{"id":1161045,"date":"2021-12-27T12:49:46","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T17:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1161045"},"modified":"2021-12-27T12:49:48","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T17:49:48","slug":"nascar-driver-who-inspired-lets-go-brandon-says-now-extremely-difficult-to-get-sponsorships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nascar-driver-who-inspired-lets-go-brandon-says-now-extremely-difficult-to-get-sponsorships\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR Driver Who Inspired \u2018Let\u2019s Go Brandon\u2019 Says Now \u2018Extremely Difficult\u2019 To Get Sponsorships"},"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\">28<\/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-lets-go-brandon-says-now-extremely-difficult-to-get-sponsorships%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=1161045&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>NASCAR driver Brandon Brown, who inspired the phrase \u201cLet\u2019s Go Brandon!\u201d \u2014 albeit unintentionally \u2014 says since the anti-Biden phrase became a nationwide chant, it\u2019s \u201cextremely difficult\u201d for him to lock down sponsorships.<\/p>\n<p>The phrase was born when Brown, 28, won a race on October 2, and NBC sports reporter Kelli Stavast confused the crowd jeering \u201cF*** Joe Biden\u201d for \u201cLet\u2019s Go Brandon!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brown says he\u2019s not political and he just wants the whole thing to go away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt got extremely difficult for us,\u201d Brown <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbusinessjournal.com\/Daily\/Issues\/2021\/12\/23\/Marketing-and-Sponsorship\/Brandon-Brown.aspx\">told<\/a> Sports Business Journal. \u201cIf you\u2019re a national corporation, that means you sell to all consumers \u2026 and unfortunately, when you get dragged into the political arena, people want you to take a side.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve never been put in a position where it\u2019s, \u2018OK, what side are you on? Left or right?\u2019 So it\u2019s hard for a brand to want to attach to somebody who might be kind of divisive in their consumer base. If I\u2019m going to divide Coca-Cola, why would they want to talk to me?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo the short answer is it\u2019s been tough to connect with partnerships just because it\u2019s kind of viewed as a ticking time bomb: \u2018What is he doing to choose or say and how would that effect our consumer base?\u2019 It\u2019s too much of a risk. I understand it on their side but it\u2019s made it really hard to tie everything down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brown said he has been forced to take action against some using the phrase, the Journal said.<\/p>\n<p><em>Brown said that he has by and large not sent cease-and-desist letters to people using his name on merchandise, but he conceded that there have been a couple times where he and his representation have had to try to get something taken down related to his name or likeness, though he did not specify what. He said NASCAR has given him some counsel on how to deal with the overall situation. NASCAR President Steve Phelps said at his state-of-the-sport press conference in November that the league would protect its marks as it relates to unofficial merchandise being made around the slogan. But NASCAR would not comment further to SBJ about the topic when asked this week. Brown: \u201cNASCAR and I are kind of in the same boat about what to do here, but I don\u2019t think anyone has the right answer. The unfortunate part is it\u2019s my name and my career that are at stake and the risk is high. If I do something wrong in this arena, my name as a driver falls off very fast. \u2026 Even a career in NASCAR if I didn\u2019t make it as a driver, trying to get another job in the community, I\u2019m always going to be the \u201cLet\u2019s Go Brandon\u201d guy. I\u2019m always going to be known for that and how I handled this situation.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>After President Joe Biden was hit with the phrase on a Christmas eve call to parents and children, NBC News dubbed it a \u201cright-wing slur.\u201d \u201cPresident Joe Biden was subjected to a right-wing anti-Biden&nbsp;slur during a Christmas Eve call with&nbsp;NORAD\u2019s Santa tracker,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/white-house\/parent-uses-right-wing-slur-during-biden-call-norad-santa-n1286595\">network said<\/a> in a story posted online.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBiden and the first lady were speaking with families around the country who had called into the North American Aerospace Defense Command to receive an update on Santa\u2019s location when one parent ended the conversation by saying: \u2018Let\u2019s go Brandon.\u2019&nbsp;The president did not appear to recognize that the phrase is used by the right wing as a euphemism for \u2018F*** Joe Biden,\u2019 and responded: \u2018Let\u2019s go Brandon, I agree.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent, and ran the Drudge Report from 2010 to 2015. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASCAR driver Brandon Brown, who inspired the phrase \u201cLet\u2019s Go Brandon!\u201d \u2014 albeit unintentionally \u2014 says since the anti-Biden phrase became a nationwide chant, it\u2019s \u201cextremely difficult\u201d for him to lock down sponsorships. 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