{"id":1157266,"date":"2021-12-26T11:19:41","date_gmt":"2021-12-26T16:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1157266"},"modified":"2021-12-26T11:19:43","modified_gmt":"2021-12-26T16:19:43","slug":"threatening-phone-calls-father-who-said-lets-go-brandon-on-christmas-call-with-biden-says-he-only-meant-to-voice-frustration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/threatening-phone-calls-father-who-said-lets-go-brandon-on-christmas-call-with-biden-says-he-only-meant-to-voice-frustration\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Threatening Phone Calls\u2019: Father Who Said \u2018Let\u2019s Go Brandon\u2019 On Christmas Call With Biden Says He Only Meant To Voice Frustration"},"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\">42<\/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%2Fthreatening-phone-calls-father-who-said-lets-go-brandon-on-christmas-call-with-biden-says-he-only-meant-to-voice-frustration%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=1157266&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--><p>Jared Schmeck became an instant Twitter-trend when he ended a Christmas phone call with President Joe Biden by saying, \u201cLet\u2019s go Brandon\u201d \u2014 a phrase that has been used both as a euphemism for the phrase \u201cf*** Joe Biden\u201d and as a critique of legacy media for running cover for the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>Schmeck, a former police officer and father of four from Oregon, ended the call by saying, \u201cMerry Christmas \u2026 and let\u2019s go Brandon!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/lets-go-brandon-kids-dad-trolls-biden-during-santa-tracker-call-and-biden-responds\/\">Biden responded<\/a>, \u201cLet\u2019s go Brandon I agree.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Joe and Jill Biden took calls from the NORAD Tracks Santa program and a dad ended the call by saying, \u201cMerry Christmas, and let\u2019s go Brandon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s go Brandon, I agree,\u201d Biden replied. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K4q0jIB6ww\">pic.twitter.com\/K4q0jIB6ww<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kyle Morris (@RealKyleMorris) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealKyleMorris\/status\/1474447834208428036?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Schmeck told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/nation\/2021\/12\/oregon-father-of-four-who-told-president-biden-lets-go-brandon-on-christmas-eve-call-said-he-meant-it-in-jest.html\">The Oregonian\/Oregon Live<\/a> that he has received threats since making the comment, but says that he meant no ill will against the president and doesn\u2019t even dislike him \u2014 he only meant to voice his frustrations in what he perceived as a \u201cjoking manner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the end of the day, I have nothing against Mr. Biden, but I am frustrated because I think he can be doing a better job. I mean no disrespect to him,\u201d Schmeck said. He told the outlet that he did not think of himself as a \u201cTrumper,\u201d instead describing himself as a \u201cfree-thinking American and follower of Jesus Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also said that the opportunity to speak to President Biden directly was unexpected \u2014 he and his family have called the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/the-santa-colonel-how-one-air-force-officer-turned-a-sears-ad-typo-into-a-holiday-tradition\/\">NORAD Santa Tracker<\/a> hotline every <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/whats-merry-about-all-this-read-the-letter-general-anthony-mcauliffe-sent-his-exhausted-surrounded-men-at-the-battle-of-the-bulge\/\">Christmas Eve<\/a> for years, and he had expected the call to be automated and had not expected it to be livestreamed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe just waited on hold and then they answered. And I thought, \u2018wow, this is real,&#8217;\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Immediately after the call, Schmeck\u2019s wife reportedly outed him on Instagram, saying, \u201cMy husband may or may not have just told joe and jill Biden \u2018let\u2019s go Brandon\u2019 on the phone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schmeck also posted his own video of the call, with President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden on speaker, on his own YouTube channel:<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/nation\/2021\/12\/oregon-father-of-four-who-told-president-biden-lets-go-brandon-on-christmas-eve-call-said-he-meant-it-in-jest.html\">OregonLive reported<\/a> that Schmeck said he\u2019s been receiving \u201cvague but threatening phone calls\u201d since the phone call:<\/p>\n<p id=\"J32HZ3BHORANBKXMTPUOEP246I\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\"><em>Schmeck called his remark a \u201cjoke,\u201d and a reflection of his frustration with Biden\u2019s policies, including the federal vaccine mandates, inflation and global supply chain problems that have caused shortages in consumer products.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAnd now I am being attacked for utilizing my freedom of speech,\u201d Schmeck said, adding that he\u2019s been receiving some vague but threatening phone calls since the Santa tracker call.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI understand there is a vulgar meaning to \u2018Lets go Brandon,\u2019 but I\u2019m not that simple minded, no matter how I feel about him,\u201d the 35-year-old father said Christmas morning. \u201cHe seems likes he\u2019s a cordial guy. There\u2019s no animosity or anything like that. It was merely just an innocent jest to also express my God-given right to express my frustrations in a joking manner\u2026I love him just like I love any other brother or sister.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"OD7OALMVKVC2BCMFBWDHTDX2VY\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\"><em>He went on to say he \u201cstood 100% behind what I did and what I said.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jared Schmeck became an instant Twitter-trend when he ended a Christmas phone call with President Joe Biden by saying, \u201cLet\u2019s go Brandon\u201d \u2014 a phrase that has been used both as a euphemism for the phrase \u201cf*** Joe Biden\u201d and as a critique of legacy media for running cover for the Biden administration. Schmeck, a &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"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-1157266","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\/1157266","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\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1157266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1157266\/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=1157266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1157266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1157266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}