Whiney Marco Rubio says a Dylan Mulvaney Instagram video will end the global balance of power

Over the past two weeks, Republicans have been tripping over themselves to show that they’re outraged that several major brands would market to LGBTQ+ people and work with trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney.

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) just claimed on Fox News that the U.S. will be abandoned by its allies because of a video Mulvaney did with some beer cans.

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“What is what we’re focused on as a culture?” Rubio asked on Sean Hannity’s show. “We’re focused on the fact that now some man pretending to be a woman gets paid millions of dollars to sell Nike sports bras and Bud Light.”

Rubio was referring to a video Mulvney posted to her Instagram in which she showed off a few custom beer cans Bud Light sent her with her face on them. A few days later, she posted a video to TikTok dancing around outdoors in Nike leggings (Rubio was incorrect in saying that the partnership was for sports bras).

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The videos weren’t parts of larger ad campaigns, and Rubio’s claim that Mulvaney made “millions” from the videos is unsubstantiated.

But that was not the last claim he made about Mulvaney’s partnership with Bud Light that was unsubstantiated: He also claimed that other countries are considering abandoning their alliances with the U.S. over an Instagram video.

“So the world looks at that and says, ‘This place is a laughingstock,’ and they react to it,” he said, not providing any examples of a nation saying anything about the Mulvaney/Bud Light partnership.

“And I could go on for an hour about all the things that we are being embarrassed on the world stage, our adversaries are taking advantage of it, and our friends are saying, ‘Hey, we might have to go out on our own here because these guys look like they’re about to commit societal suicide.'”

Rubio says we’re being embarrassed on the world stage and our allies are debating going it alone because beer cans pic.twitter.com/20jS6Lkx2a

— Acyn (@Acyn) April 12, 2023

Rubio was mocked by many people on Twitter for what people perceived as a lack of seriousness.

A Republican United States Senator actually just said that America is being embarrassed on the world stage because a transgender woman is promoting Bud Light. My former political party isn’t serious. My former political party is intolerant. I’m glad I’m no longer a Republican.👇 https://t.co/uBICuyFbQB

— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) April 12, 2023

Gonna go out on a limb and say the things that embarrass us in the eyes of the world involve our obsession with guns and a political party where a guy like Rubio is considered an intellectual.

It's not the beer. https://t.co/sRPYgDZd3D

— Hemant Mehta (@hemantmehta) April 12, 2023

This man was once hailed as the @GOP's intellectual answer to Barack Obama. https://t.co/k7WRZExpo9

— Max Burns (@themaxburns) April 12, 2023

Republicans really hate America https://t.co/p0NJoBo9RH

— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) April 12, 2023

I'm pretty sure the world is laughing at Republicans thinking attacking trans people is (1) not offensive to the American people and (2) a winning strategy for a Party that doesn't have serious policies.

The GOP is why the world is laughing at the US. YOUR Party, Marco.

— Jack (but not THAT Jack) (@jacktomalis) April 12, 2023

Nope. Pretty sure the World is focused on our gun violence and political chaos pic.twitter.com/7Oayd31GL1

— J Hunt (@JHunt08404598) April 12, 2023

pic.twitter.com/r47S6upjWj

— Doer of Deeds (@deed_doer) April 12, 2023

"Our culture" is focused on no such thing. That's MAGA culture.

— 𝙏𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙑𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙮 (@Terminal_GForce) April 12, 2023

Dude. Look at your party. You're only describing your party while everyone else points and laughs.

— America, you're in danger girl (@OverUnderClover) April 12, 2023

We’re being embarrassed because of our gun violence problem not beer cans.

— Robyn J Leader 🇺🇦🌻 (@RobynJLeader) April 12, 2023

Does he realize he is admonishing Republicans here?

They're the ones mad at drag queens, beer cans, and m&m's.

— Eli (@Eli_Fit1) April 12, 2023

This is such a funny take. Literally no one would have known about this if these babies hadn’t thrown a fit about it. “Our enemies are laughing because I slipped and fell in my diarrhea in this Ring Camera video I posted” https://t.co/8tZF2uo7vC

— Mark Agee (@MarkAgee) April 12, 2023

This is the Instagram video that will supposedly end U.S. hegemony.

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