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During a telephone conversation between the US President and the people at the White House on Christmas Eve, a man uttered a phrase which was very popular among his opponents, but President Biden did not seem to understand it.
It happened as President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden were talking on the phone to different families to wish them a Merry Christmas.
Such Christmas phone calls are part of the White House tradition.
The caller used the phrase "Let's go to Brandon", which has become known as a slogan against President Biden's opponents.
The president and first lady were speaking Friday to a family in Oregon, including 11-year-old Griffin, three-year-old Hunter, four-year-old Piper, two-year-old Pene Lope and the children's father, Jared.
The phone call was something like this.
THE PRESIDENT: I think you are the father (of these children)?
Jared: Hello, sir.
THE PRESIDENT: So, Dad, what do you want for Christmas?
Jared (laughs): A quiet night.
The President went on to say, 'Father, do you know? We also have a hunter. Our son's name is Hunter and so is our grandson's. "
"I didn't know your grandson's name was Hunter," Jared said. Great.'
The president asked how big Griffin was. "I'm 11," he said. "He wanted a piano."
"I was going to say he had to cut down some trees for the piano," said Jared.
Hunter wanted a Nintendo Switch and Piper wanted a Barbie doll.
The president reminded the laughing children to go to bed by nine o'clock at night or Santa Claus might not come.
The first lady then greeted Christmas and President Biden told Jared, "I hope you have a great Christmas."
And that's where he said the words that Biden didn't understand.
Jared: 'Yes, I wish you all a Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas and Let's Go Brendan.
President Biden: "I agree, come on, Brandon, come on."
Then silence fell.
President Biden then said: 'Hey, are you from Oregon? Where is your home? We may have lost contact. "
Driver Brendan Brown celebrates after winning a race in Alabama in October this year
What's Let's Go Brandon?
This seemingly innocent sentence is so general that it is unlikely to be abused or ridiculed. Maybe that's why President Biden didn't understand.
The story is that during the Nescar car race in Alabama on October 2 this year, NBC TV reporter Kelly Stavast was interviewing the winning driver, Brendan Brown, when people in the back seat shouted slogans at President Biden. Began to give.
The slogans were so outspoken that they were heard on the broadcasts, and to divert attention from the abuse, either by mistake or on live TV,the reporter told driver Brandon that people were chanting "Let's go to Brandon". Are
