Earlier this week, a video from a NASCAR race at Alabama’s Talladega Superspeedway went viral on social media after a reporter claimed the crowd were chanting ‘Let’s go Brandon!’ when they were actually shouting ‘F*** Joe Biden.’
The awkward and quite frankly hilarious moment, occurred when NBC reporter Kelli Stavast was interviewing Brandon Brown following his victory, so you can see how easily this mistake happened.
Yet, the internet being the internet, has latched on to this unfortunate moment and created a meme out of it and as you can probably guess it’s become a favourite of the American right-wing who are using it to mock president Biden.
You’ve only got to search through Twitter or look at the replies to any of Joe Biden’s tweets to see the phrase pop up.
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Here are a few examples:
Say it loud and say it proud. #LetsGoBrandon pic.twitter.com/J6jAk0NvDR
— Matthew S. DePerno, Esq. (@mdeperno) October 5, 2021
Even Google is in on it. #LetsGoBrandon pic.twitter.com/DWZzzO6dJp
— Bitcoin Florida Gator,Lets Go Brandon!🐊 (@gator_bitcoin) October 5, 2021
that was fast. #LetsGoBrandon pic.twitter.com/UjI2jgW34C
— 💀Peaches & Dawgs🏈 (@NewYearsDani) October 6, 2021
Someone paged Lets Go Brandon at the Chicago airport 😎#letsgobrandon #fjb #savage pic.twitter.com/lERgtVnAKQ
— Mrgunsngear (@Mrgunsngear) October 8, 2021
“Let’s Go Brandon” signs popping up on sports TV pic.twitter.com/JfebDLFSXB
— Jewish Deplorable (@TrumpJew2) October 10, 2021
It's a big night for "Let's Go Brandon," the new MAGA chant. The gist is that Trump fans have been really into chanting "Fuck Joe Biden" at sporting events lately. An announcer at a NASCAR rally said they were really saying "Let's Go Brandon," so now that's the polite version. pic.twitter.com/GMdgP6vQSv
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) October 10, 2021
Let’s Go Brandon!https://t.co/mCSAdzEZuo pic.twitter.com/BnBCn2MWJP
— Jack Posobiec ☦️ (@JackPosobiec) October 9, 2021
Let’s Go Brandon pic.twitter.com/Cy2RJctvei
— NRA (@NRA) October 10, 2021
Let’s go Brandon! pic.twitter.com/fjMmOjqQ8B
— baldilocks (@JulietteAkinyi) October 9, 2021
Some people are going to pretty epic lengths for the gag.
“Let’s Go Brandon” banner overhead pic.twitter.com/doX0XHe6fQ
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) October 9, 2021
Even Ted Cruz couldn’t resist getting involved.
I’d like to solve the puzzle….#LetsGoBrandon pic.twitter.com/Epl3TFEnob
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) October 4, 2021
Donald Trump Jr, a man who is a living, breathing meme, inevitably got involved.
“Let’s go Brandon!” https://t.co/ROzFQ31GAe
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) October 4, 2021
How funny you will find this depends on just how mature you are and whether you want to keep company with Trump’s MAGA gang but like all memes, it’ll soon get boring and become a cliche that somehow sticks around far too long.
