With families watching a live “Santa tracker” event featuring the President and first lady Jill Biden, Schmeck called in and was one of the lucky people chosen to speak to the first family. The call began amicably enough, as Schmeck described what his young children wanted for Christmas and Joe Biden joked that the kids — who, according to an interview with Schmeck, were listening in on the call — had to get to bed by 9 p.m. in order for Santa to come.
After both of the Bidens took turns wishing Schmeck and his family “a wonderful Christmas,” the father of four responded with “Merry Christmas” followed by the coded phrase, “Let’s go Brandon!” For those unaware, “Let’s go Brandon” is a right-wing chant that means, “F**k Joe Biden.”
The origin for this phrase appears to come from a NASCAR race in early October, when a reporter misheard some in the crowd chanting “F**k Joe Biden,” thinking instead they were cheering for race car driver Brandon Brown with the statement, “Let’s go Brandon.”
Since then, various figures on the right — from GOP members of Congress to Donald Trump Jr. — have used the saying “Let’s go Brandon” to tell Biden to … well, you know.
On Friday, Schmeck took it one step further by trolling the Bidens to their face with this coded expression. The father of four is now — as you might imagine — facing a tsunami of criticism for essentially dropping the coded equivalent of an “F”-bomb on a live Christmas Eve special designed for families to track Santa Claus.
For example, Democratic
Rep. Eric Swalwell of California tweeted, “I refuse to believe we are this indecent as people. Not on Christmas Eve … We are better than this. Be kind and #MerryChristmas.”
I believe that, as Americans, we have the right to say anything we want to criticize a President — from “Let’s go Brandon” to a blatant “F**k you.” Our right to freedom of speech must be vigilantly protected, especially when speaking about political issues and our elected officials.
Source : cnn
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