WILMINGTON, DE - NOVEMBER 25: President-elect Joe Biden delivers a Thanksgiving address at the Queen Theatre on November 25, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. As Biden waits to be approved for official national security briefings, the names of top members of his national security team were announced yesterday to the public. Calls continue for President Trump to concede the election and let the transition proceed without further delay. (Photo by Mark Makela/Getty Images)
A crass anti-Joe Biden meme made for a crass holiday moment on Christmas Eve during President Joe Biden’s phone call with a child tracking Santa’s flight when the father said, “Let’s Go Brandon.”
A watered-down version of “F— Joe Biden,” the slogan has been an internet sensation since a sports journalist told NASCAR driver Brandon Brown after his first win that a crowd shouting the vulgarity was saying, “Let’s go Brandon.”
Biden and his wife, Jill, were taking calls into the North American Aerospace Defense Command Santa Tracker. At the end of one call, a parent who called himself Jared said, “Merry Christmas and Let’s go Brandon.”
“Let’s go Brandon, I agree,” Biden responded, before the call was disconnected.
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