{"id":1134953,"date":"2021-12-20T18:19:27","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T23:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1134953"},"modified":"2021-12-20T18:19:29","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T23:19:29","slug":"nascar-driver-who-inspired-viral-anti-biden-chant-speaks-out-i-hear-them-even-if-washington-does-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nascar-driver-who-inspired-viral-anti-biden-chant-speaks-out-i-hear-them-even-if-washington-does-not\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR Driver Who Inspired Viral Anti-Biden Chant Speaks Out: \u2018I Hear Them, Even If Washington Does Not\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnascar-driver-who-inspired-viral-anti-biden-chant-speaks-out-i-hear-them-even-if-washington-does-not%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1134953&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>NASCAR driver Brandon Brown spoke out about how he feels about being inadvertently thrust into the political spotlight as the namesake of the phrase \u201cLet\u2019s go Brandon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI accidentally became one of the most famous drivers in NASCAR,\u201d he wrote in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/my-name-brandon-opinion-1660525\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">opinion piece<\/a> for Newsweek published Monday. \u201cThousands of fans could be heard chanting what the reporter (incorrectly) said was \u2018Let\u2019s Go Brandon!,\u2019 and a meme was born.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"5.6896551724138\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Now you can type \u201cLet\u2019s go Brandon\u201d and it won\u2019t autocorrect to duck <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YvCxwkU6Lj\">https:\/\/t.co\/YvCxwkU6Lj<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1oT4DR4aSt\">pic.twitter.com\/1oT4DR4aSt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDailyWire\/status\/1445150119788171281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The chant originated at Talladega Superspeedway in October after Brown had just won a race. Broadcasters filmed a section of the crowd that happened to be chanting \u201cF*ck Joe Biden.\u201d Sportscaster Kelli Stavast said that the crowd was instead chanting \u201cLet\u2019s go Brandon.\u201d The phrase then became an extremely popular substitute for the more vulgar expression.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\">\u201cThis whole Talladega race win was supposed to be a celebration, and then it was supposed to be something that I was able to use to move up, and I really wanted to capitalize on that,\u201d Brown said in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/12\/19\/business\/brandon-brown-lets-go-brandon.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">interview<\/a> with the New York Times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\">Brown added that he had to stay silent because of the politics involved and the concern about alienating some fans, but it didn\u2019t stop him from having some fun with it. &nbsp;In a non-political tweet just days after the&nbsp; interview, Brown gave the chant a more personal twist.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"7.9112903225806\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">To all the other Brandon\u2019s out there, You\u2019re welcome!<br \/>Let\u2019s go us<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brandon Brown (@brandonbrown_68) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brandonbrown_68\/status\/1445884267125428230?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Brown wrote in the op-ed that since that day, he has heard his name being chanted in \u201cevery conceivable\u201d place \u2014 from sports arenas to the chambers of Congress. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/20\/lets-go-brandon-nancy-pelosi-press-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018Let\u2019s Go Brandon! Woooooo!\u2019: Man Interrupts Nancy Pelosi\u2019s Press Conference)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand that millions of people are struggling right now and are frustrated. Struggling to get by and struggling to build a solid life for themselves and their families, and wondering why their government only seems to make it worse. People have a right to frustration \u2014 even anger,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Brown, however, says he has no interest in getting involved with any political debate. \u201cI race cars. I am not going to endorse anyone, and I am certainly not going to tell anyone how to vote.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut, I\u2019m also no longer going to be silent about the situation I find myself in, and why millions of Americans are chanting my name. I hear them, even if Washington does not,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>Brown concluded that he will dedicate his free time to spotlight issues that are important to him and millions of Americans across the country while competing hard on the race track.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASCAR driver Brandon Brown spoke out about how he feels about being inadvertently thrust into the political spotlight as the namesake of the phrase \u201cLet\u2019s go Brandon.\u201d\u201cI accidentally became one &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":214,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1134953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1134953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/214"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1134953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1134953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1134953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1134953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1134953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}