Breaking from NPR: ‘No one is really cheering on a guy named Brandon’
http://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2021/11/01/breaking-from-npr-no-one-is-really-cheering-on-a-guy-named-brandon/
We’re calling fake news on this one. According to NBC, people shouting “Let’s go, Brandon!” are simply cheering on driver Brandon Brown, who recently earned his first career NASCAR Xfinity Series win. But now that same network is reporting that the chant is “a right-wing slogan widely understood as code for profanity directed at President Biden.” That might explain the explosion of #FJB hashtags we’ve been seeing on Twitter recently, along with a rap called “Let’s Go Brandon” topping the iTunes charts.
The phrase was coined by an NBC reporter on Oct. 2, but by Oct. 30, National Public Radio had deduced that maybe people weren’t actually cheering on a guy named Brandon.
NPR ~ No one is really cheering on a guy named Brandon. Instead, the phrase is being used in conservative circles in place of a more vulgar message directed at President Biden.
http://www.npr.org/2021/10/30/1050782613/why-the-lets-go-brandon-chant-turned-meme-can-be-heard-on-the-floor-of-congress?utm_source=twitter.com&;utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2061
Let’s hear what NPR has to say:
If you’ve heard people chanting, “Let’s go, Brandon!” or seen someone with a shirt or hat sporting the seemingly jovial message lately, you might be wondering who Brandon is and why so many people are rooting for him.
In this case, the phrase isn’t actually about supporting a guy named Brandon. Instead, it’s a euphemism that many people in conservative circles are using in place of saying, “F*** Joe Biden.”
NPR notes that the phrase has even been uttered by members of Congress, including Sen. Ted Cruz.
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙰𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝙶𝚞𝚢 ~ Are you always this quick?
Matt Vespa ~ Yes. We know ...
Stephen L. Miller ~ Hope you guys get through this.
I don't know, Stephen ... I think they just might deserve to die from the shock.
Tina England ~ Will you be okay? Talking to someone will help you.
Derick ~
THE GABE ~
Pache ~ I hope you all survive this turbulent time. Amazing it took you this long to figure it out.
Kelvin Chew ~ The best part about this tweet is that it was published a full four weeks after Brandon Brown won at Talladega.
Tom Schneeberg ~
MattBlackwell ~ All this and more in this week's issue of "Duh" Magazine!
Hannibal is on the jazz ~ I’m just here to see how bad the ratio gets.
Manlihood.com ~ Nonsense. We LOVE Brandon and want Brandon to succeed.
James ~ Journalism is hard.
Brian Smith ~ They cracked it. Everybody run.
Mr.H ~ You guys are sharp. 😉
look, fat ~ Brandon is real and he needs all our support.
Ed Howard ~ Nobody show them what the number 1 and 3 most downloaded songs on iTunes are. Give them a few months to figure it out.
Nicholas Fondacaro ~ “Conservative circles” like the World Series.
Todd Lilly ~ Conservative circles like Yankees stadium. Oh wait, they used the more vulgar version.
Beck ~ I’m not sure which is funnier, calling college football student sections “conservative circles” or thinking you have to make an official tweet to announce people aren’t really cheering on a guy named Brandon.
LibertarianTiers ~ I actually have a friend named Brandon that I regularly cheer for. Super disappointing that these conservatives have taken that from me and my friend Brandon.
Chris Pierson ~
Aliscia Andrews ~ Pulitzer Prize journalism on this one.
Abnormal Accrual ~ Are you explaining this to Joe Biden?
Benjamin Elliott ~ Surely any complaints against Let's Go Brandon need to be directed to NBC. NBC created Let's Go Brandon in a NASCAR broadcast as a lie to hide what was being said by fans. If fans switched to the family friendly phrase and it grew, that falls ENTIRELY on NBC.
Dave Dodson ~ It’s being used to show the dishonesty of the media.
Matt ~ Thoughts and prayers to all at NPR and their listeners who have been hurt by this.
Imagine there are people reeling from the shock of just learning this.
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