Biden says 'I agree' when dad drops 'Let's Go, Brandon' on NORAD Santa call

President Biden got a visit from a Christmas troll Friday when a father participating in the annual White House NORAD Santa-tracking call used the phrase "Let's Go Brandon," the slangy stand-in for "F — Joe Biden."

The dad, identified only as Jared from Oregon, wished the president and first lady Jill Biden a merry Christmas before adding the anti-Biden phrase at the end of his family's portion of the call.

"Merry Christmas and let's go Brandon," the father said as he signed off.

"Let's go Brandon, I agree," Biden said without missing a beat.

It was unclear from Biden's reaction if he knew what the phrase meant.

Jill Biden, seated next to her husband on a couch in the White House-adjacent Eisenhower Executive Office Building, did seem aware of the meaning and gave an awkward chuckle before rolling her eyes.

Moments earlier, the father told the president his 2-year-old daughter Penelope would be happy with any presents from Santa and the president urged the family's children to go to bed by 9 p.m., according to a pool report.

The anti-Biden neologism emerged in October after a TV reporter mistakenly claimed a NASCAR crowd was chanting "Let's Go Brandon" when they were actually saying "F — Joe Biden."

The slogan has appeared on protest signs, in Republican congressional speeches and on merchandise sold by former President Donald Trump.

Reader Comments

ReRan · 2021-12-26T14:06:09Z

"Let's go Brandon, I agree," Biden said without missing a beat."

Seriously? No one has explained to the POTUS that the world is laughing at him? Maybe someone should. He's a big boy, he can take it.

Ah.....merica · 2021-12-26T15:35:05Z

ReRan I’m not so sure anything can be explained to him. He isn’t there mentally.

bj0311 · 2021-12-26T15:08:07Z

He could have skipped the euphemism and it still would have been the same reaction from Comrade Joe.

Rowan Cocoan · 2021-12-26T15:19:10Z

bj0311 IF he had, it would have almost certainly been never seen. I've gotta imagine that's on a time delay and what happened was that the producer et al. of that clip were unaware of the whole Brandon thing. I've had to educate two different friends about it who are otherwise well informed. (Simply put, if folks only get their information from the BFM, they would STILL be unaware of the whole matter for it is rather abstruse.) I bet something similar will not happen again.

RC

Ah.....merica · 2021-12-26T15:40:10Z

Rowan Cocoan precisely. Had to explain to a cousin about the unvaxxed having a winter of severe illness and death according to the White House. If you’re not reading alternative news, then you are uninformed and/or misinformed.

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Ah.....merica RC

· 2021-12-26T15:41:26Z

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Just a thought... What would the US do if Israel was to remove Mr Trump? Only an odd thought crossing my mind.

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