{"id":1190419,"date":"2022-01-05T11:20:02","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T16:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1190419"},"modified":"2022-01-05T11:20:07","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T16:20:07","slug":"nascar-bans-brandon-browns-lets-go-brandon-sponsorship-over-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nascar-bans-brandon-browns-lets-go-brandon-sponsorship-over-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR Bans Brandon Brown\u2019s \u2018Let\u2019s Go Brandon\u2019 Sponsorship Over Politics"},"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\">20<\/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-bans-brandon-browns-lets-go-brandon-sponsorship-over-politics%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=1190419&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 data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\">\n<p data-el=\"text\">NASCAR has rejected driver Brandon Brown\u2019s sponsorship with \u201cLet\u2019s Go Brandon\u201d-inspired cryptocurrency meme coin LGBcoin, since the popular saying is a slight against President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p data-el=\"text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/2022\/01\/04\/lgbcoin-lets-go-brandon-nascar-rejected\/\">According<\/a> to The Washington Post, a NASCAR official said the organization \u201cmade clear during a November discussion about the potential sponsorship that it would not allow any reference or imagery based on the chant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-el=\"text\">The chant, notably, is a knock against Biden and the media. \u201cLet\u2019s go Brandon\u201d went viral last year after Brown won a race and a reporter claimed fans were cheering \u201cLet\u2019s go Brandon,\u201d though they were clearly chanting \u201cF*** Joe Biden.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-el=\"text\">\u201cNASCAR on Tuesday decided against approving a sponsorship based on the anti-President Biden slogan \u2018Let\u2019s go, Brandon,\u2019 according to a NASCAR official with direct knowledge of the deliberations,\u201d the Post report said.<\/p>\n<p data-el=\"text\">The official told the Post that \u201cNASCAR\u2019s formal decision was not a reversal \u2026 but the governing body\u2019s first and final word on the matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<div data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\">\n<p data-el=\"text\">Brown\u2019s spokesman Maxwell Marcucci&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/sports\/nascar-walks-back-lets-go-brandon-sponsorship-approval-brandon-brown-spokesperson-says\">said<\/a> Brandonbilt Motorsports received explicit approval of the LGBcoin sponsorship on December 26.<\/p>\n<p data-el=\"text\">\u201cWe received written approval on the sponsors from a NASCAR Racing Operations official on December 26, 2021,\u201d Marcucci said in a statement. \u201cThe team subsequently moved forward with an announcement only after being provided with this approval.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-el=\"text\">\u201cThe sponsor approval was unambiguous \u2014 the first four words of the email from NASCAR state, \u2018The sponsors are approved,\u2019\u201d the statement read. \u201cThe only feedback offered was related to minor graphic design changes to ensure legibility on the track at 170mph.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-el=\"text\">Subsequently, Brown\u2019s team made the announcement on social media.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m excited to welcome <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LGBcoin_io?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LGBcoin_io<\/a> aboard my No. 68 Chevrolet Camaro as our 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series full season primary partner!<\/p>\n<p>Press release: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yWfkonk8vO\">https:\/\/t.co\/yWfkonk8vO<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s8PkfCtnVD\">pic.twitter.com\/s8PkfCtnVD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brandon Brown (@brandonbrown_68) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brandonbrown_68\/status\/1476574258801348611?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 30, 2021<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASCAR has rejected driver Brandon Brown\u2019s sponsorship with \u201cLet\u2019s Go Brandon\u201d-inspired cryptocurrency meme coin LGBcoin, since the popular saying is a slight against President Joe Biden. 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