owned beer thatās perceived as Mexican.