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| President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden during a White House Christmas event. (Photo by= Getty Images) |
[Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] A caller has pranked US President Joe Biden by dropping an anti-Biden taunt into their chat during a White House Christmas event, BBC reported. Mr Biden and First Lady Jill Biden were hosting the festive call for families when a father told the president:
"Let's go, Brandon." Apparently unaware of the gibe, Mr Biden said he agreed. The term, which has become a rallying cry for many conservatives, is code for a profane insult directed at Mr Biden. The first couple were speaking virtually with children for a White House custom, tracking the journey of Santa's sleigh via the North American Aerospace Defence Command. During Friday's event in the South Court Auditorium of the executive mansion, the Bidens spoke with a family from Oregon: Griffin, 11, Hunter, three, Piper, four, Penelope, two, and their father, Jared.
It all began at the end of a televised Nascar stock car race in Talladega, Alabama, on 2 October. NBC reporter Kelli Stavast was interviewing the winner, driver Brandon Brown, when members of the crowd in the grandstand behind them began chanting an obscenity directed at the president. It was clearly picked up on the broadcast's audio. Whether by mistake or as an attempt to deflect from the swearing on live television, Ms Stavast told Mr Brown the crowd was cheering him on with chants of "Let's go, Brandon." A meme was born.
