The Daily Signal - TOP NEWS | Sen. Tim Scott Gears Up Presidential Run, Debt Ceiling Talks Stall, Cruz, Blackburn Seek Investigation Into Anheuser-Busch-Mulvaney Partnership| May 19

Starting point is 00:00:03 I'm Kate Trinco, and this is the Daily Signal, top news for Friday, May 19. Here are today's headlines. South Carolina Senator Tim Scott, a Republican, is gearing up to officially launch his presidential bid. Scott has filed his paperwork with the Federal Election Commission. As you'll recall, Scott launched an exploratory campaign in April. He has been a senator since 2013 and is a member of the Senate Banking, House, and Urban Affairs Committee, the Foreign Relations Committee, the Finance Committee, the Smaller, Business and Entrepreneurship Committee and the Special Committee on Aging.

Starting point is 00:00:48 Scott is set to make a major announcement on Monday. Some other notable Republican candidates who have officially announced their bid for the Republican nomination include former President Donald Trump, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. Stay tuned. Discussions about the debt ceiling have been paused by Republicans on Friday. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy left the White House on Friday and upon returning back the Capitol said, we've got to get movement by the White House and we don't have any movement

Starting point is 00:01:18 yet. So yeah, we've got to pause. McCarthy also said, yesterday I really felt we were at the location where I could see the path. The White House is just, look, we can't be spending more money next year. We have to spend less than we spent the year before. It's pretty easy. McCarthy met with Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky at the White House on Tuesday. After Tuesday's meeting, the Speaker had said it is possible to get a deal by the end of the week. Biden is currently in Japan for the G7 summit and will return to the U.S. on Sunday amid the ongoing talks. Republican Representative Garrett Graves of Louisiana told reporters on Friday,

Starting point is 00:02:03 we decided to press pause because it's just not productive. Meanwhile, on Thursday, the House Freedom Caucus, a group of Conservative House representatives urged McCarthy to stop negotiations until the Senate passed the Limit Save Grow Act, which was previously passed by the House. In a statement, per the Hill, the House Freedom Caucus wrote, The House Freedom Caucus calls on Speaker McCarthy and Senate Republicans to use every leverage and tool at their disposal to ensure the Limit Save Grow Act is signed into law. There should be no further discussion until the Senate passes the legislation.

Starting point is 00:02:38 According to the Hill, Schumer has said the Limits Save Grow Act is dead on arrival in the Senate. Republican senators Ted Cruz of Texas and Marcia Blackburn of Tennessee have opened a Senate probe looking into Anheuser-Busch's partnership with transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney. The senators have also sent a letter to the chairman and senior director of the Beer Institute, requesting its Code Compliance Review Board open investigation to review Anheuser-Busch's recent and ongoing marketing partnership. with Dylan Mulvaney. Cruz in Blackburn wrote in the May 17th letter sent to Brendan Whitworth, chairman and senior director of the Beer Institute, that the Beer Institute must examine whether your company violated the Beer Institute's

Starting point is 00:03:20 advertising marketing code and buying guidelines prohibiting marketing to individuals younger than the legal drinking age. Whitworth is also the chief executive officer of Anheuser-Busch companies. Anheuser-Busch, which owns both Budweiser and Bud Light, face backlash after Bud light featured Mulvaney in an ad campaign during March Madness. Senators also wrote, We would urge you in your capacity at Anheuser-Busch to avoid a lengthy investigation by the Beer Institute by instead having Anheuser-Busch publicly sever its relationship with Dylan Mulvaney, publicly apologize to the American people for marketing alcoholic beverages to minors,

Starting point is 00:04:00 and direct Dylan Mulvaney to remove any Anheuser-Bush content from his social media platforms. firms. Cruz joined Fox News on Thursday to further discuss why he wants an investigation. Let's take a listen via Fox News Twitter. Well, listen, I can't think of a company in modern times that has more alienated its customer base and seem to have so little understanding of who it is that actually drinks Bud Light. But this week I sent a letter to the CEO of Anheuser-Busch, along with Senator Marsha Blackburn, because the CEO of Anheuser-Busch is also the CEO or the chairman of the Beer Institute, which is the regulatory body, the industry regulatory body that regulates itself.

Starting point is 00:04:42 And one of the rules that beer companies are supposed to follow is they're not supposed to market to kids. Remember the whole Joe the Camel thing? This is the same thing here. Well, you know what? Dylan Mulvaney, a massive percentage of Dylan Mulvaney's audience are kids. And Budweiser was trying, I believe, with this ill-fated marketing attempt to target teenagers. If you look at things Dylan Mulvaney has online, it's things like days of girlhood. There's another video where Dylan Mulvaney is singing, my name is Eloise and I am six. There's another one where Dylan Mulvaney is shopping for Barbie dolls. These are clearly things aimed at teenagers and even children younger than teenagers, which violates the rules. And so we're calling on

Starting point is 00:05:24 the Beer Institute to investigate the degree to which Anheuser Bush knowingly was marketing to children in going down this road. The senators are seeking copies of numerous documents from Anheuser-Busch by May 31st, such as all documents or communications between or among any employees of Anheiser-Busch regarding the partnership between Anheuser-Busch and Dylan Mulvaney and copies of all scripts, including any and all drafts,

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The Daily Signal - TOP NEWS | Sen. Tim Scott Gears Up Presidential Run, Debt Ceiling Talks Stall, Cruz, Blackburn Seek Investigation Into Anheuser-Busch-Mulvaney Partnership| May 19

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