What's with 'Let's Go Brandon'?
Episode description
'Let’s Go Brandon’ is being called the biggest political meme of the last decade. The crowd at a NASCAR race in Alabama was chanting “F**k Joe Biden”. An NBC reporter, during an interview with the race winner Brandon Brown, heard what the crowd was saying and told viewers – and Brandon – they were saying “Let’s Go Brandon”
It’s blown up in the US – and it coincides with a steep decline in Joe Biden’s popularity ratings. The Australian newspaper’s US correspondent Adam Creighton joins us to explain why. Adam calls the meme “a catch all for pent up anger about the Biden presidency”
Is mainstream media running cover for Joe Biden. And what does the fallout from the meme tell us about the left and right of the political spectrum?
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