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Fury over the Oregon father who concluded his family’s call with President Biden by saying “Let’s go Brandon” is being mocked online, with critics pointing out there was little outrage when profane insults were aimed at former President Donald Trump.
“OMG a guy was disrespectful to the president of the United States in one of the most euphemistic ways possible after four years of the entire legacy media celebrating pussyhats, middle fingers, and f*** yous directed at the president of the United States, everybody freak out,” conservative commentator Ben Shapiro said on Twitter Monday.
President Joe Biden. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
(Scott Olson/Getty Images)
DAD TELLS BIDEN, ‘LET’S GO, BRANDON’ DURING CHRISTMAS EVE CALL – AND BIDEN RESPONDS
Shapiro was referring to a viral Christmas Eve moment that saw Jared Schmeck, a 35-year-old father of four from Oregon, conclude his call with Biden by saying “Let’s go, Brandon,” a phrase that has become a stand-in for the more vulgar “F*** Joe Biden” chants that at one point were spreading across the country.
The moment caused immediate backlash for Schmeck, who said he has received threats since video of his conversation went viral. The incident was also not well-received by much of the media, with NBC News referring to the exchange as a “right-wing slur” while ABC News called it a “vulgar insult.”
The Atlantic senior editor Ron Brownstein took things a step further during a Friday appearance on CNN, saying that the exchange was “about insurrection.”
President Biden and first lady Jill Biden speak with the NORAD Tracks Santa Operations Center on Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., via teleconference in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus in Washington, Friday, Dec. 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
“Look, it’s ungracious. It’s juvenile. It’s reprehensible by the father, but I don’t think it’s…
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