The mainstream media spent most of the Christmas holiday attacking a father who said “Let’s go, Brandon” to President Joe Biden during a phone call.
The father of four, Jared Schmeck, called in to the NORAD Santa Tracker, which provides information on Santa’s whereabouts on Christmas Eve, and ended up speaking with the president and First Lady Jill Biden. After talking about what his children wanted for Christmas, Schmeck ended the call by telling Biden, “Merry Christmas and let’s go, Brandon,” which led Biden to say, “I agree, let’s go Brandon.”
The phrase “Let’s go, Brandon” is a euphemism for “F*** Joe Biden.”
Schmeck clarified that he only meant the phrase as an “innocent jest.” But the media did not care. NBC claimed Schmeck used a “right-wing slur” during his phone call with Biden, and ABC ran an article titled, “Father uses vulgar insult during holiday call with President Joe Biden.”
CNN White House correspondent Jeremy Diamond tweeted, “If you think it’s appropriate to tell someone — anyone, really — to go f*** themselves after they gave your kids the time of day on Christmas Eve, it says a lot more about your personal character than anything else. That is all.”
CNN senior reporter Edward Isaac-Dovere agreed:
Consider the mentality here of the father whose child is excited to talk about Santa Claus and then also gets to talk to the president and First Lady, but he waits out the end of the call to sneak in a cutesy way of flipping off the president on Christmas Eve: https://t.co/1Qh46eSC3q
— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) December 24, 2021
The Atlantic’s Ron Brownstein even suggested Schmeck should be held accountable for “insurrection.”
CNN is PISSED that a parent would say “Let’s Go Brandon” to Biden directly. Analyst says it’s ungracious. It’s juvenile. It’s reprehensible…and (this is CNN)…it’s about “insurrection.” pic.twitter.com/vRRIZagEvb
— Tim Graham (@TimJGraham) December 26, 2021
