Joe Biden insulted live with a very popular code phrase among Donald Trump supporters during a Christmas call.
The US president and his wife Jill have followed the tradition of talking to some people calling a special line following the journey of Santa Claus, run since 1955 by the North American Aerospace Defense Command (Norad).
In a video conference from the White House, the two were put in contact with a man, father of four, who said his name was Jared. After a brief chat with the children about the gifts asked of Santa, Biden spoke to the father.
In concluding the conversation, the president wished a "wonderful Christmas" to his interlocutor, who reciprocated and then closed the conversation by saying "Let's go Brandon".
"I agree," Biden's response, who did not react to that code phrase that actually means "Fuck Joe Biden." It is not clear whether the president has grasped the reference, but Jill laughed embarrassed and grainy. eyes The video of this exchange went viral on social networks.
But how did the code phrase come about? In October with the mistake of a NBC reporter who interviewed the racing driver Brandon Brown after his victory on a Nascar circuit.
Raising his voice to cover those coming from the stands, he said, "And you can hear the crowd singing, come on Brandon." In fact you could clearly hear the crowd singing "Fuck Joe Biden". So since then the expression "Let's go Brandon" has become a slogan to insult Biden without uttering the word "Fuck". In addition to Trump supporters, several Republican politicians have resorted to this formula.
(Unioneonline / L)
