I'm Virginia Allen. I'm Samantha Sharis. And this is the Daily Food on Top News from Monday, April 17th.

Here are today's headlines.

A one minute ad from Budweiser has gained over 53 million views on Twitter since it aired Friday afternoon.

The ad appears to be an appeal to the beer company's pro-American traditional value audience. And there's likely a reason for that.

The classic Budweiser Clydesdale is the focal point of the ad, with backdrops from small American towns to Washington DC monuments.

A pro-American monologue runs throughout the ad.

Found in a community where a handshake is a sure contract.

So why does ad and why is it gaining so much attention?

Remember that Anhyzer Bush, the company that owns both Budweiser and Bud Light, face backlash after Bud Light featured transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney in an ad campaign during March Madness.

Anhyzer Bush stock fell in the days that followed and country star Travis Tritt said he would no longer ask for Anhyzer Bush products on his hospitality cart when he performs.

So now it appears that Anhyzer Bush is trying to appeal to the audience that it fears it may have just lost amid the Mulvaney controversy.

But will the strategy work conservative pundit and red state senior editor Brandon Morse says no. Morse responded to the video on Twitter writing,

I'm not sure a lineup of b-roll footage and some guy throwing middle American buzzwords at us will win us back.

But frankly bringing 9-11 into this is just kind of insulting.

Anhyzer Bush CEO, Brendan Whitworth on Friday issued a statement saying we never intended to be part of a discussion that divides people.

We are in the business of bringing people together over a beer.

The beer company Yingling appears to also be weighing in on the situation and aiming to use the controversy to attract new customers.

An hour after the Anhyzer Bush CEO released their statement, Yingling posted a photo of their beer with an American flag in the background and the caption Yingling, the oldest brewery in America, independently owned and family operated since 1829.

Because we make good beer.

The House Judiciary Committee was in Manhattan today for hearing to discuss the rise in crime in the Big Apple.

As Republican lawmakers gave remarks, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg was at the center of many of their comments.

Remember that Bragg is the prosecutor who led the investigation and recent indictment of former President Donald Trump.

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