{"id":932650,"date":"2021-10-28T13:28:59","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T17:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=932650"},"modified":"2021-10-28T13:29:01","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T17:29:01","slug":"fact-check-did-the-anti-defamation-league-designate-lets-go-brandon-as-a-hate-slogan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-the-anti-defamation-league-designate-lets-go-brandon-as-a-hate-slogan\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did The Anti-Defamation League Designate \u2018Let\u2019s Go Brandon\u2019 As A \u2018Hate Slogan\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\">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%2Ffact-check-did-the-anti-defamation-league-designate-lets-go-brandon-as-a-hate-slogan%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=932650&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>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bobboccia\/posts\/10103337372740180\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> purportedly shows a section of the Anti-Defamation League\u2019s (ADL) website where the phrase \u201cLet\u2019s Go Brandon\u201d is classified as a \u201chate slogan.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7310926\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7310926\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot\/Facebook<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The phrase \u201cLet\u2019s Go Brandon\u201d is not listed in the ADL\u2019s Hate Symbols Database.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The phrase \u201cLet\u2019s Go Brandon\u201d started <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LangmanVince\/status\/1444757650714075139\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">circulating<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackPosobiec\/status\/1444781173155237889\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social media<\/a> after NBC reporter Kelli Stavast interviewed NASCAR driver Brandon Brown following his victory at a race in Talladega, Alabama, on Oct. 2, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-58878473\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BBC News<\/a>. During the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/video\/brandon-browns-dream-comes-true-nascar-xfinity-win-talladega\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">interview<\/a>, Stavast said it sounded like fans were chanting \u201cLet\u2019s Go Brandon\u201d in support of the driver, though fans in the stands could actually be heard saying \u201cF**k Joe Biden\u201d in video. The phrase \u201cLet\u2019s Go Brandon\u201d has now become a popular anti-Biden rallying cry, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/media\/anti-biden-rap-song-lets-go-brandon-reaches-top-spot-on-itunes-chart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fox Business<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>An Oct. 26 Facebook post claims the ADL has now added the phrase to its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adl.org\/hate-symbols?cat_id%5B149%5D=149\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hate Symbols Database<\/a>. The post features what looks like a screen grab from a section of the ADL\u2019s website that reads: \u201cThe phrase \u2018Let\u2019s Go Brandon\u2019 is a far-right extremist dog whistle that became popular among supporters of Donald Trump and his overtly anti-democratic views, particularly among adherents of the MAGA movement who believes in the debunked 2020 election fraud conspiracy theory.\u201d In the screen grab, the phrase looks to be listed under the \u201cHate Slogans\/Slang Terms\u201d section of the website.<\/p>\n<p>However, the ADL has not added the phrase to its database. Check Your Fact searched the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adl.org\/hate-symbols\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hate Symbols Database<\/a> but found no mention of \u201cLet\u2019s Go Brandon.\u201d A wider search of the entire ADL <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adl.org\/search?keys=Let%27s%20go%20Brandn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a> likewise turned up no results for the text included in the image.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Let\u2019s Go Brandon\u2019 is not listed on our Hate Symbols Database,\u201d said Jake Hyman, an ADL spokesperson, in an email to Check Your Fact. \u201cThe photo is photoshopped.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/10\/19\/fact-check-shared-services-canada-memo-banning-lets-go-brandon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did Shared Services Canada Send This Memo Banning Employees From Using The Phrase \u2018Let\u2019s Go Brandon\u2019?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The claim may have originated with a satirical article published on Oct. 4 by the <a href=\"https:\/\/hagerstownreport.blogspot.com\/p\/about.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">parody<\/a> news blog <a href=\"https:\/\/hagerstownreport.blogspot.com\/2021\/10\/adl-classifies-lets-go-brandon-as-hate.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Hagerstown Report<\/a>. The post includes a similar supposed screen grab of the ADL\u2019s website, as well as a Disclaimer at the bottom that reads, \u201cThe Hagerstown Report is not classified as a hate symbol. Not yet anyways. This article is satire\/parody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Elias Atienza contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook purportedly shows a section of the Anti-Defamation League\u2019s (ADL) website where the phrase \u201cLet\u2019s Go Brandon\u201d is classified as a \u201chate slogan.\u201dScreenshot\/FacebookVerdict: False The phrase &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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-932650","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\/932650","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=932650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/932650\/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=932650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=932650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=932650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}