Southwest Airlines investigates pilot’s use of ‘Let’s go Brandon’ anti-Biden jibe
by Martin Pengelly and agencies from US news | The Guardian on (#5RCB6)
- Airline says it does not condone political expression on job
- Rightwing meme has been repeated in Congress and by Trump
Southwest Airlines announced an internal investigation after a pilot was reported to have signed off a message to passengers by saying: Let's go Brandon."
The apparent non-sequitur is in fact a rightwing meme, based on a NBC sportscaster's apparent mishearing of a chant of Fuck Joe Biden" by a crowd at a Nascar circuit in Alabama at the start of October.
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