Sean McLean, who served as an associate director for the White House under former President Donald Trump, as well as a legislative director for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) when she was a member of the House, was listed in the disclosure as an individual “who has acted or is expected to act as a lobbyist” for Anheuser-Busch. Emily Lynch, who worked as a legislative assistant for former Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) and Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), was also listed in the disclosure.

The American Accountability Foundation, a conservative research and government oversight nonprofit, warned congressional staffers in an email obtained by The Daily Wire that the lobbyists were “making the rounds” in order to “red-wash Bud Light’s disastrous decision to partner with a man pretending to be a woman and tell you the company really does respect conservative values.” The lobbyists allegedly compared the commemorative Bud Light cans featuring Mulvaney to a similar effort honoring World War II veterans.

“This is exactly the kind of behavior that the American people hate, telling people you’re a rock-ribbed conservative one day and then shilling for a company who is an active participant in destroying the values Americans cherish the next when you can make buckets of cash doing it,” Thomas Jones, the founder of the American Accountability Foundation, said in the email.

[If that’s the argument that Anheuser-Busch thinks will work with conservatives … hoo boy. They *really* don’t know their customer base. And I say this as someone who thinks that the outrage was somewhat misplaced at first and really should have targeted Nike’s decision to actually hire Mulvaney as a spokesman for women’s athletic wear. — Ed]