{"id":1160456,"date":"2021-12-27T10:04:14","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T15:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1160456"},"modified":"2021-12-27T10:04:18","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T15:04:18","slug":"china-defends-joe-biden-from-morbid-abuse-of-lets-go-brandon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-defends-joe-biden-from-morbid-abuse-of-lets-go-brandon\/","title":{"rendered":"China Defends Joe Biden from &#039;Morbid Abuse&#039; of &#039;Let&#039;s Go, Brandon&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fchina-defends-joe-biden-from-morbid-abuse-of-lets-go-brandon%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=1160456&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 class=\"subheading\">China\u2019s government-run propaganda newspaper&nbsp;<em>Global Times<\/em> defended President Joe Biden on Monday from Americans using the phrase \u201clet\u2019s go, Brandon\u201d to signal dissatisfaction with his job performance, claiming it is representative of \u201cextreme political sentiment\u201d and branding it \u201cabuse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;<em>Times<\/em> was reporting on an incident during an event on Christmas Eve in which the president interacted with families sending in gift requests for Santa Claus, one father ended his call to Biden with, \u201cMerry Christmas, and let\u2019s go, Brandon.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s go, Brandon, I agree,\u201d Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/24\/dad-says-lets-go-brandon-in-christmas-call-with-his-kids-and-joe-biden\/\">replied<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18551730\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/College-football-game-lets-go-brandon-sign-ap.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18551730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/College-football-game-lets-go-brandon-sign-ap.jpg\" alt=\"A sign reading &quot;Let&#039;s go Brandon&quot; is displayed on the railing in the first half of an NCAA college football game between Boston College and Syracuse in Syracuse, N.Y., Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021. Critics of President Joe Biden have come up with the cryptic new phrase to insult the Democratic president. (AP Photo\/Joshua Bessex)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">AP Photo\/Joshua Bessex<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The call <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/the-media\/2021\/12\/25\/lets-go-brandon-establishment-media-claim-right-wing-slur-hurled-at-biden-during-christmas-eve\/\">triggered<\/a> a torrent of left-wing outrage in corporate media outlets, which branded the phrase a \u201cslur.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s go, Brandon\u201d has become a national euphemism for the phrase \u201cfuck Joe Biden\u201d after, in October, a crowd of fans at a NASCAR event began <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2021\/10\/04\/lets-go-brandon-nascar-driver-mocks-obvious-fck-joe-biden-coverup\/\">chanting<\/a> \u201cfuck Joe Biden\u201d during an interview on the track with driver Brandon Brown. The reporter interviewing Brown falsely claimed the crowd was chanting \u201clet\u2019s go, Brandon\u201d in an attempt to cover up the political statement.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Brown himself initially joked about the incident but has since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2021\/12\/24\/nascars-brandon-brown-lets-go-brandon-ruined-sponsorships\/\">lamented<\/a> that it has damaged his ability to procure corporate sponsorships, including with companies totally comfortable with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2021\/07\/28\/coke-visa-airbnb-beijing-olympics-uyghur-genocide\/\">sponsoring<\/a> events that benefit governments committing genocide.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19256946\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Jared-C.-Tilton_Getty-Images-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19256946\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Jared-C.-Tilton_Getty-Images-3.jpg\" alt=\"Brandon Brown\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brandon Brown (Jared C. Tilton\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The&nbsp;<em>Global Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202112\/1243490.shtml\">scolded<\/a> the father at the Christmas Eve event, later identified as Jared Schmeck, for desecrating the sanctity of Christmas. China routinely persecutes its Christian population, imprisoning and on occasion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/martyr-killed-by-bulldozer-becomes-symbol-of-growing-persecution-of-christians-in-china\">killing<\/a> them publicly.<\/p>\n<p>Schmeck has since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/26\/just-joking-oregon-dad-claims-no-animosity-in-lets-go-brandon-crack-at-joe-biden\/\">said<\/a> he was expressing frustration in an \u201cinnocent jest\u201d and was not a supporter of former President Donald Trump or necessarily opposed to Biden, but that his joke had resulted in threatening phone calls from anonymous people, presumably Biden supporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the U.S. could put aside political discord for one day of the year, then Christmas should be that day,\u201d the government publication lamented. \u201cBut the fact is, even a Christmas call to express holiday wishes and gratitude for US military servicemembers around the world is still used to express extreme political sentiment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmerican citizens may even abuse the president with euphemistic and insulting language on the phone. Such an abnormal situation shows the morbid division in US society and an inability to resolve social problems,\u201d the propaganda outlet concluded.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The&nbsp;<em>Global Times<\/em> quoted one of its regime-approved \u201cexperts\u201d who disparaged Schmeck as \u201ca man who was not being polite enough and also showed his disrespect,\u201d claiming he represented \u201cserious division among American people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuch a slogan that insults the president has become \u2018viral\u2019 in the U.S., which demonstrates the severe partisan polarization,\u201d the&nbsp;<em>Times<\/em> observed.&nbsp;\u201cBiden is the president elected by the American people themselves. However, it seems that American people are not satisfied with his performance at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The newspaper offered some mild criticism of Biden himself for repeating the phrase, claiming the president does not have \u201csufficient knowledge of the climate in U.S. society.\u201d It concluded, however, that the greater problem in the country is the ability of the American people to freely express dissent with the government, causing the \u201cincurable disease\u201d of \u201cmorbid division.\u201d The&nbsp;<em>Times<\/em> regularly compares this to the alleged \u201charmony\u201d present in China, where anything interpreted as criticism of dictator-for-life Xi Jinping results in, at best, temporary forced disappearances and, in the worst cases, death in a prison camp.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19231810\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/AP21346116031535.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19231810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/AP21346116031535.png\" alt=\"Chinese President Xi Jinping attends an event commemorating the 110th anniversary of Xinhai Revolution at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 9, 2021. China was one of the biggest stories of 2021. Top stories included its human rights records in the Xinjiang region, Tibet and Hong Kong, as it prepares to host the 2022 Winter Olympics; and the questions about how it would wield its economic power in a delicately balanced world. (AP Photo\/Andy Wong, File)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chinese President Xi Jinping (AP Photo\/Andy Wong, File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Xi himself regularly promotes the idea of Chinese \u201cunity\u201d and, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2018\/06\/25\/chinese-president-xi-jinping-pushes-world-of-harmony-in-foreign-policy-speech\/\">boldly<\/a>, a \u201cworld of harmony\u201d in which he is exempt from any criticism from anyone in the world. The Chinese Communist Party attempts to enforce this through its economic power, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/12\/23\/genocide-olympics-sponsor-intel-apologizes-to-china-for-opposing-slavery\/\">punishing<\/a> companies that dare question the morality of China\u2019s genocide of the Uyghur people or its other myriad human rights abuses. Beijing also attempts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2018\/01\/16\/china-punishes-companies-identifying-taiwan-hong-kong-tibet-separate-countries\/\">destroy<\/a> companies that do not adhere to its false assertions that Taiwan is not a country and Hong Kong is, legally, an autonomous region.<\/p>\n<p>Absent from the&nbsp;<em>Global Times<\/em>\u2018 evaluation of the \u201clet\u2019s go, Brandon\u201d phenomenon is the fact that Chinese people have, for years, used the character Winnie the Pooh as a similar stand-in to protest Xi Jinping. While \u201clet\u2019s go, Brandon\u201d began as a chant mocking corporate media for hiding displeasure with the president, the use of Winnie the Pooh as a stand-in for Xi began as a response to the fact that criticizing Xi can rapidly result in prison time or disappearance under the Chinese Communist Party. Pooh\u2019s ascent as a Chinese dissident figure began when, during the tenure of President Barack Obama, a meme began spreading online of a photo of Obama and Xi comparing the tall, thin Obama to Tigger and the short, pot-bellied Xi to the cartoon bear.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Comparan a Xi Jinping y a Obama con Winnie the Pooh y Tigger. <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/8MiQxwLbeL\">http:\/\/t.co\/8MiQxwLbeL<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/2pvsxQWosL\">pic.twitter.com\/2pvsxQWosL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Global de Exc\u00e9lsior (@Global_Exc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Global_Exc\/status\/344961017698209793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 12, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Xi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2017\/07\/17\/winnie-pooh-banned-china-over-comparisons-president\/\">outlawed<\/a> Winnie the Pooh in all of China in 2017 to attempt to put an end to his use by Chinese dissidents, resulting in foreign media including Pooh also being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2020\/12\/18\/taiwanese-videogame-blacklisted-again-mocking-chinese-dictator-xi-jinping\/\">banned<\/a>&nbsp;out of fear that it may be used as a critical statement against the regime. A year later, Xi delivered a speech to senior communist leaders and China\u2019s top Internet censors chiding them for not doing enough to silence dissent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUphold a clean and righteous internet space,\u201d Xi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2018\/08\/22\/xi-jinping-urges-unity-thinking-end-vulgar-internet-propaganda-conference\/\">said<\/a>, according to the state news agency Xinhua.&nbsp;\u201cReject the vulgar, the base and the kitsch. Put forward more healthy, high-quality internet works of culture and art.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pooh has persisted, however, most recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/11\/23\/viewers-find-winnie-the-pooh-symbol-of-chinese-anti-communism-in-peng-shuai-selfie\/\">appearing<\/a> in the background of a photo of tennis champion Peng Shuai after the Chinese government disappeared her for accusing a senior Chinese official of rape. Peng has since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2021\/12\/19\/peng-shuai-denies-making-sexual-assault-charges-against-chinese-vice-premier\/\">resurfaced<\/a>&nbsp;denying her statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China\u2019s government-run propaganda newspaper\u00a0Global Times defended President Joe Biden on Monday from Americans using the phrase \u201clet\u2019s go, Brandon\u201d to signal dissatisfaction with his job performance, claiming it is representative &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"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-1160456","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\/1160456","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\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1160456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1160456\/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=1160456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1160456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1160456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}