Oh it's political. Some NASCAR fans thought it would be funny to chant, "Fuck Joe Biden" near the cameras. The anchor incorrectly attributed the chant as, "Let's go Brandon". The Republicans near instantly adopted the second sentence as a slogan with a coded meaning.

[–] flicker 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The winner was a driver named Brandon Brown! The reporter says Brandon was talking about hearing the chant from the crowd. So either the reporter was trying to make this young man's first win about him, or maybe the driver thought people were chatting for him instead of just screaming about politics... whichever it was, assholes took the reporter as "censorship."

And that's how the MAGA chant was etched in stone.

Poor Brandon; "This whole Talladega race win was supposed to be a celebration, and then it was supposed to be something that I was able to use to move up, and I really wanted to capitalize on that," Brown told the Times. "But with this meme going viral, it was more of, I had to stay more silent, because everybody wanted it to go on to the political side. I'm about the racing side."

[–] Maggoty 1 points 7 months ago

That's a man who's aware the political machine will eat him with no regrets.