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Showing Original Post only (View all)Southwest pilot signs off his comments to passengers with, "Let's Go Brandon." [View all]
"On Friday morning on a Southwest flight from Houston to Albuquerque, the pilot signed off his greeting over the public address system with the phrase, to audible gasps from some passengers."
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How Lets Go Brandon became code for insulting Joe Biden
WASHINGTON (AP) When Republican Rep. Bill Posey of Florida ended an Oct. 21 House floor speech with a fist pump and the phrase Lets go, Brandon! it may have seemed cryptic and weird to many who were listening. But the phrase was already growing in right-wing circles, and now the seemingly upbeat sentiment -- actually a stand-in for swearing at Joe Biden -- is everywhere.
South Carolina Republican Jeff Duncan wore a Lets Go Brandon face mask at the Capitol last week. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz posed with a Lets Go Brandon sign at the World Series. Sen. Mitch McConnells press secretary retweeted a photo of the phrase on a construction sign in Virginia.
The line has become conservative code for something far more vulgar: F- Joe Biden. Its all the rage among Republicans wanting to prove their conservative credentials, a not-so-secret handshake that signals theyre in sync with the partys base.
Americans are accustomed to their leaders being publicly jeered, and former President Donald Trumps often-coarse language seemed to expand the boundaries of what counts as normal political speech.
But how did Republicans settle on the Brandon phrase as a G-rated substitute for its more vulgar three-word cousin?
https://apnews.com/article/lets-go-brandon-what-does-it-mean-republicans-joe-biden-ab13db212067928455a3dba07756a160
WASHINGTON (AP) When Republican Rep. Bill Posey of Florida ended an Oct. 21 House floor speech with a fist pump and the phrase Lets go, Brandon! it may have seemed cryptic and weird to many who were listening. But the phrase was already growing in right-wing circles, and now the seemingly upbeat sentiment -- actually a stand-in for swearing at Joe Biden -- is everywhere.
South Carolina Republican Jeff Duncan wore a Lets Go Brandon face mask at the Capitol last week. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz posed with a Lets Go Brandon sign at the World Series. Sen. Mitch McConnells press secretary retweeted a photo of the phrase on a construction sign in Virginia.
The line has become conservative code for something far more vulgar: F- Joe Biden. Its all the rage among Republicans wanting to prove their conservative credentials, a not-so-secret handshake that signals theyre in sync with the partys base.
Americans are accustomed to their leaders being publicly jeered, and former President Donald Trumps often-coarse language seemed to expand the boundaries of what counts as normal political speech.
But how did Republicans settle on the Brandon phrase as a G-rated substitute for its more vulgar three-word cousin?
https://apnews.com/article/lets-go-brandon-what-does-it-mean-republicans-joe-biden-ab13db212067928455a3dba07756a160
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Southwest pilot signs off his comments to passengers with, "Let's Go Brandon." [View all]
demmiblue
Oct 2021
OP
Next time this happens, loudly yell FUCK YOU and FUCK DONALD TRUMP. Goddamn children
CurtEastPoint
Oct 2021
#1
Unprofessional. He's conducting his duties as pilot, he can be as political
Wingus Dingus
Oct 2021
#20
If I were on that flight my next stop would be to complain to Southwest and to the FAA.
Initech
Oct 2021
#5
Fuck Donald trump, fuck the proud boys, fuck the oath keepers, and fuck the republican party
JohnSJ
Oct 2021
#8
Ironic considering that Trump supporters are the ones getting arrested for unruly inflight behavior
tenderfoot
Oct 2021
#35
I'm surprised Republicans believe in air travel. Science and government regulations?
Midnight Writer
Oct 2021
#43