Two protesters dropped the euphemism entirely, holding up hand-drawn signs with the profanity. This past week, Biden's motorcade was driving past a "Let's Go Brandon" banner as the president passed through Plainfield, New Jersey.Īnd a group chanted "Let's go, Brandon" outside a Virginia park on Monday when Biden made an appearance on behalf of the Democratic candidate for governor, Terry McAuliffe. When the president visited a construction site in suburban Chicago a few weeks ago to promote his vaccinate-or-test mandate, protesters deployed both three-word phrases.
NASCAR and NBC have since taken steps to limit "ambient crowd noise" during interviews, but it was too late - the phrase already had taken off. But it became increasingly clear they were saying: "F- Joe Biden." The reporter suggested they were chanting "Let's go, Brandon" to cheer the driver. The crowd behind him was chanting something at first difficult to make out. Brandon Brown, a 28-year-old driver, had won his first Xfinity Series and was being interviewed by an NBC Sports reporter. 2 NASCAR race at the Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama.
The line has become conservative code for something far more vulgar: "F- Joe Biden." It's all the rage among Republicans wanting to prove their conservative credentials, a not-so-secret handshake that signals they're in sync with the party's base.Īmericans are accustomed to their leaders being publicly jeered, and former President Donald Trump's often-coarse language seemed to expand the boundaries of what counts as normal political speech.īut how did Republicans settle on the Brandon phrase as a G-rated substitute for its more vulgar three-word cousin?
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