Joe Biden hit with ‘Let’s go Brandon’ taunt during Christmas calls with families

The US president was on the phone with children tracking Santa’s flight when one father used the phrase popular with Trump supporters

In an awkward moment, Biden repeated the slogan, saying he agreed, without giving indication of whether he knew what it meant

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US President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden speak with the NORAD Tracks Santa Operations Centre via teleconference on the White House campus on Friday. Photo: AP

Published: 5:40am, 25 Dec 2021Updated: 10:36am, 25 Dec 2021

A vulgar anti-Biden slogan made for an awkward moment on Friday during President Joe Biden’s phone calls with children tracking Santa’s flight when a father said, “Let’s Go Brandon.”

The refrain, a sanitised version of “F*** Joe Biden”, has been an internet sensation since a television journalist told racing driver Brandon Brown that a Nascar crowd shouting the vulgarity was actually saying, “Let’s go Brandon”.

Biden and his wife Jill Biden were taking calls into the North American Aerospace Defence Command Santa Tracker, which follows the progress of Santa’s reindeer-guided sleigh for millions of children.

At the end of one call, a parent who gave his name as Jared said: “Merry Christmas and Let’s go Brandon”.

US President Joe Biden talks to a young patient as he looks at craft projects at the Children’s National Medical Centre in Washington on Christmas Eve in Washington. Photo: EPA-EFE

“Let’s go Brandon, I agree,” a relaxed Biden responded, before asking Jared if he was in Oregon. By that point, the call was disconnected.