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How 'Let's go Brandon' became an anti-Biden conservative heckle
« on: October 12, 2021, 12:06:37 am »
How 'Let's go Brandon' became an anti-Biden conservative heckle

"Let's go, Brandon!" has become a popular refrain among US conservatives.

The phrase was spotted on T-shirts as well as a banner pulled by a plane at Donald Trump's rally at the Iowa State Fairgrounds on Saturday. It's a recurring meme on right-wing social media websites.

Fans chanted it at college football games last weekend in Texas and Mississippi.

Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz mentioned it on a conservative podcast, calling it "one of the funniest things I've ever seen".
But what does it mean?

In short, it's an insult directed at Democratic President Joe Biden - and a way for conservatives to thumb their noses at what they see as liberal bias in the mainstream media.

It all started at the end of a televised Nascar stock car race in Talladega, Alabama, on 2 October. NBC reporter Kelli Stavast was interviewing the winner, driver Brandon Brown, when members of the crowd in the grandstand behind them began chanting an obscenity directed at the president.

The vulgar word directed at Joe Biden was clearly picked up on the broadcast's audio.

Whether by mistake or as an intentional attempt to deflect from the swearing on live television, Ms Stavast told Mr Brown that the crowd was cheering him on with chants of "Let's go, Brandon".............................

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58878473

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Re: How 'Let's go Brandon' became an anti-Biden conservative heckle
« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2021, 02:18:47 am »
People hear "Let's go Brandon!" and see it on signs and memes.  They've learnt to look stuff up, and a simple search will pull up the back story instantly. 

People tend to remember what they find themselves, better than they retain just having it handed to them.
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Re: How 'Let's go Brandon' became an anti-Biden conservative heckle
« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2021, 02:30:15 am »
People hear "Let's go Brandon!" and see it on signs and memes.  They've learnt to look stuff up, and a simple search will pull up the back story instantly. 

People tend to remember what they find themselves, better than they retain just having it handed to them.

Interestingly, if she was trying to deflect the crowd chant, or not, she mainstreamed a vulgarity.  Everyone now knows that when you say "Lets Go Brandon" it means F*ck Joe Biden.  Well except if you are Joe Biden who asked Jen Saki " They think my name is Brandon/"
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Re: How 'Let's go Brandon' became an anti-Biden conservative heckle
« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2021, 03:45:53 am »
I did see a good one this weekend on the back of a t-shirt - 'F Joe and the Ho!'
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Re: How 'Let's go Brandon' became an anti-Biden conservative heckle
« Reply #4 on: October 12, 2021, 04:03:50 am »
I did see a good one this weekend on the back of a t-shirt - 'F Joe and the Ho!'

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WHICH "Ho"?

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Re: How 'Let's go Brandon' became an anti-Biden conservative heckle
« Reply #5 on: October 12, 2021, 01:03:11 pm »
@Free Vulcan

WHICH "Ho"?

The Doctor?

No.  Look up how Harris got her big boost in California politics.
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