Tomi Lahren On The Popularity Of Sydney Sweeney's American Eagle Ad: 'Americans Like Buying Things From Attractive People'
'Listen, woke is dead, and they're having a really hard time coming to grips with that. I think it's a few-stage, you know, program that they have to go through, because they're used to seeing fat green-haired with septum piercings, and they/them's. That's what they're used to. They're used Dylan Mulvaney in a prom dress and pearls selling us Bud Light. And that was what was working for them 2020 to probably 2023. So they're still having a hard time coming off of that high. They'll adjust. It'll just take probably a couple of years.'
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Tomi also gives her take on Jimmy's new Fox News op-ed about how Bud Light can save its brand. To hear what else they discussed, check out the podcast!
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