{"id":954967,"date":"2021-11-02T17:59:37","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T21:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=954967"},"modified":"2021-11-02T17:59:38","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T21:59:38","slug":"nbc-reporter-asks-secret-service-if-lets-go-brandon-ar-15-part-is-threatening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nbc-reporter-asks-secret-service-if-lets-go-brandon-ar-15-part-is-threatening\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC Reporter Asks Secret Service If \u2018Let\u2019s Go Brandon\u2019 AR-15 Part Is Threatening"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fnbc-reporter-asks-secret-service-if-lets-go-brandon-ar-15-part-is-threatening%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=954967&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>In the last 24 hours a former Clinton administration press secretary has equated people who say \u201cLet\u2019s Go, Brandon\u201d with ISIS members, ex-CBS News anchor Dan Rather has warned the phrase may lead to \u201cviolence,\u201d and an NBC reporter has contacted the Secret Service to determine if novelty AR-15 parts bearing the anti-Biden phrase should be considered a threat to the president\u2019s safety.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, MSNBC\u2019s Joe Fryer boasted of \u201cexclusive reporting on a dangerous way gun dealers are marketing their weapons including violent threats against President Biden.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/palmettostatearmory.com\/\">Palmetto State Armory<\/a>, a South Carolina-based firearms supplier, <a href=\"https:\/\/palmettostatearmory.com\/psa-ar-15-letsgo-15-stripped-lower-receiver-pre-order-ships-in-approximately-10-12-weeks.html\">offers customers<\/a> the lower part of an AR-15 engraved with the words \u201cLet\u2019s Go, Brandon\u201d beneath a carving of what appears to be President Joe Biden with his arms outstretched above the checkered racing flag of NASCAR. Two other outlets have stocked AR-15 magazines with the phrase, one with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysoutherntactical.com\/PMAG-30-Round-ARM4-Lets-Go-Brandon_p_669.html\">picture<\/a> of a mask-clad President Biden raising his index finger, the other bearing an <a href=\"https:\/\/culperprecision.com\/product\/lets-go-brandon-ar-15-magazine\/\">addled-looking caricature<\/a> of the president.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGun dealers are marketing weapon parts and ammunition using a right-wing slogan widely understood as code for profanity directed at President Joe Biden,\u201d reported NBC News reporter Ken Dilanian, whom Fryer introduced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA spokesman for the U.S. Secret Service, which investigates threats against the president, declined to comment,\u201d Dilanian added. He concluded his report by saying, \u201cThe fact that a code phrase for profaning the U.S. president is being used to market guns and ammunition suggests that the rage on display on January 6 has not subsided.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Twitter, he continued equating the chanting of \u201cLet\u2019s Go, Brandon\u201d with dangerous threats on Twitter. \u201cI called the Secret Service about this. They had no comment,\u201d Dilanian <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kendilaniannbc\/status\/1455245963673677835\">tweeted<\/a>. When Twitter users mocked Dilanian for calling the Secret Service over a meme, Dilanian dug in his heels. \u201cI called to ask the Secret Service whether they consider \u2018F\u2014Joe Biden\u2019 emblazoned on an assault rifle to represent a security threat to the president. Which I think is a reasonable question,\u201d Delanian <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KenDilanianNBC\/status\/1455277689280008196\">replied<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I called to ask the Secret Service whether they consider \u201cF\u2014Joe Biden\u201demblazoned on an assault rifle to represent a security threat to the president. Which I think is a reasonable question. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HfqZfrE7rE\">https:\/\/t.co\/HfqZfrE7rE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ken Dilanian (@KenDilanianNBC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KenDilanianNBC\/status\/1455277689280008196?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The firearms industry has little love for Biden who, as a senator, drafted a ban on so-called \u201cassault weapons,\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/americas-failed-attempt-to-ban-assault-weapons-11617285945\">specifically including<\/a> the AR-15. The 1994 \u201ccrime bill\u201d also banned the manufacture of new, \u201chigh-capacity\u201d magazines, which<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the last 24 hours a former Clinton administration press secretary has equated people who say \u201cLet\u2019s Go, Brandon\u201d with ISIS members, ex-CBS News anchor Dan Rather has warned the phrase may lead to \u201cviolence,\u201d and an NBC reporter has contacted the Secret Service to determine if novelty AR-15 parts bearing the anti-Biden phrase should be considered a threat to the president\u2019s safety.On Monday, MSNBC\u2019s Joe Fryer boasted of \u201cexclusive reporting on a dangerous way gun dealers are marketing their weapons including violent threats against President Biden.\u201d Palmetto State Armory, a South Carolina-based firearms supplier, offers customers the lower part of an AR-15 engraved with the words \u201cLet\u2019s Go, Brandon\u201d beneath a carving of what appears to be President Joe Biden with his arms outstretched above the checkered racing flag of NASCAR. Two other outlets have stocked AR-15 magazines with the phrase, one with a picture of a mask-clad President Biden raising his index finger, the other bearing an addled-looking caricature of the president.\u201cGun dealers are marketing weapon parts and ammunition using a right-wing slogan widely understood as code for profanity directed at President Joe Biden,\u201d reported NBC News reporter Ken Dilanian, whom Fryer introduced.\u201cA spokesman for the U.S. Secret Service, which investigates threats against the president, declined to comment,\u201d Dilanian added. He concluded his report by saying, \u201cThe fact that a code phrase for profaning the U.S. president is being used to market guns and ammunition suggests that the rage on display on January 6 has not subsided.\u201dOn Twitter, he continued equating the chanting of \u201cLet\u2019s Go, Brandon\u201d with dangerous threats on Twitter. \u201cI called the Secret Service about this. They had no comment,\u201d Dilanian tweeted. When Twitter users mocked Dilanian for calling the Secret Service over a meme, Dilanian dug in his heels. \u201cI called to ask the Secret Service whether they consider \u2018F\u2014Joe Biden\u2019 emblazoned on an assault rifle to represent a security threat to the president. Which I think is a reasonable question,\u201d Delanian replied.I called to ask the Secret Service whether they consider \u201cF\u2014Joe Biden\u201demblazoned on an assault rifle to represent a security threat to the president. Which I think is a reasonable question. https:\/\/t.co\/HfqZfrE7rE\u2014 Ken Dilanian (@KenDilanianNBC) November 1, 2021The firearms industry has little love for Biden who, as a senator, drafted a ban on so-called \u201cassault weapons,\u201dspecifically including the AR-15. The 1994 \u201ccrime bill\u201d also banned the manufacture of new, \u201chigh-capacity\u201d magazines, which contain more than 10 rounds.Dilanian was joined by others who attempted to paint the use of a political slogan as a form of domestic terrorism.\u201cYou know who also had coded statements like Brandon? ISIS, the Klan, Nazi\u2019s\u2026beginning to get the point?\u201d tweeted Joe Lockhart, the former White House press secretary for President Bill Clinton and a current CNN political analyst. (Lockhart\u2019s father, Raymond Lockhart, also served as director of NBC\u2019s nightly news program, \u201cThe Huntley-Brinkley Report.\u201d)The broad-brush accusation drew instant condemnation. \u201cYou know who else drank water,\u201d responded Jessica O\u2019Donnell of The Blaze.Dave Rubin playfully took Lockhart\u2019s statement apart, saying, \u201cBrandon is here. We love him. You will not stop him.\u201dTwitter indicates that Lockhart subsequently deleted his tweet.Brandon is here. We love him. You will not stop him.#LetsGoBrandon https:\/\/t.co\/yUIzbtnwv4\u2014 Dave Rubin (@RubinReport) November 2, 2021A third media figure, former CBS News anchor Dan Rather, joined in the fray by saying the \u201cchant perfectly encapsulates the rot and unseriousness of the Republican [P]arty \u2013 like the smart-aleck in the classroom who adds nothing but juvenile taunts and distractions.\u201d He wrote in his Substack newsletter, \u201cThe unseemliness of this is so grotesque. \u2026 Immature vulgarity, fueled by bigotry, misogyny, sanctimony, privilege, unseriousness, flippancy, and ignorance, is what is animating the former president, his base, and thus by extension the entire Republican party over which he rules.\u201d\u201cThis is more than just words,\u201d Rather wrote. \u201cHateful speech has a way of becoming violent action.\u201dFor those who may have missed it, my thoughts on &#8220;Let&#8217;s go Brandon&#8221;\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/PIzpgsqmYT\u2014 Dan Rather (@DanRather) November 1, 2021Their actions continue days of focused media condemnation of the phrase, which stands for \u201cF*** Joe Biden,\u201d which often bleeds over into a hateful caricature of the many people who have said it at sporting events and other venues.CNN analyst Asha Rangappa compared the phrase to someone saying, \u201cLong Live ISIS.\u201d The Washington Post said the phrase \u2014 which has been chanted at sporting events and mass rallies of all kinds \u2014 proves President Biden has had to endure\u00a0\u201cfar more vulgar and widespread\u201d criticism than any other recent president.Get your limited edition \u201cLet\u2019s Go Brandon\u201d t-shirt hereBut Ben Shapiro said the legacy media\u2019s paroxysms over the phrase had another explanation.\u201cThe media panic over \u2018Let\u2019s Go, Brandon!\u2019 underscores a simple fact: Biden\u2019s popularity may be the only thing standing between Democrats and ruin,\u201d Shapiro wrote. \u201cTheir agenda is unpopular. Waiting in the wings is an unpopular VP. If people really dislike Biden, they\u2019ve got serious problems.\u201dThe media panic over &#8220;Let&#8217;s Go, Brandon!&#8221; underscores a simple fact: Biden&#8217;s popularity may be the only thing standing between Democrats and ruin. Their agenda is unpopular. Waiting in the wings is an unpopular VP. If people really dislike Biden, they&#8217;ve got serious problems.\u2014 Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) November 1, 2021The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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