Milwaukee brewery making beer in response

[DinahMoeHum]

. . .to Trump's "horrible city" comment

Further info on MobCraft Brewery (& Pizza): https://www.mobcraftbeer.com/

[marble falls]

1. "The Beer That Milwaukee Made MAGAs Cry In!"

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[panfluteman]

15. I Can't Drink Beer Because My First Wife Gave Me a Real Killer of a Chronic Yeast Infection.

Does that qualify as a "tear in my beer"?

[marble falls]

16. Are they tears or a constant dribble?

[geardaddy]

19. Isn't he Hank Williams, Jr. a MAGAt?

[marble falls]

26. You bet he is. The only good from him is making fun of him. The PoS MAGA scumball he is.

[wolfie001]

43. Trump's his asshole too

Just like Dennis Quaid. I detect a 1% pattern.

[marble falls]

46. They take turns, on and off.

[Walleye]

2. Republican convention: the deplorables come to the horrible

[BoRaGard]

3. The beer that made Mel Famie walk us

[aka-chmeee]

4. Wow! loved that joke

Haven't thought of it in years.

[Grumpy Old Guy]

10. Me neither.

Always heard that joke growing up in Milwaukee. LOL!

[ProudMNDemocrat]

6. My husband told that joke back in 1972 while in New York.

A classic...

[sab390]

13. For those who don't know

Mel Famie was a pitcher for the Milwaukee Braves. He was pitching in the world series in 1962. It was getting very tense as he came out in the 9th. He brought a bottle of beer to the mound with him. Soon the bases were loaded and he took the last drink of the beer and walked in the winning run. A player from the Tigers ran out and got the bottle and put it in place of the trophy in the celebration. The manager yelled at him but he said "that's the beer that made Mel Famie walk us". Great shaggy dog story.

[Wednesdays]

30. People under 40 may not know what the joke was referring to

Schlitz was bought out by Stroh's in the 1980's, who then later sold it to Pabst. Pabst still makes the Schlitz line, but I don't know if they still use that slogan.

[cactusfractal]

40. I can definitely spin this out into 10 or 15 minutes lmao nt

[EarnestPutz]

49. Nice editing of the original joke, which was usually told in a long, drawn out manner, with the aim to.....

.......elicit a groan at the long awaited punchline.

[sab390]

50. They're called shaggy dog stories

The punch line of the original is "I wouldn't send a knight out on a dog like this". And yes, I can do 20 minutes on every one of them. People stay away from me at parties.

[EarnestPutz]

61. Funny stuff. Didn't know about the shaggy dog reference. Funny how you can just take the punchline and....

.....dream up your own version of the joke. "It was a rainy at the castle and the king needed....."

[AllaN01Bear]

5. love it.

[AllaN01Bear]

7. this

https://www.wisn.com/article/milwaukee-mobcraft-brewery-beer-donald-trump-horrible-city-comment/61128852

[PatSeg]

12. Ha, ha!

Now he's trying to walk it back.....very poorly!

"Well, I think it was very clear what I meant. I said we're very concerned with crime. I love Milwaukee. I have great friends in Milwaukee. But it's, as you know, the crime numbers are terrible, and we have to be very careful," Trump said.

Don't think that's going to appease anyone AND Trump doesn't have any "great friends in Milwaukee". Trump doesn't have any friends.

[marble falls]

17. Sounds like he walked back his walk back. And all in two sentences.

[PatSeg]

21. Yeah, apparently he just can't help himself

It is like insulting someone by calling them "fat" and then apologizing, "I'm sorry that you're fat".

[TSExile]

20. "To have a friend, you have to BE a friend."

I heard that wise sentence as a kid and took it to heart. Too bad the RAPIST didn't.

[PatSeg]

22. It is so basic and simple

but he'd never get it.

Great quote!

[TSExile]

53. It really is.

My mom used to say that all the time.

[calimary]

58. So did I. From my dad.

“To make a friend, you have to BE a friend” is how he said it.

[AllaN01Bear]

32. sputter sputt sputt.

[Wednesdays]

33. "Trump doesn't have any friends"

He considers his millionaire and billionaire donors to be his "friends."

[PatSeg]

47. Yes, I'm sure his definition of "friends"

is quite different than most peoples. Everything with Trump is transactional, even friendships.

[SeattleVet]

54. ...and the per-capita criminal percentage in the city rises as soon as he arrives. nt

[Wounded Bear]

8. Add one to the "free market capitalism isn't always so bad" column...

[Jimbo S]

9. I'll have to stop by and try one.

Love the logo.

[surfered]

11. I don't normally drink beer, but I will order some of this! Solidarity!

[Joinfortmill]

14. How Trump creates business. Rofl.

[geardaddy]

18. That is awesome!

There is a great progressive brewery in Minocqua, WI, which is deep in one of the reddest districts of Wisconsin that makes some excellent beer and is outspoken on progressive issues and calling out MAGAts.
They put up all sorts of great billboards.
https://www.minocquabrewingcompany.com/

Here's one of their T-shirts:

[lonely bird]

23. I would like to add

Fuck the Heritage Foundation.

[Celerity]

25. This Brewery Owner Started a Super PAC to Fight Corruption One Beer at a Time

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218145387#post17



Kirk Bangstad owns a brewery; he also owns a Super PAC. How many brewery owners can make that statement? Founder of Minocqua Brewing Company in Minocqua, WI, Bangstad wants change – social change, political change, and an end to what he calls “The Trump world we’re living in, where the lines of what is okay have been blurred and there’s a lot of ugliness going around.”

And in the two years Bangstad has been politicized, he has learned to fight the Right with the same tools they employ. Hence, the Super PAC, which Bangstad started in January 2021 after being forced to close his brewpub. “I call it dark money for good,” says Bangstad, who to date has raised nearly half a million dollars to support local progressive causes.



It has been a rollercoaster journey into politics for Bangstad. He has run for the Wisconsin State Assembly, sued the entire Wisconsin school board, used his Super PAC to sue two Wisconsin congressmen and a state senator, and found himself sued by local paper the Lakewood Times. He has attracted equal amounts of ire and admiration from right and left wing activists respectively around the U.S. and beyond, been featured in national media, and had to call the FBI after receiving a hate-speech-filled death threat.

But along the way he has also learned he has a secret weapon. Something he had been perfecting long before politics. Bangstad has the power of beer behind him. In fact, it’s the business of beer, rebuilding, growing, and eventually closing Minocqua Brewing (and switching to contract brew), that sparked Bangstad’s transition from apolitical brewpub owner to a bastion of Northern Wisconsin’s social conscience.

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[AllaN01Bear]

39. great creative staff there .

[niyad]

34. I just checked out their website. Not just beer. They partner with EqualityVines

(Russian River Valley winery, one of whose owners is James Obergefell of the scotus decision. Their wine label is called "Choice". Will have to order some.

[geardaddy]

37. Yes, I forgot about that.

Thanks for sharing that.

[julmur]

45. Milwaukee irish

Minocqua brewery has also been battling local authorities on several fronts, local authorities are literally trying to put them out of business. They have a good website to order beverages and merchandise online.

[geardaddy]

48. Yep, I follow them on Facebook

There are several liquor stores here in the Twin Cities that sell their beer.

[TBF]

56. Kirk is the best - I follow their page on Facebook and they are always

busy promoting progressive causes (and pissing off the local maga's)!

[geardaddy]

60. He is!

I follow them on Facebook, too. I love his responses to MAGAts "reviews" of his beer. One day, I will definitely make the drive to his tap room in Minocqua!

[DFW]

24. I hope the producers of that brand become overnight billionaires

They could sell that brand even in Belgium and Germany!

[Wednesdays]

27. I'll drink to that!

If I come across this in a store, I'll definitely buy!

[Martin68]

28. Very understated. The touch of gold conveys the message.

[IronLionZion]

29. Biden's margin in 2020 was 20,000 votes in Wisconsin

Trump got around 48,000 votes in city of Milwaukee. Insulting their home city could lose enough votes for him to lose that state again.

I encourage Trump to do a swing state insult tour attacking Michigan, Ohio, PA, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Arizona, and more.

Virginia is fairly blue but Trump is welcome to insult my state too if he wants.

[Wednesdays]

36. Yeah, don't take Virginia for granted

You've got that governor there to remind you.

[Martin68]

42. I suspect thet Youngkin's efforts to gain national prominence, and to be on Trump's shortlist for VP, have not

endeared him to most Virginians.

[IronLionZion]

44. I take nothing for granted. Every vote matters and we have to work for it.

but Trump/MAGA is welcome to take some states for granted so they can lose again.

[bucolic_frolic]

31. A lot of people gonna piss on Trump for his trash-talking comments

Swill is all he is.

[StarryNite]

35. Go figure, the convicted felon is talking about high crime numbers.

[North Shore Chicago]

38. Love all of this

with only one exception. The extinct elephant.

Make Republicans extinct! Not our sentient superior elephants.

[Blue Owl]

41. So horrible and so delicious in so many ways

Drink up, me boys…. Drink up….

[4lbs]

51. I think I'll try to buy some for the week of the RNC.

Won't watch the crap though (I have better things to do if I want to actually watch fantasy, like an actual fantasy movie).

[Upthevibe]

52. DinahMoeHum.........

Very cool!

Thanks for the post

[Cha]

55. Brilliant! lol at the leaked meeting!

[Skittles]

57. he's concerned with crime?

HE'S A MULTI-FELON AND A SEX OFFENDER

[LeftInTX]

59. I hope Minocqua Brewing Company also has a showing!

We went to Minocqua brewing on July 4th 2016, because my daughter wanted to "hang out" at some place with live music while we were in Minocqua for the day. (I really didn't want to spend the day in Minocqua. It was her idea) We had no idea it was a progressive brewer and there were no progressive beers on display. We went, and listened to music. Lo and behold a few years later, tada!