Anheuser-Busch getting crushed for cutting ties with Iowa State fan Carson King
By SDS Staff
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If you don’t know the name Carson King, he is the Iowa State fan that has helped raise over $1 million for the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital.
His charitable act all started with a College GameDay sign asking for beer money. When some money started to come in, King decided instead of buying alcohol, he would donate the money to charity. Once companies caught wind of the story, they started donating to help boost the amount raised by King. That’s when Anheuser-Busch donated $350,000 to the cause.
However, after some old tweets surfaced from King’s account from his high school days, Anheuser-Busch cut ties with King. King has since apologized for his comments made eight years ago.
“Eight years ago, when I was a sophomore in high school, I made some social media posts with my friends that quoted and referenced the show ‘Tosh.0,’” King said during a recent press conference. “One of those posts was brought to my attention by a member of the media today.”
The reactions to the news that the alcohol company has distanced itself from King have not been kind to Anheuser-Busch:
Do you believe Anheuser-Busch was right in disassociating from GameDay/Children’s Hospital fundraiser Carson King for distasteful tweets written eight years ago, and unearthed by the Des Moines Register today?
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) September 25, 2019
@AnheuserBusch Time to pay for this one, AB. We don’t care that you were young. pic.twitter.com/w5cEb8UNLE
— Fake Todd Lickliter (@FakeToddLicklit) September 25, 2019
https://twitter.com/JesseKellyDC/status/1176833350545416193?s=20
Boycott @AnheuserBusch , drink Coors
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) September 25, 2019
Really disappointed that @AnheuserBusch lacks a spine. This man raised a ton of money and decided to donate it to sick children, and you're cooperating with a pathetic journalist to smear him over an 8 year-old tweet. I'd rather cancel Busch than Carson. https://t.co/zbjSwTz25t
— Jessica O’Donnell ? (@heckyessica) September 25, 2019
Hi you are garbage. @AnheuserBusch
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) September 25, 2019
We should all disassociate from @AnheuserBusch for this ad from who knows how long ago if they are going to do this pic.twitter.com/ICJ2fkAvpl
— Michael Alcaraz (@AlcyBone) September 25, 2019
https://twitter.com/fit_naomi/status/1176811187373334529?s=20
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