What is “Let’s Go Brandon”?
They shout “Let’s go Brandon!” It means something completely different: Trump supporters make new sermons. Where does the sentence come from – and what does it mean.
Let’s go to Brandon’s banner during a football game in Syracuse, New York. (October 30, 2021)
Photo: Joshua Besix (Keystone)
There is a strange saying currently circulating among supporters of former US President Donald Trump. “Let’s go Brandon!” Crowds shout at US sporting events, and the logo also appears on signs. While a sports reporter recently speculated that he was supposed to cheer on a racing driver named Brandon Brown, that saying is actually insults against US President Joe Biden. Trump supporters use this saying as a symbol for “F*** Joe Biden!” , as reported by the American media.
Recently it was said that even the pilot is his Announcement in the passenger compartment On a trip from Houston to Albuquerque with “Let’s go Brandon!” Closed as reporter for AP . news agency I mentioned who was on the plane. According to the reporter, some passengers reacted with a loud sigh.
But that’s not all: the coded insult to the current President of the United States has also reached the Capitol. Republican Congressman Bill Posey ended his October 21 speech with the Brandon slogan. He raised his fist as he did so.
Most recently, Republican Representative Jeff Duncan was walking around the Capitol wearing a Let’s Go Brandon mask. It was celebrated on social media for this.
This saying has already spread widely on social media – even the political establishment. According to the Associated Press, Texas Senator Ted Cruz posed with the “Let’s go Brandon” poster during a sporting event. Senator Mitch McConnell’s press office also posted a photo of the logo on Twitter. On Monday, the group also shouted this out during a performance for Joe Biden.
Donald Trump himself knows how to love his supporters: his company Save America PAC offers “Let’s go Brandon” T-shirts. US media reports that the promised free T-shirt is only available with a donation of at least $45. The website also suggests donating $250 to users, and the option to automatically repeat the donation every month should be selected during the ordering process. Save America PAC is a Trump fundraiser while not officially running for another presidency.
It all started with a NASCAR race, which race driver Brandon Brown won in Alabama in early October. During an interview with Brown, a sports reporter for NBC asked viewers to sing “Let’s go Brandon” to cheer the race driver. But it was obvious that they were singing “F*** you Biden.”
NASCAR racing has been criticized many times in the past. In June 2020, for example, there was a racist incident against the only dark-skinned racing driver who also gained global attention through the “Black Lives Matter” movement. then Buy Basketball legend Michael Jordan NASCAR With the aim of combating racism in the race.
There have also been insults against past US presidents – Donald Trump has also been called the “F”, Sometimes by actor Robert De Niro.
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