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Parent Tells Biden ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ During NORAD Christmas Call with Kids

‘I AGREE’

The president replied to the phrase, which has become a right-wing short-hand for cursing at Biden, by saying “Let’s go Brandon, I agree.”

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While fielding calls from the NORAD Santa tracking service on Christmas Eve, President Biden had one parent end a call with the phrase “Let’s Go Brandon,” which has become popular on the right since a reporter mistakenly claimed a NASCAR crowd was chanting it when they actually were chanting “Fuck Joe Biden.” Biden replied to the father, “Let’s go Brandon, I agree.” According to CNN White House Correspondent Jeremy Diamond, “Biden had just wished the father and kids a Merry Christmas for what it’s worth and spent time asking the kids what they wanted for Christmas.”

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